Map Listening Practice: Farm Layout

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Below you will find a map listening practice lesson which has been created to help you practise for your IELTS listening test. This is based on the layout of a farm.

Instructions for map listening

  • Review the map
  • Pay attention to the position of the answers
  • Note words already given on the map
  • Locate north
  • Listen to key words and follow the order of information
  • Questions come in order

Please note, these are not IELTS tests. These are free listening lessons which I have created for you.

Map Listening: Farm Layout

Recording Audio

In the IELTS listening test, you can listen only once.

Answers & Transcript

Click to reveal the transcript, answers and a list of keywords. I suggest you use the transcript first to listen and read before checking your answers.

Click below:

Transcript

As you drive up the driveway you will immediately arrive in the parking area. You will see to your left the farmhouse where the farmer lives as you drive up and directly to the left of the parking area is the main shed. There are a number of smaller sheds located around the main shed which are not currently labelled on the map. In the northwest corner of the farm is a pasture area which is a wide grassy expanse. It provides rich organic grass for our cows and, along with other types of feed, gives us our organic status and key selling point.  From the parking area, you go east through the milk house, which is used daily, and then into the barn. This is where the cows are often sheltered. On the other side of the barn is the manure storage. To the north you will find the calf hutches which are located just beyond the maternity pens. Only 30% of our cows are used for breeding. In the bottom left corner of the barn is the loading chute. To the south are two circular areas, one of which is the feed storage and the other the deadstock area. We hope you will enjoy looking around our farm and learning about how we manage our cows.

Answers
  1. pasture area
  2. milk house
  3. maternity pens
  4. feed storage
Keywords

Knowing keywords for maps and building plans is essential for success in IELTS listening.

  • You will see to your left…
  • directly to the left of ….
  • located around
  • which are not currently labelled on the map
  • In the northwest corner
  • From the parking area, you go east
  • On the other side
  • To the north you will find
  • which are located just beyond….
  • In the bottom left corner of the barn
  • To the south are two circular areas

Adapted from royal.gov.uk

 

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Comments

  1. maram says
    October 29, 2023 at

    hi liz where is the answer of listening plz

    Reply
  2. Sthita says
    July 2, 2020 at

    Thanks Liz for the practice lessons..Its really helpful. I believe in the real exam we will get options to select or our answer. and I feel that would help us to locate the answer. However practicing like this makes us even more effective. So thanks for such lessons.

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  3. Prajim lama says
    July 29, 2018 at

    It is very helpful.

    Reply
  4. S M Zahirul Islam says
    July 20, 2018 at

    Dear Liz,

    I would appreciate if you please answer my below questions:

    In the listening test, multiple choice questions answer is given as the following order:

    (a) White
    (b) Green
    (c) Black
    (d) Yellow

    And if the correct answer is c which is in lower case and if I transfer exactly c in lower case to the answer sheet then does this answer going to accept as a right answer?

    Secondly, in your listening tips video, you have mentioned answer given using Capital Letter in the answer sheet not going to accept, is that correct?

    Yours Sincerely,
    SM Zahirul Islam

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    • Liz says
      July 20, 2018 at

      My video does not say that. It says that capital letters don’t matter. This means you can write the answers as you wish. Most teachers recommend using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS FOR BOTH READING AND LISTENING ANSWERS.

      Reply
  5. Emeka says
    July 14, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pans
    4. Feed storage

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  6. Tran Tien says
    July 12, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz for useful vocabulary.

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  7. Ankush Jain says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. Missed it
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  8. Olaleye Sunday says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1 Pasture Area
    2. Missed it
    3. Newest Storage
    4. Loading shield

    I could not hear very well. I still nedd more practice.

