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READING STRATEGIES
Part 1. Multiple choicePart 1. Multiple choice
 In this task you may have to identify: Place, function,
addressee, opinion, speaker, topic, content or feeling.
You may have to pay attention to the stress and
intonation, the speed at which the speakers speak and/or
their sex, role, age, manner, hesitation, etc.
 Listen for information which helps you to eliminate
wrong options as well as identify correct ones.
Part 2: Sentence completionPart 2: Sentence completion
 Questions in both types of task follow the same sequence as
the information heard on the recording.
 You will need to write between one and three words for
each answer. Do not write longer answers.
 You will not loose a mark for incorrect spelling if it is clear
what word you intended to write, except where a word is
spelt out for you on the recording.
 In the blank-filling task your answers have to be
grammatically correct within the sentence, so check your
answers for this at the end of the recording.
 Try to write down an answer to all the questions as you
listen to the recording the first time and then confirm
whether your answer is right or needs changing as you listen
the second time.
Part 3. Multiple matchingPart 3. Multiple matching
Read the questions through carefully
beforehand in the time you are given.
Think about the focus of the question.
For example, are you listening to decide
on the speaker, the place, etc.
Part 4: Multiple choicePart 4: Multiple choice
Use the time you are given before the recording
starts to read through the questions and think
about the options. predict, fro example, what you
might hear on the recording if something is true
or what you might hear if it is false.
The information is given on the recording in the
same order as the questions, so make sure you
focus on the right question at the right time.
Try to note down the answers the first time you
hear the recording and then confirm or change
them the second time you listen.
Part 4: Multiple choicePart 4: Multiple choice
Use the time you are given before the recording
starts to read through the questions and think
about the options. predict, fro example, what you
might hear on the recording if something is true
or what you might hear if it is false.
The information is given on the recording in the
same order as the questions, so make sure you
focus on the right question at the right time.
Try to note down the answers the first time you
hear the recording and then confirm or change
them the second time you listen.

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Listening strategies

  • 2. Part 1. Multiple choicePart 1. Multiple choice  In this task you may have to identify: Place, function, addressee, opinion, speaker, topic, content or feeling. You may have to pay attention to the stress and intonation, the speed at which the speakers speak and/or their sex, role, age, manner, hesitation, etc.  Listen for information which helps you to eliminate wrong options as well as identify correct ones.
  • 3. Part 2: Sentence completionPart 2: Sentence completion  Questions in both types of task follow the same sequence as the information heard on the recording.  You will need to write between one and three words for each answer. Do not write longer answers.  You will not loose a mark for incorrect spelling if it is clear what word you intended to write, except where a word is spelt out for you on the recording.  In the blank-filling task your answers have to be grammatically correct within the sentence, so check your answers for this at the end of the recording.  Try to write down an answer to all the questions as you listen to the recording the first time and then confirm whether your answer is right or needs changing as you listen the second time.
  • 4. Part 3. Multiple matchingPart 3. Multiple matching Read the questions through carefully beforehand in the time you are given. Think about the focus of the question. For example, are you listening to decide on the speaker, the place, etc.
  • 5. Part 4: Multiple choicePart 4: Multiple choice Use the time you are given before the recording starts to read through the questions and think about the options. predict, fro example, what you might hear on the recording if something is true or what you might hear if it is false. The information is given on the recording in the same order as the questions, so make sure you focus on the right question at the right time. Try to note down the answers the first time you hear the recording and then confirm or change them the second time you listen.
  • 6. Part 4: Multiple choicePart 4: Multiple choice Use the time you are given before the recording starts to read through the questions and think about the options. predict, fro example, what you might hear on the recording if something is true or what you might hear if it is false. The information is given on the recording in the same order as the questions, so make sure you focus on the right question at the right time. Try to note down the answers the first time you hear the recording and then confirm or change them the second time you listen.