IELTS Listening Map questions can include a floor plan of a building. Below you will find an practice lesson for this type of question. This is similar to section 2 of the IELTS listening test where you have only one speaker talking about something familiar in life. You must label the parts of the building to complete the floor plan map.
IELTS Listening Map Floor Plan Tips
- Notice the title which gives you an idea of the type of building it is.
- Notice the entrance to the building.
- Most listening recordings for buildings will start at the entrance.
- Your answer will be a word or words from the recording. You can’t alter the words.
- Pay attention to the number of words you can have for your answer.
- Answers will come in order.
Always prepare the map by looking at the locations of each number and predicting what language you might hear to find the answers.
IELTS Listening Floor Plan: Map Completion
Questions 1-6: Complete the map below using no more than three words for each question.
RECORDING:
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TRANSCRIPT & ANSWERS
Click below to reveal the transcript and answers:
TranscriptWelcome to the Bedford Doctor’s Surgery. As you are a new patient, please listen to the information about our practice to learn about our surgery and the facilities available. To enter our surgery you will need to go up the stairs to the first floor so if you are disabled and need wheelchair access, you will need to call us to organize this. Once you enter the surgery, please go straight to the reception room on the left and sign in with our receptionist. Then take a seat and wait for your name to be called. If you need the toilets, you’ll have to go back down to the ground floor which belongs to the company renting that floor. Downstairs, you’ll also see a small vending machine at the end of the hallway if you get peckish. Back upstairs in the surgery, if you have a large bag or a coat, you may want to leave them in the cloakroom which is located at the other end of the building. It’s the small room at the end of the corridor.
The two doctor’s consulting rooms are situated just to the right of the stairs both with a lovely view over the town, one of them used to be the old waiting room. The first one is consultation room A used by Dr Driver and consolation room B, next to it, is used on rotation by Dr Smith and Dr Philips. At the end of the hall, next to the cloakroom is a small waiting area for people who are waiting for the nurse. The practice nurse room is right next the waiting area. For patients who will be traveling by bus, there’s a bus stop just a few doors away from the surgery and for those of you coming by car, please park outside our main doors.
- Note: the word “peckish” is an informal word meaning “hungry”
- reception (room)
- cloakroom
- one word
- consultation room A
- consultation room B
- (small) waiting area
- practice nurse room
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Hello Liz
I’m from Bangladesh, a South Asian country. I’m facing some problems while practicing Listening test. The accent is the most disturbing part for me. How can I overcome that?
And another query, for the speaking part exam can my Indian English accent hamper my score anyhow? Should I start practicing to speak the British or American accent?
You will hear a range of accents in the listening test. Part of your preparation should be to get used to different accents. You can do this by listening to documentaries, news, films and of course Youtube videos. These sources are not focused on language learning, but they will give you access to different accents.
For the speaking test, your score for pronunciation is largely about being understood. If your accent is so thick that the examiner cannot understand you easily, your score for pronunciation will be low. If the examiner can easily understand you, your score will be over band 6 or band 7. Pronunciation marking is also about using intonation and using contractions so make sure to practice that before your test so that it comes naturally to you during the test. You certainly should not try to force a British accent. It can take months or even years to perfect an accent and even at band 9, you can still have signs of a lingering mother tongue accent for IELTS.
The numbering on the map with relation the audio will always be in order right? The content in the audio can’t first talk about option 5 then option 2 right?
All tips and information about Map Listening is on this page: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-map-listening-practice/
Hello Liz,
I wanted to take Ielts paper-based exam I was very good at it but my teacher told me to take computer based because students are scoring well in computer based but I am not performing well jn computer based as I was performing in paper based. What would you suggest to me?
Your teacher is not giving helpful advice. The test is the same test whether you write your answers on a computer or on paper. It isn’t a different test. People who are good with computers (who are fast at typing and very familiar with using a computer) will do well on a computer because it works for them and paper doesn’t. But people who actually are more accustom to writing by hand and using paper will struggle with the computer test and do better with the paper test.