    Thank you Liz

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  9. Dr tasin says
    July 11, 2018 at

    Pasture area,Milk storage, Maternity pins,Feed storage

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  10. Resham says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. Posture Area
    2. Milk house
    3.Maternity pins
    4.Feed storage

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  11. Moses ogah says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.milk house.
    3. Maternity fence
    4. Feed storage

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  12. nenny says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1) missed it
    2) Milk House
    3) Maternity Pens
    4) Feed Storage

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  13. Amaka says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1 PASTURE AREA
    2 MILK HOUSE
    3 MATERNITY PENCE
    4 FEED STORAGE

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  14. Harry says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2.milk house
    3.maternity pens
    4.feed storage

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  15. Ugochi says
    July 11, 2018 at

    I missed number 1
    2. milk house
    3. maternity pens
    4 feed storage

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  16. Sky says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. PASTURE AREA
    2. MILK HOUSE
    3. MATERNITY PENS
    4. FOOD STORAGE

    I AM REALLY CONFUSE EITHER FOOD OR FEED STORAGE WITH REGARDS WITH THE ACCENT

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  17. HINA AFROZ says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1) pasture area
    2) milk house
    3) maternity pens
    4) feed storage

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  18. Resham says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1.Posture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  19. POOJA says
    July 11, 2018 at

    PASTURE AREA
    MILK HOUSE
    MATERNITY PANS
    FEED STORAGE

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  20. MB says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1) Pasture Area
    Milk House
    Maternity Pens
    Feed Storage

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  21. NAZRUL ISLAM says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. POSTURE AREA
    2. MILK HOUSE
    3. MATERNITY PENS
    4.FEED STORAGE

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  22. Ann says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1 PASTURE AREA
    2 MILK HOUSE
    3 MATERNITY PANS
    4 FEEDS STORAGE

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  23. Vivek says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1. PASTURR AREA
    2. MILK HOUSE
    3. MATERNITY PENS
    4. FEED STORAGE

    On my first attempt I only answered 4th. But after listening again, I found it. It’s been little bit hard for me.

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  24. Salam says
    July 11, 2018 at

    q1.pasture area
    Q2. milk house
    Q3. .maternity pens
    Q4.feed stirage

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  25. Karma Cheki says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1.Pasture Area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

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  26. Preeti says
    July 11, 2018 at

    PASTURE AREA
    MILK HOUSE
    MATERNITY PENS
    FEED STORAGE

    Reply
  27. Mariana says
    July 11, 2018 at

    1) Pasture Area
    2) Milk House
    3) Maternity Pens
    4) Feed Storage

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  28. Archana says
    July 11, 2018 at

    Pasture area
    Milk house
    Maternity pen
    Feed storage

    Thanks Liz

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  29. Rawia Obida says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 PASTURE AREA.
    2 MILKHOUSE.
    3 MATERNITY PENS.
    4 FEED STORAGE.

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  30. Dee says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) PATCHED AREA
    2) MILK HOUSE
    3) MATERNITY PENS
    4) FEED STORAGE

    Reply
  31. Mukesh kumar says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 Pasture area
    2 Milk house
    3 Maternity house
    4 Feed storage

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  32. Catherine says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feeds storage

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  33. Sophie Berna Nalwadda says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. PASTURE AREA
    2.MILK HOUSE
    3.MATERNITY PENS
    4.FEED STORAGE

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  34. Prashant says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feed Storage

    I had to read it twice, but the second time i realized I am trying to multitask way to much if I listen carefully I should be able to do this. not scoring good yet.

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  35. Ketty Kuyokwa Mundia says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1)pasture area
    2)milk pens
    3)maternity pens
    4)Feed storage

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  36. Mahua Mandal says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) Pasture area
    2) Milkhouse
    3)Maternity peens
    4)Feed storage

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  37. Nida says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feeds storage

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  38. Sally says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Posture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  39. Maqsood Ali says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

    But I had to listen two three time to answer I never had issue in understanding the accent but still I always fails to score 8 band especially due to inability to score in multiple choice and map question

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  40. Rajat Khosla says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity bins
    4. Feed Storage

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  41. Michael Adaku says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Farm house, Pasteur area, maternity pen, food storage

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  42. Vasanth says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture Area
    2.Milk House
    3.Maternity Centre
    4.Feed storage

