Happies Nursery IELTS Listening Practice Test with Answers

Transcript for Happies Nursery

Woman: Good morning, my name is Laura, welcome to Happy's Nursery. How can I help you today?

Man: Good morning, my wife and I were hoping that we might be able to enroll our daughter with you. 

Woman: We do have space, so that should be fine. What's the age of your daughter?

Man: She's two.

Woman: Okay, now I need to take some details first.

Man: Of course. 

Woman: To begin with, I need your and your wife's names. 

Man: My name is Luke Becket and my wife's name is Gloria Becket. 

Woman: Would you spell Becket for me please?

Man: It's B-E-C-K-E-T-T. 

Woman: And Gloria.

Man: G-L-O-R-I.

Woman: A thank you and can I assume that you both live together at the same address? 

Man: Yes, we do.

Woman: Can I have the full address?

Man: It's 40 Castle Crescent, Backley. 

Woman: And the postcode.

Man: It's ba37TR. 

Woman: Thank you, now uh, can I take some telephone numbers for you and your wife. 

Man: Of course, our home number is 01538 853 285.

Woman: Thank you, and do you have mobile numbers?

Man: Yes, mine is 07770 728 473 and my wife's is 07743 812 451. 

Woman: Could you say your wife's again please?

Man: Of course, it's 07743 812 451. 

Woman: Thanks, I've got all that down, could I also have work numbers for you both? 

Man: My office number is 01538 926 477 and my wife's work number is 01538 596 821.

Woman: Thanks, now I'll talk about our fee structure a little later, but how would you like to pay our fees? 

Man: We'll pay by bank transfer when we get the invoice.

Woman: That's fine, thank you so your daughter, what's her name?

Man: It's Gertrude Beckett; she has no middle name.

Woman: Good, she's 2 years old. I know that. Does she have any allergies that you know of? 

Man: The only one we know of is that she's allergic to Cats.

Woman: Okay, I've made a note of that it won't be a problem, there are no animals. In our nursery and none of our teachers has a pet.

Man: Good, that's very reassuring. 

Woman: Now, I suppose you know quite a lot about us already, as you've chosen us to look after your daughter.

Man: That's right, we have friends who have their children here.

Woman: That's good I'd still like to talk about our systems here a little bit, though.

Man: Oh, yes, that's fine.

Woman: So we start doing activities at 8:30 a.m. but parents can drop off their children at any time after 6:30 from 6:30 we always have a team of carers here who will supervise your child while she plays with the others and they will clean and change her when necessary you don't need to bring anything in that regard as we will have all that is necessary here. 

Man: Do we need to bring anything else for Gertrude? 

Woman: Just a sweater for going outside and a couple of changes of clothing in case she gets dirty. Keep it in a good-quality bag and have it clearly marked as Gertrud's.

Man: Okay, what happens if Gertrud's sick?

Woman: We will of course call you and your wife straight away if she's sick you'll need to pick her up as soon as you can when that happens as we don't want other children to catch illnesses in the unlikely event of anything really serious we're just a mile away from the county hospital also we always have a nurse on duty who specializes in children so your child will always have good Supervision in terms of health.

Man: Good, thank you.

Woman: The end of daytime activities is at 4:00 though you can pick G trude up earlier if you wish also we offer supervision until 6:30 for people who work late we ask that do you do not arrive later than that to pick up your child as our staff will want to get home to their families if you're unavoidably detained please call our number which is in our information pack here 

Man: That shouldn't be a problem for us, as we both finish work at around 4:00.

Woman: Good finally, I'd like to tell you about a new service that we're running. It will cost extra outside our usual fee structure but it's proving to be incredibly popular. We now offer supervision at the weekends so that parents can be free to shop, travel a little, or do other necessary things that would be awkward with a young child. 

Man: I don't think we'd need that often as we wouldn't like to leave gerud then as we see her so little during the week, it would be very useful for unexpected things and emergencies though.

Woman: Well, let's move on to the fee structure.

Questions for Happies Nursery Listening Test

Questions 1-5

• Complete Happies Nursery’s new child enrolment form below.
• Write no more than three words and/ or a number from the listening for each answer. 

Happies Nursery New Child Enrolment Form

Example: Child’s age

Answers: 2Parents’ name: Father: Luke Beckett

Mother: 1________ Beckett

Address: 2______ Castle Crescent

Backely

Postcode: BA37TR

Telephone numbers:

Home: Father: 0153808530285

Mother: same as father’s

Mobile: Father: 07770 728 473

Mother: 07743 812 3________

Work: Father: 01538 926 477

Mother: 01538 596 821

Fees will be paid by: 4__________

Allergies: 5_______

Questions 6-10

• Complete Luke’s notes for his wife below.
• Use no more than three words and/or a number from the listening for each answer.

Happies Nursery- Notes

• Activities start at 6_______ a.m.- parents can drop their children off after 6.30 a.m.
• From 6.30 a.m., there’s a team of carers for supervision, cleaning, and changing.
• All we need to bring are a sweater and some 7________ in a marked bag.
• Happies will call if Gertrude is sick- we’ll have to pick her up if this happens.
• Happies is 1 mile from the Country Hospital, and there's always an 8________ on the premises for health supervision.
• Activities end at 4.00 p.m. (We can pick Gertrude up earlier if we want.)
• Children are supervised until 6.30 p.m.
• We mustn’t come after 6.30 p.m. and we should call the number in the 9_______ if we're delayed.
• Happies runs a new service- supervision during the 10_________. It could be useful for us sometimes.