IELTS Online: Course

Form Completion

Form Completion questions are quite common in Section 1 of the Listening test, since the conversations often involve a caller asking for information or giving personal information.

This means that the types of details you are asked to listen for when completing a form are:

• names (people and places)
• countries and nationalities
• dates
• times
• prices
• numbers (e.g., passport, driving license, credit card, student numbers).

Example

Look at this example form and notice the details that are being tested.

Questions 1 - 5 Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND OR A NUMBER for each answer CENTRAL HOTEL GUEST REGISTRATION NAME 1................................ ADDRESS 2................................ Plympton, NSW, 2087 NATIONALITY 3................................ PASSPORT NUMBER CO39847332 LENGTH OF STAY two nights NUMBER OF GUESTS 2 people TYPE OF ROOM double room METHOD OF PAYMENT credit card CREDIT CARD NUMBER 4................................ EXPIRY DATE 5................................

You can see that listening for dates, times, prices and numbers is an important skill for Form Completion questions.  You have probably also noticed that another important skill for forms is hearing and spelling people and place names.  Place names might include:

• countries
• cities or towns
• streets or roads.

Let’s now practise listening to common English names for people and places.