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  43. Michael Adaku says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Farm house
    Pasteur area
    Maternity tent
    Food storage

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  44. Nakisani Mpindiwa says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.PASTEUR AREA
    2.MILK HOUSE
    3.MATERNITY PENS
    4.FEED STORAGE

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  45. Fayza akter says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1-pasteur area
    2-Milk house
    3-Maternity pans
    4-Feed storage

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  46. Chuks says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

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  47. Hoàng Thị Quyên says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. glass area
    2. milk house
    3. New station
    4. Feed storage

    Hi Liz, the lesson is so difficul for me, i’m not sure about my ansưer, plase help me

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  48. Pir Khurram Rashdi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity House
    4. Feed Storage

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  49. Oluwayemi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 Pasture house
    2 Milk house
    3 Maternity pens
    4 Field storage

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  50. Oyindamola says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture area.
    2.Milk house.
    3.Maternity pens.
    4.Feed storage.

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  51. Naser says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

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  52. Tejal Gala says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Fence
    4. Feed Storage.

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  53. Rachel Onno says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Pasture Area
    Milk House
    Maternity Pens
    Feed Storage

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  54. Rajesh Chilveri says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feed storage

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  55. Asmita Vagal says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture Areas
    2.Milk House
    3.Maternity Pence
    4.Feed Storage

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  56. Josefina says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasteur Area
    2. Milk House
    3.Maternity Pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  57. Rex says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feeds Storage

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  58. Patience Kuutsi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Pasture area
    Milk house
    Maternity pans
    Feeds storage

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  59. Patience Kuutsi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.PASTURE AREA
    2.MILK HOUSE
    3.MARTENITY PANS
    4.FEED STORAGE

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  60. jonnycage says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.Milk house
    3.Maternity house
    4.food storage

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  61. jonnycage says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture area
    2.Milk house
    3.Maternity pans
    4.food storage

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  62. MO says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

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  63. Faruk Rana says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. pasture area
    2.milk house
    3. maternity pens
    4. feed storage

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  64. Diana says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 PASTURE AREA
    2 MILKHOUSE
    3 MATERNITY PANS
    4 FOOD STORAGE

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  65. Jot says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage

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  66. Shabin Ebenezer James says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Fence
    4. Feed Storage

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  67. Mahjabin says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.milk house
    3.maternity fence
    4.feed storage

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  68. Naco says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Farm house
    2. Pasture area
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed storage.

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  69. garry says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.milk house
    3.montanity pens
    4.feed storage

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  70. Janet Ogbogho says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area.

    2. Loading shed.

    3.Maternity pence.

    4. Feeding storage.

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  71. Erdachew Yitagesu says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. pasture area
    2. manure store
    3. maternity pen
    4. feed storage

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  72. amita says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. pasture area
    2. milk house
    3.maternity pens
    4. feed storage

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  73. Amritpal singh says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture area
    2.Milk house
    3.Matenity pences
    4.Feed storage

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  74. Atar Kharoud says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 PASTURE AREA
    2 MILK HOUSE
    3 MATERNITY PENS
    4 FEED STORAGE

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  75. Sayed says
    July 10, 2018 at

    pasture area
    milk house
    maternity house
    feed storage

    To be honest I do repeated several times

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  76. Beatrice says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture Area
    2.Milk area
    3. Maternity Area
    4 .Feed Storage

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  77. Chithra says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity fence
    4. Feed storage

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  78. Nana Yaw says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. PASTURE AREA
    2. MILK HOUSE
    3. MATERNITY PENS
    4. FEED STORAGE
    But i didn’t listen once, i had to listen like three times to get the answers

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  79. Zafar says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1-Farm house
    2-Pasture area
    3- metarnity pens
    4-feed storage

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  80. Lakshmi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    01). Pasture Area
    02). Milk House
    03). Maternity Fence
    04). Feed Storage

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  81. Adetokunbo Aderonke says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pen
    4. Feeds storage