The correct advice is: “As the test is identical, you should make the decisions to take it on a computer or on paper depending on which one is best for you to score well. Each person is different”. That is the right advice to help someone make the right choice.
Liz, I got an average of 8 on my IELTS Academic test despite a short notice from the school I’m applying to. Your website and material really helped. I focused on your guides on Listening and Reading after realizing that these were my weaknesses. And these two bands became my strengths when the results came out (scoring an 8.5 and a 9 respectively). Thank you so much Liz. More power to you.
Fantastic news!!! I’m really pleased for you. Very well done 🙂
Hi Liz, can I write cloak-room instead of cloakroom?
Thanks for the amazing free resources.
There is no hyphen in this compound noun.
Hi Liz, thanks for providing us free resources.
I have a question: Can I write “cloakroom” as “cloak room” or does it harm me?
The word “cloakroom” is a compound noun which is written as one word. You can google compound nouns and see a list of them to learn.
Will transcript be provided during the Listening test? Thanks Liz
The listening test is a listen only test. You are not given anything to read except the questions. This is why you will find the transcript with the answers on this website – not with the questions.
I got just one answer right. i am terrible at maps and labeling them is really very difficult. Is there essential to label a map? It must come?
great
Hi Liz,
Thanks for your contribution in coaching IELTS aspirants.
I am keen to understand the rationale for providing Transcripts at the bottom of the audio clip. I do not read these Transcripts and wish to check if I am missing some important learning tip/ technique by avoiding reading these?
Of course you should study the transcript. Make a list of all paraphrases used, all keywords used in both questions and answers. Also use the transcript to read out loud to improve your pronunciation.
1. Reception room
2. Cloakroom
3. Doctor’s surgery
4. Doctor’s surgery
5. Radiology unit
6. Blood laboratory
you are just awesome
Reception
Cloak Room
Doctor’s Surgery
Doctor’s Surgery
Radiology Unit
Blood Unit
The same my first answers 🤔
cloakroom or cloak room or cloak-room are all these considered correct? or answer has to be cloakroom?
Even im doubtful about this one
It is a cloakroom. Consider a similar word called bathroom . You don’t write it as
bath room, it’s bathroom.Hence it should be a cloakroom. You can even google cloakroom and clear your doubt
Hi Mam,
First of all thank you so much for such an awesome blog. Your blog has helped me get a good score in IELTS.
R 8.5, L 7, W 7, S 7.
But I need 8 for listening and hopefully will make it in the next attempt.
Once again thank you for your free lessons. Its the best blog I have read for IELTS.
Thank You,
Sowmya
That’s a great score 🙂 Well done 🙂 I’ll keep my fingers crossed you can push your listening score higher. Start paying more attention to keywords in the question and transcript.
Hi Maam,
Finally I have got my score card. I have made up my listening score.
Its L 8.5, R 7, W 7, S 7.5.
Thank you so much for your lessons and advices.
Sowmya S
Very well done 🙂 8.5 in listening is great 🙂
Hey Hi Sowmya ,
Congratulations.. its an awesome score . I have been struggling to get 8 in listening attempted 2nd time and awaiting for results. Kindly share best practice / tips to get better bands in listening.
Wao. Congratulations. This is obviously fantastic
Thank you very much olayinka
Congratulations! Which letters did you use in reading and listening?
Hi huda
Thank you and regarding letters i have only used capital letters in both reading & listening
Liz, first of all, thank you for offering all this material free for us. It has been helping me a lot! I just would like to make sure if I hear correctly. When you’re talking about the cloakroom I think you say: “If you have a large bag or a coat …”, don’t you? If so, I think there is a itty-bitty mistake in the script.
Thank you so much!
I’m so sorry I missed your comment. Well spotted!! It’s been altered 🙂
But we have to change spain to spanish right?
https://ieltsliz.com/liz-notice-2015-2016/
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Dear Liz
I am confuse and want to confirm the duration between question in listening section.
to read question before listening .
Thanks & Regards
Please get the IELTS Cambridge Test books 1 to 10. They are real tests published by IELTS and will give you the length of time for preparing questions.
Liz