IELTS Listening – Task Type 5 – Labelling a Diagram, Plan or Map

Task Description

What are candidates required to do?
Candidates have to complete labels on a visual. The answers are usually selected from a list on the Question Paper. Candidates should transfer the letter of the option they have selected to the Answer Sheet in the time allowed.

What variations are there on this activity?
The visual may be

• a diagram (e.g. a piece of equipment)
• a set of pictures
• a plan (e.g. of a building)
• a map (e.g. of part of a town)

Understanding the Task

To see an example of this task type please click on the link below.

Example of Task Type 5

To understand better how candidates need to approach this task, it may help you to do the task yourself and analyse what you had to do to find the right answer.

Look at this sample Task Type 5. Complete the task, thinking about how you are doing it.

Sample Task Type 5 Task (PDF)
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Answers

Things to consider

Now look at these questions about how you approached the task and consider your answers.

1. What does the speaker tell you at the beginning of the talk to help you understand the plan?
   
   
2. Do the numbers of the labels on the plan follow the order of the recording?
   
   
3. Do you have to label every room?
   
   
4. Do you have to write whole words or just letters in the spaces?
   
   
5. Do you need to use all the places (A – I) you are given in the box?
   
   
6. What listening skill is this task type testing?