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  82. Viral Rana says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) pasture area
    2) storage
    3) Maternity pans
    4) Feed storage

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  83. Luba says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. pasture area
    2. milk house
    3. maternity pens
    4. food storage

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  84. Mirza says
    July 10, 2018 at

    July 10,2018.
    1.pasture area
    2.Milk House
    3.Maternity Pens
    4.Feed Storage

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  85. Chika says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1)MAIN SHADE
    2)MILKHOUSE
    3)MATERNITY PENS
    4)FEED STORAGE

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  86. preye says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. pasture area
    2. milk house
    3. maternity pens
    4. food storage

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  87. Zachary Odero Oguta says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1)Pasture area
    2)Main shed
    3)Maternity pens
    4)Feed storage

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  88. Zachary says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1)Pasture area
    2)Main shed
    3)Maternity pens
    4)feed storage

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  89. Amka says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity fence
    4. Feed storage

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  90. Nizam says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Pen
    4. Feed Storage

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  91. Lu Li says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Thank you Liz, I have just passed the IELTS text with score 7. Thank for all your free resources and tips!

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  92. mercy says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Answers
    1.Main shield

    Manure Store
    3.Maternity paints
    4.Field Storage

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  93. Ruchi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk house
    3.Manure storage
    4.Loading shoot

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  94. Ludylyn says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feeds storage

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  95. Mihir Parmar says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) Pesture Area
    2) Milk House
    3) Maternity Piens
    4) Feed Storage

    Reply
  96. Divine says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity pens
    4.feed storage

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  97. Eva says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) main shed not small shed

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  98. rajinder kaur says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1 pasture area
    2 milk house
    3mannual storage
    4 feed storage

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  99. Mahesh Dutt says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milkhouse
    3. Maternity Panels
    4. Feed store

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  100. Danny Nimo says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.main shed
    2.milk house
    3.maternity pen
    4.feed storage

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  101. Darshan Kachhadiya says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk Area
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Field Storage

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  102. Kinley says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area.
    2. Milk house.
    3. Maternity barn.
    4. Feed storage.

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  103. Eva says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) small sheds 2) organic pasture 3) maternity pens 4)feed storage

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  104. Shivali says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) pastured area
    2) milk house
    3) maternity barn
    4) wheat storage

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  105. Fatima says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasteur area
    2.Milk house
    3.Maternity pens
    4.Feed storage

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  106. Kristie says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Small (er) sheds
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  107. michelle okiei says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) Pasture area
    2) Milk house
    3) Maternity pens
    4) Feed storage

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  108. Aanshi says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Milk House
    3. Maternity pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  109. Nonny says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milk House
    3. Feed Storage
    4. Maternity Pens

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  110. Onyii says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1) pasture area
    2) milk house
    3) maternity pens
    4) feed storage

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  111. Shinny Karuthedath mani says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pastur area
    2.mainshead
    3.maternity fence
    4.feeding store

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  112. Ruchi H Shah says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Wide grassy expanse
    2. Milk house
    3. Maternity panel
    4. Feed storage

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  113. Robin singh says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.FARMHOUSE
    2.MILK HOUSE
    3.MATERNITY PANS
    4.FEED STORAGE

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  114. Dr. Elsayed Madbouly says
    July 10, 2018 at

    Thank you Liz for your help. You are a great help to those who care about IELTS.

    Reply
  115. Vidita says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture area
    2. Shelter
    3. Maternity plane
    4. Feed storage

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  116. Sumby says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1. Pasture Area
    2. Milkhouse
    3. Maternity Pens
    4. Feed Storage

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  117. Binu says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.Pasture area
    2.Milk house
    3.Maternity fence
    4.Feed storage

    Reply
  118. BEN MAINZA CHINDOLO says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2.milk house
    3.loading shed
    4.feed storage

    Reply
  119. Parmeet kaur says
    July 10, 2018 at

    1.pasture area
    2. Mok house
    3. Maternity bins
    4. Feed storage

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