IELTS LISTENING | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 14 Public

Tips on taking the listening test

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Should you attempt all questions?

Yes. You do not lose points for wrong guesses and your guesses might be right.

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Is a singular answer incorrect if the question requires a plural answer?

Yes - Watch out for plurals in answers

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Answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. Yes or no?

Yes. They come quickly or with large gaps between them.

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When listening to two people making plans, should you be prepared for answers that might not be correct?

Yes. People change their minds about a plan in real life.

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What should you do when you transfer your answers to the answer sheet?

Do it quickly

Be careless

Smile

Take care

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Multiple-choice answers will ask for what?

Your money or your life

A number (1, 2, 3, 4)

Your hand in marriage

A letter (a, b, c, d)

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When asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, which is correct: "leather coat" or "a coat made of leather"?

Leather coat. You may have to change what you hear on the test to fit the word limit.

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Hyphenated words such as 'part-time' count as one word or two?

One word.

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Is a date (1900) One number or four?

One

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Should you focus on what or how the speaker says something for the answer?

What the speaker says.

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Should you make notes in complete sentences?

No. You don't have time.

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If two people are making plans for a dinner date, what is the important information?

How they will get there.

Date and time of the dinner

Time they woke up

Their Mum's birthday

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Should you try to predict what the speaker will say? Especially in part four and note completion tasks.

Yes

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Should you practice listening by reading the script at the same time as listening?

Yes. This will help you get a sense of how questions are spaced out, as well as learning some useful common expressions that are frequently used.

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