Here's the full transcript for last week's exercise about train tickets. Listen to the recording again, then fill the gaps in the transcript below.
The first thing any regular train user should do is to book their tickets in advance, _____ exactly 12 weeks in advance. Those £300 tickets to Manchester, you can get them for just £25 return if you go online. You go to a website called thetrainline.com, you fill in their ticket _____ system, and you’ll get an email telling you when those tickets are available. Because they often _____ _____ very quickly, so when you get that email, act straight away.
But, and I know this sounds a bit sneaky, don’t actually buy them on thetrainline.com, because you’ll have to pay a £1.50 booking fee, and if you’re using your credit card another £1.50. Instead, _____ over to the East Coast website - you’d think that’s only trains down the East coast from London up to Edinburgh - it’s not; they will sell tickets for any trains anywhere in the UK, and they don’t charge a booking fee, and they don’t charge for credit card. So that’s another two or three _____ saved.
If you haven’t been able to buy a ticket a long _____ in advance, it is still worth remembering that up until 6 o’clock on the night before, you can still get Advance tickets. They won’t be as cheap as the Super-Advance ones, 12 weeks in advance, but it’s still _____ trying to buy them the night before.
Hi Simon,
I just completed my speaking test today, and though I think I did well generally, I missed to answer one detail in the cue card section that I was suggested to include. The question goes like this:
Explain a good law in your country, please say:
1) what is it about?
2) when and where did you know about it?
3)and explain why do you think it is a good law.
I was able to answer it quite well although I forgot to say question # 2 when and where did I know about the law? so would that affect my score greatly? in which criteria you think and to what extent? is it still possible for me to achieve band 7?
Posted by: Mew | July 01, 2014 at 09:48
Here are my answers
-) perferably
-) alert
-) sell out
-) pop
-) quick
-) way
-) worth
Posted by: Rockie | July 01, 2014 at 09:54
Perfectly
alert
sell out
book
could
way
worth
Posted by: son | July 01, 2014 at 10:17
Here are my answers:
1. preferably
2. Online
3. Set up
4. Pop
5. Quickly
6. Way
7. Worth
Posted by: cham123 | July 01, 2014 at 10:25
Dear Simon,
I need a book that could help me to increase my vocabulary.
Can you recommend me any book...
Posted by: jones | July 01, 2014 at 10:33
preferably
alert
sell up
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: amir | July 01, 2014 at 11:22
1. preferably
2. alert
3. sale out
4. proper
5. good
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: arif | July 01, 2014 at 11:42
preferably
alert
sell up
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: uma | July 01, 2014 at 11:50
The first thing any regular train user should do is to book their tickets in advance, __PERFECTLY___ exactly 12 weeks in advance. Those £300 tickets to Manchester, you can get them for just £25 return if you go online. You go to a website called thetrainline.com, you fill in their ticket __TO LEARN___ system, and you’ll get an email telling you when those tickets are available. Because they often __SET___ __UP___ very quickly, so when you get that email, act straight away.
But, and I know this sounds a bit sneaky, don’t actually buy them on thetrainline.com, because you’ll have to pay a £1.50 booking fee, and if you’re using your credit card another £1.50. Instead, ___POP__ over to the East Coast website - you’d think that’s only trains down the East coast from London up to Edinburgh - it’s not; they will sell tickets for any trains anywhere in the UK, and they don’t charge a booking fee, and they don’t charge for credit card. So that’s another two or three __QUICK___ saved.
If you haven’t been able to buy a ticket a long __WAY___ in advance, it is still worth remembering that up until 6 o’clock on the night before, you can still get Advance tickets. They won’t be as cheap as the Super-Advance ones, 12 weeks in advance, but it’s still ___WORTH__ trying to buy them the night before.
Posted by: Trang | July 01, 2014 at 11:55
preferably
alert
set up
proper
could
way
worth
Posted by: Van Nguyen | July 01, 2014 at 12:16
preferably-alert-sell out-pop-could-way-worth
Posted by: San | July 01, 2014 at 12:28
1. preferably
2. alert
3. set up
4. pop over
5. -
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: Sergii | July 01, 2014 at 12:53
Preferably
Alert
Sell out
Pop
Good
Way
Worth
Posted by: Komal Khatri | July 01, 2014 at 13:05
Respected Simon,
Can we use : or ; in our IELTS writing ?
I mean do the effect our writing negatively or positively or they are just neutral's.
Posted by: Hwarraich | July 01, 2014 at 14:10
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quotes
way
worth
Posted by: Lyuda | July 01, 2014 at 14:28
Probably
alert
sell out
pop
ways
way
worth
Posted by: Daisy | July 01, 2014 at 14:41
1.Preferably
2.Alert
3.Set up
4.proper
5.
6.Way
7.Worth
Posted by: vamsi | July 01, 2014 at 14:52
1.Preferably
2.alert
3.sell out
4.pop
5.
6.Way
7.Worth
Posted by: Lin | July 01, 2014 at 14:54
1.Preferably
2.alert
3-4.set up
5.Pop (?)
