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Test 4.

This is the IELTS Listening Test.

You will hear a number of different recordings and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.

There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have a chance to check your work.

All the recordings will be played once only.

The test is in four parts.

At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.

Now turn to part one.

Part one.

You will hear a supervisor in a supermarket talking to a new worker on her first day.

First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 6.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 6.

Hello, Charlotte.

I'm Caden, one of the supervisors.

Welcome to the team.

Hi, Aidan.

It's Caden.

I'm so sorry.

Don't worry.

People often get my name wrong.

They never know how to spell it.

It's K -A -E -D -E -N, in case you ever need to write it.

I'll try and remember.

So, there are a few practical things you need to sort out this morning.

Then I'll show you what you're going to do today.

The email I received said to go to the front desk to show my letter of appointment and pick up my badge.

You'll need that for the staff room and other areas of the supermarket where shoppers aren't allowed.

So, after you've finished at the front desk, I'll take you to the staff room.

Put your coat and rucksack in one of the lockers there.

Take whichever one is free.

Will I have a key?

Yes.

Try not to lose it.

At the end of the day, leave it in the door for the next person to use. Will do.

You also need to go to the HR department to see Tiffany.

She's really helpful.

I was told to bring my passport with me.

HR need to take a note of the number in it?

That's right.

Or you can show your ID card.

I don't have one of those.

OK.

Tiffany will give you a uniform.

They have lots in different sizes, so you just tell her what you need.

I won't come with you to HR.

I've got to go and sort something else out.

Um, problem with a bread slicer.

Is the HR office near the staff room?

The staff room's on the first floor, and HR are a couple of floors above that on the third floor.

There's a staircase outside the staff room.

OK.

When you're finished with HR, come and find me in the bakery section of the shop.

I'm looking forward to getting started.

I'll just give you my phone number in case you can't find me.

Have you got your phone there?

Yes.

OK.

Ready?

It's 0412 665903.

OK.

Done.

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 7 to 10.

Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10.

So, Charlotte, your tasks today are in the bakery section, on the sushi counter, and on the meat and fish counters.

The first job is to check sell -by dates on the bread and cakes.

If any of the dates are today's, put a new price label on the packaging.

What if any of the labels are yesterday's dates or older?

Do I throw those items away?

Yes, but that shouldn't happen.

We check the stock every day.

When something needs a new price label, put a yellow one on the package next to the original price.

OK.

After that, you'll go to the sushi takeaway counter.

Will I be preparing boxes of food?

For today, you'll just be helping the staff.

Yes, of course.

You'll see lots of flat cardboard boxes at one end of the counter.

Beneath those is where we keep the plastic boxes.

We run out of those really quickly, so you should bring more from the storeroom.

Is that my only task on the sushi counter?

No, you also need to clean the area where they prepare the dishes.

There are cloths and bottles of spray by the sink.

Oh, and please make sure you clean that, too.

Sure.

That's important, isn't it?

Absolutely.

But you mustn't wash up knives.

You have to do some training before you're allowed to touch sharp objects.

What should I do if there are any?

Ask someone to put them in the dishwasher.

OK, thanks.

I don't want to get anything wrong.

Don't worry, you'll be fine.

And I'll be around to help.

Right.

Er, finally, the meat and fish counters.

You need to clean the area where staff serve customers, including wiping the weighing scales.

OK.

Anything else?

100

Erm, the fish is laid on ice, but when that starts to melt, you'll need to get more from the cauldron.

101

I know the staff on the food counters wear a hat.

102

Will that be the same for me?

103

You won't be serving customers directly, so no. But make sure you put on thermal gloves when you take anything out of the cold room.

104

The temperature's low enough in there to get frostbite from touching things.

105

Understood.

106

That is the end of part one.

107

You now have one minute to check your answers to part one.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “CAM19 TEST4 P1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: staff, counter, questions, answer, test. This video has 107 sentences and 885 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:43. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
label noun	/ˈleɪ.bəl/	A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
sushi noun	/ˈsuːʃi/	A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or…
package noun	/ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/	Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
desk noun	/dɛsk/	A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
supervisor noun	/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/	A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
supermarket noun	/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/	A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.
bakery noun	/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/	A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
practical adjective	/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/	Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
sharp adjective	/ʃɑɹp/	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
carefully adverb	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	With care; attentively, circumspectly.
helpful adjective	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
worker noun	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
knife noun	/ˈnaɪ̯f/	A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
sheet noun	/ʃit/	A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
spell noun	/spɛl/	Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
look forward to verb	To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
pick up verb	To lift; to grasp and raise.
sort out verb	To clarify by reviewing mentally.
wash up verb	To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Will I have a key?
Have you got your phone there?
Do I throw those items away?
Will I be preparing boxes of food?
Is that my only task on the sushi counter?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, I'll, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, cloth /klɒθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sushi /ˈsuːʃi/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, sheet /ʃit/, dish /dɪʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like label, sushi, package.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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