IELTS Listening: English Names

Hello, in this lesson I am going to test your ability to listen to and write

names

in English. This is a very important part of IELTS Listening Section 1. In section 1 you often need to hear personal information like

names

, addresses, phone numbers and things like that and of course you can improve and ensure you get a good score in

listening

comprehension 1 if you practice so I'll test you with names in English, as you can see, I will give you five names so you can You need a pencil and paper and make sure you have written five numbers.

Are you ready? Let's start your exam. I will give you a name in English. I want you to listen to it and write it down. I'll only say the name once. That's the same as your IELTS

listening

test, are you ready? Number one John Smith Number two Simon Brambling The surname is BR am BL I ng Number three Mr Shawn Fergus the first name is spelled sin and the surname is spelled F ER G us the number four JK Rowling the surname is spelled row l ing and the last one the number five mrs. Hillary Mitchell her name is H il son y and the last name is M I T CH e L right, those are the five names, let's look at the answers, the answer for number one was John Smith I hope you remember the capital letters that are needed capital J Capital F if you don't have a capital letter at the beginning of the name, it's wrong, so be careful with that number.

Simon Brambling, that's B, I'm BL ing number three, mr. Shawn Fergus, did you remember the title sir? If you forgot the title, number four is wrong j k Rowling, that was pretty tough, wasn't it? because they are initials, not full names and the last one, mrs. Hillary Mitchell, there we are, it's the five of us. There were some tough ones and some traps that I set for you and of course that's what will happen in your IELTS listening test. Let me give you a list of tips that will help you. when you hear names, these are some tips that will help you in your IELTS listening test when you have to hear names, so the first, very important one, of course, is capital letters.

A name always starts with a capital letter, don't forget that. Don't lose a point because you forgot the capital letter, the next spelling of course if it is a long name it will be spelled and you need to practice your spelling to make sure the name is correct so make sure you practice spelling at home. the next common name in the test I gave you, did you notice that some names I spelled and some I didn't, for example, Simon Brambling, I spelled the name Brambling but I didn't spell Simon, why well, the reason is that Simon is a common name IELTS expects you to know the spelling of common English names, which means you need to learn and practice them, so if it's a common name, IELTS probably won't spell it, if it's a longer, more unusual name, they will spell it. , so make sure you learn your common names, not all names will be spelled next.

I think it was quite complicated, it was initials, so Jay Kay Rowling I can sometimes trick you and give you initials instead of names, by the way, be prepared for that. Did you understand it correctly? I hope so because that's the right Harry Potter writer and the latest titles are, for example, mr. lady. fails and the last one moves if they give you a title in the test then write it down if you forget the title it is wrong so if there is a title write it down if there is no title don't worry it is common titles mr. lady. miss MERS it is also possible to get dr.

What is dr or sir and lady is not very common but it is possible to do it well that was some practice and some tips for you to listen to the names how many did you get right by the way if you didn't understand them all? Well, don't worry, this is not your IELTS listening test, it is just a practice and it is better to make your mistakes now and improve before the test. If you found this exercise useful, let me know and if you want to practice more with names, let me know and I will organize some more video lessons for you.

Well, that's all for this lesson. I'll see you again in another ILS lesson.