- 20 minutes
In this lesson, we focus on note and sentence completion questions. These questions involve listening out for a specific word or words to complete the task.
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Lesson Material
These questions require you to listen out for a specific word or words to complete the task.
Example
Strategy
Often, this will say ‘No more than two words and/or a number’. This means you can write:
- One word: hospitals
- Two words: Local hospitals
- A number: 60
- Two words and a number: 60 local hospital hospitals
Remember to read these instructions carefully.
You should underline keywords that will help you to understand the task.
Think about the kind of word/words that will appear in each question. In the above example, we can make these predictions:
27. noun (predictions: time, patience, money, etc.)
28. noun (predictions: listening, communication, speaking, etc.)
29. noun (predictions: years, terms, semesters, modules, chunks, etc.)
30. place (predictions: social clubs, social activities, bars, cafes, etc.)
This is a skill that you should practice when you do your exam preparation so that you do it automatically in the exam.
All of the questions appear in the same order as the recording. Make sure to read all of the questions before the recording starts. This way, if you miss the answer to a question, you will not be waiting for the answer and, as a result, miss the answers to the following questions.
The answers are not evenly spaced in the recording. For example, you might be waiting for one minute, and then the answers for two questions come in a space of 10 seconds. Be ready to answer more than one question at a time by writing the answer quickly on your question paper. You can copy this to your answer sheet at the end of the recording.