IELTS Listening Map Labelling

In IELTS Listening, there will be a visual representation based on which you have to answer some questions with information from the audio. One of these visual representations may be a map. The IELTS Listening map labeling is usually in Section 2 of the test, but there are chances that you’ll get a map in any of the sections.

For the IELTS Listening map labeling section, you hear a monologue. It is usually a map related to some tours. You’ve to connect the information that you hear in the listening audio to the blanks on the map.

Sometimes, you are provided with a list of words, and you have to choose the correct name to fit in the map. Other times, there are no words, and you would have to listen to the audio keenly and answer the questions.

The map below is an example of the second type – no list of words are given, so you have to identify them yourself!

Before you begin answering the question below, pay attention to the words which might give you an idea of the location of the room. Here is a simple list of words that you’ll need for IELTS Listening map labeling.

Map Labelling Example:

Listen to this audio and write the correct letter A-H, next to questions 16-20.

16. Box office ________
17. Children’s room ________
18. Café _______
19. Multimedia room ________
20. Showroom ________

Did you get them, right? Check the answers below:

How did you identify the rooms? What kind of language led you to the answers?

Let’s take a look at the audio script:

Given in red is the language of location – with these words, you were able to identify the exact location of the rooms.

Given in purple are the places that can be used for reference to locate the rooms on the map. It will help you identify the location on the map.

Map Labelling Example 2:

Listen to the audio and answer the questions:

Questions :

Map :

Look at the map of the Sports Complex below.

Label the buildings on the map of the Sports Complex.

Choose your answers from the below list and write them against questions 17-20.

Arts studio

Football pitch

Tennis courts

Dance studio

Fitness room

Reception area

Squash courts

Transcript:

Section 2:

So what exactly are the facilities? What sports can you play here? Well. This room we are in at the moment is called the Main Hall and it is used mainly for team sports such as football, volleyball and basketball but also for badminton and aerobics. On the other side of the reception area, there’s the dance studio. This provides a small or more intimate space which we use for ballet, modern dance and martial arts. Not at the same time, ofcourse. Then in a separate building, which you may have noticed on your way here, it’s on the other side of the car park, there are the squash courts. Six of them. And at the far end of the building, a fitness room. This is our newest facility only completed in the spring. But it’s already proving to be one of the most popular. As well as all these facilities available here on the campus, we also have an arrangement with the local tennis club, which is only two miles away entitling our students to use their courts on weekday mornings, in the summer. So I think there should be something here for everybody and I hope to see all of you at the centre making use of the facilities. If in the course of the year you have any suggestions as to how the service we provide might be improved or its appeal widened, I will be interested to hear from you.

Answers:

17. Reception area
18. Dance studio
19. Squash courts
20. Fitness room

Explanation for the answers:

For the 17th question and 18th question, it is clear from the talk which goes thus : On the other side of the reception area, there’s the dance studio.

So the answer for the 17th question is “Reception area” and answer for the 18th question is “dance studio”.

For the 19th question, it is clear from the talk which goes thus :

Then in a separate building, which you may have noticed on your way here, it’s on the other side of the car park, there are the squash courts. Six of them

So the answer for the 19th question is “Squash courts”.

For the 20th question, it is clear from the talk which goes thus :

And at the far end of the building, a fitness room.

So the answer for the 20th question is “Fitness room”.

Also check :

• IELTS Listening Answer Sheet
• IELTS listening recent actual test
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• Enquiry About Joining Youth Council – IELTS Listening