6. you could
7.Way
8.Worth
Posted by: Anh Ngo | July 01, 2014 at 15:14
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quick
??
worth
Posted by: Babli | July 01, 2014 at 15:30
Preferably
Alert
Sell out
Pop
Quids
Way
Worth
Posted by: Shakila | July 01, 2014 at 16:08
Dear Simon,
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Posted by: Anh Ngo | July 01, 2014 at 16:21
preferable
alert
check it
book
way
worth
Posted by: Do Quoc | July 01, 2014 at 16:45
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: honey | July 01, 2014 at 16:55
preferably
alert
sell up
pop
credit
way
worth
Posted by: charles | July 01, 2014 at 17:03
preferably
alert
sell up
pop
trip
way
worth
Posted by: charles | July 01, 2014 at 17:08
preferably
allot
sell out
pop out
good
way
worth
Posted by: Sivaraj | July 01, 2014 at 17:51
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
could
way
worth
Posted by: nazanin | July 01, 2014 at 17:56
Preferably
to alert
sell out
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: islee | July 01, 2014 at 20:47
PERFECTLY
ALLOT
SELL IT
POPS
QUOTES
WAY
WORTH
Posted by: nazih | July 01, 2014 at 23:33
Preferably
Alert
Sell out
Pop
Quid
Way
Worth
Posted by: Justina | July 02, 2014 at 00:02
preferably
alert
set out
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: Huong | July 02, 2014 at 00:21
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
good
way
worth
Posted by: Aro | July 02, 2014 at 00:36
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
you could
way
worth
Posted by: Bee | July 02, 2014 at 03:23
1. perfectly
2. log.
3. sale off
4. pop.
5. could
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: Bunny | July 02, 2014 at 05:49
preferably
a lot
sell out
pop over
quick
well
worth
Posted by: rajakvk | July 02, 2014 at 06:33
1.perfectly
2.alert
3.sell out
4.proper
5.quick
6.way
7.worth
Posted by: Yoyo | July 02, 2014 at 06:49
preferebly
alert
sell out
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: Amol | July 02, 2014 at 07:13
preferably,
learn.
set up
pop
could be
way
worth
Posted by: Rachel | July 02, 2014 at 10:44
preferrably
alert
sell out
pop
good
way
worth
what makes it hard is the speaker's accent...nosebleed...hahaha
Posted by: kenji | July 02, 2014 at 11:08
preferably
alert
sell out
pop over
quid (pounds)
way
worth
Posted by: Liliana | July 02, 2014 at 11:16
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quid
way
worth
Posted by: SIDRA | July 02, 2014 at 11:32
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quid
way
worth
Posted by: Aria | July 02, 2014 at 14:26
I was asked in the speaking test
DO YOU THINK ADVERTISING INFLUENCES WHAT PEOPLE BUY?
Posted by: phranklie | July 02, 2014 at 17:45
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1. preferably
2. alert
3. sell out
4. pop
5. quid (a 'quid' is one British pound (£1) in informal British English)
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: Simon | July 02, 2014 at 18:00
Please can someone help me with this question.
DO YOU THINK ADVERTISING INFLUENCES WHAT PEOPLE BUY?
Pls SIMON help me out....
Posted by: phranklie | July 03, 2014 at 07:15
Phrankie: i recommend you simon's ebook.. all the things you need to know are there..
Posted by: swansea girl | July 03, 2014 at 12:46
Ok tanx
Posted by: phranklie | July 03, 2014 at 19:21
Pls who will be taking the ACADEMIC test on 10th july?
Posted by: phranklie | July 03, 2014 at 19:23
...and they don’t charge a booking fee, and they (don’t) charge for credit card...
I have listened above sentence serveral times and I know the man is say" they don't charge for credit card". However, I couldn't heard "don't".For me it sounds like: they charge for credit card.╮(╯▽╰)╭
Posted by: wxb | July 07, 2014 at 03:26
Preferably
alert
sell off
pop over
quick
way
worth
Posted by: vani | July 11, 2014 at 19:29
1. preferably
2. alert
3. sell out
4. pop it
5. quid
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: Sami | July 12, 2014 at 17:25
whts the meaning of (pop over) ?
Posted by: Muhannad | July 14, 2014 at 02:05
It means "make a quick visit to" e.g. "I'll pop over to your office at lunch time".
Posted by: Simon | July 15, 2014 at 19:19
1.preferably
2.to alert
3.set up
4.pop
5.quid
6.way
7.worth
Posted by: Meehyun | July 23, 2014 at 05:19
1.preferably
2,alert
3.sell out
4.pop
5.quick
6.way
7.worth
Posted by: Trang | July 31, 2014 at 16:39
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quids
way
worth
Posted by: @charli | August 01, 2014 at 16:17
preferably
alert
sell out
proper
quick
way
worth
Posted by: Sena | August 03, 2014 at 00:10
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quick
way
worth
Posted by: Sam | August 07, 2014 at 09:11
1 preferably
2 alert
3 sell out
4 pop
5 quick
6 way
7 worth
Posted by: gaby | August 09, 2014 at 19:03
1 perfectly
2 alert
3 sell out
4 pop (over)
5 quick
6 way
7 worth
Posted by: Doraemon | August 23, 2014 at 04:24
preferably
alert
sell out
pop
quid
way
worth
Posted by: bb | October 28, 2014 at 16:50
1. preferably
2. alert system
3. sell out
4. pop up
5. quid
6. way
7. worth
Posted by: Salma S.B | December 14, 2014 at 18:36
preferably
alert
sell
popup
quick
way
worth
Posted by: shumaila | April 13, 2015 at 18:46
Preferably
alert
sell out
book
quick
way
worth
Posted by: Ramaani | May 08, 2015 at 19:32
preferably
alert
sell are
probably
good
way
worth
Posted by: Daisy Dutta | September 16, 2018 at 08:07