IELTS Listening – Task Type 7 – Matching

Task Description

What are candidates required to do?
Candidates have to match a numbered list of items from the listening text to a set of items in a box.

What variations are there in this task type?
Many variations of this task type are possible as far as the type of options to be matched are concerned.

Understanding the Task

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

Example of Task Type 7

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 7. Complete the task, thinking about how you are doing it.

Sample Task Type 7 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 type of information did this task type focus on?
   
   
2. Were the hotels described in the same order as they are listed?
   
   
3. Did you have to listen for paraphrases of the descriptions?
   
   
4. What type of listening skill is being tested?