Questions –13 The correct answer is false

I is incorrect
as it does not look out onto the trees from either side. 
16 The correct answer is C:
The speaker says that the warehouse is next to the factory and 
it ‘can be accessed (reached) by lorries going up the road to the turning area at the end’. The 
speaker also directs you across to ‘the far side of the courtyard’ and says, ‘the door is on your 
right’. 
E and
G are incorrect
as they are not next to the factory.
17 The correct answer is G:
The speaker says that the staff canteen is ‘right next to reception’ 
and explains that the ‘windows on one side look onto a corridor and courtyard’ and ‘on the other 
[look] onto the access road’. 
J is incorrect
as the windows look onto the main road, not the 
access road. 
18 The correct answer is B:
The speaker says that the meeting room is ‘along the corridor to 
the left of the courtyard’ and directs you to the end where it is ‘the last one (room) on the right’. 
The speaker says, ‘there’s no natural daylight (windows) in the room’. 
A is incorrect
as it is to 
the left of the corridor, not the right. 
E is incorrect
as it is not the last room on the right.
19 The correct answer is I:
The speaker directs you ‘left along the corridor from reception’, and 
says that it is ‘the second room you come to’ and that it ‘looks out onto the main road’. 
J and H 
are incorrect
as they are the first and third rooms you come to, respectively. 

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IELTS 16, Test 1 answer key with extra explanations, Listening
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20 The correct answer is A:
The speaker says that the boardroom ‘looks out on to the trees’ 
and directs you ‘along the corridor past the courtyard, right to the end’. The speaker says that it 
is ‘on the left, next to the factory’.