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Listening Comprehension

You hear a conversation, an announcement or a short talk, then answer questions on it. The recording plays twice; the transcript appears after you answer.

You hear a conversation, an announcement or a short talk, then answer questions on it. The recording plays twice; the transcript appears after you answer.

Method

• Before playing, read the questions and options: who, where, when, why?
• Note numbers, times, places and names as you hear them.
• Listen for change words: but, actually, instead, changed to — the right fact comes after them.
• “Where is this?” questions are solved by place words (order, menu → restaurant).

• Wrong options are often a number or time that was mentioned but then changed (the old gate, the old time).
• Idioms are not literal: give me a hand = help me.

Expressions that come up in listening