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hello my name's Liz and in this lesson
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I'm going to give you all the essential
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information and tips that you need to be
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successful in your 's listening test
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we're going to start by reviewing the
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exam content and then we will move on
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and I will give you a lot of useful tips
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there is only one IELTS listening test
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all ielt students take the same
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listening test so if you're taking
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academic IELTS or general training IELTS
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You all take the same test the same
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questions the same format and the same
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scoring it is exactly the same for
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everyone having a look at the content of
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the listening test there are four
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sections and there are 40 questions in
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total now the sections the first two
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sections are the easiest and they are
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social that means the context the
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situation is a social situation an
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everyday
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situation and the last two sections are
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more difficult they are academic in
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content now section one has two speakers
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a social
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situation now a typical example is a
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phone conversation where somebody is
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registering for a course so for example
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they need to book a course and they need
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to know what date they need your name
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they need your address your telephone
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number or perhaps you're booking a table
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at a restaurant or organizing to meet
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someone and you need to think of the
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time that you're going to meet so it's
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very specific
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information and it is quite easy easy
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and it's quite easy to improve that
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section the next one number two is also
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social so an everyday situation but it's
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only one speaker a typical example would
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be a tour guide so that would be a tour
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guide explaining about a resort so what
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facilities there are or the history
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behind the resort another example could
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be for example talking about him
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historic building or talking about a
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charity a company or an
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organization section three the academic
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the first academic section uh that has
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three to four speakers now this is
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challenging because it's a discussion an
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academic discussion now when you've got
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three to four speakers that means you've
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got different voices and you have to be
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able to
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identify who is speaking and who is
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saying saying what so that could be
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quite challenging but the most difficult
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is section four that is only one speaker
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and it is an academic lecture the
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listening test takes 40 minutes in total
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30 minutes are for the audio so that
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means you have 30 minutes to listen to
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the recording and answer the questions
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at the end of the 30 minutes you are
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given another 10 minutes and that is so
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that you can transfer your answers from
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the question paper which is where you
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write your answers when you're listening
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to the answer sheet here is an example
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of the answer sheet for I listening now
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you can download this answer sheet and
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it's very important I think number four
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for your tip is to practice using it
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before you go into your iot test it's
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very important that you're comfortable
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with all parts of of the test and that
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includes spending 10 minutes
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transferring your answers from your
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question paper onto this answer sheet to
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write your answers clearly so that they
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can be easily read onto the answer sheet
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moving on to tip number five you will
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hear the recording only once it is not
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played again so that means that when you
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have your test you need to listen to the
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recording read the questions and at the
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same time write down your answers so
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that means at one time you are listening
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reading and writing so you really are
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multitasking during this listening test
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it can be quite difficult and it's
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something that you do need to
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practice number six many students ask me
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can they use a pencil or a pen the
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answer is you need to write write your
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answers onto the answer sheet using a
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pencil and that's the same as the I
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reading test tip number seven the scores
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are calculated by the number of correct
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answers you have so there are 40
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questions there are 40 points and each
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time you get a correct answer you get a
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point and that is how your band scores
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are calculated let's move on to tip
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number eight tip number eight you can
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write your answers in capital letters or
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lowercase you can choose But whichever
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one you choose you must stay with that
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choice if you decide to use capital
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letters all your answers must be written
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in capital letters you can't change
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suddenly on your answer sheet or if you
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choose lowercase you must make sure that
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all your answers are written with
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lowercase on your answer sheet now
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capital letters mean means every single
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letter is written as a capital there is
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no difference at all but if you're using
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lowercase you need to remember that some
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words start with a capital letter so for
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example names or places will start with
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a capital letter so make sure if you do
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decide to use lowercase that you
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remember your capital letters at the
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start of your answers for names and
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places
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tip number
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nine if you look at your question paper
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it will always tell you how many words
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you need for the answer it will give you
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a rule for example no more than two
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words and or a
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number these instructions you've got to
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pay attention every time you get a new
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type of
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question that might change so you must
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always look how many words can I have
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for these answers and when I move
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further down the page how many words has
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it changed underline it quickly so that
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you don't forget now many students get
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confused about what it means so let me
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explain we got no more than two words so
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that means we cannot have three no more
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than two words and or a number so that
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means we can have two words and a number
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or we can have just a number so let's
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have a look at the options so that you
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understand more clearly you could have
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one word you could have two words but
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not three you could have two words and a
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number or you could have just a number
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now be very careful with the
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instructions because you can see here it
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says a number
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sometimes it says and or
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numbers and if that's plural it means
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you might have two numbers so make sure
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you pay attention to the instructions
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very closely many students ask me about
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number 10 which is should we use
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prepositions should we write hospital or
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the hospital or at the hospital what
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should we write for the answer well it
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depends on the type of question you have
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I will show you later in this video that
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there are many different types of
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questions form completion sentence
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completion note completion summary
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completion and each of them are a little
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bit different now you can see here this
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is an example of a question from a form
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they tell you the type of information
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they want and you write your answer here
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and it can be just one word so it would
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be possible to write just
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hospital but if we look at this example
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you can see it's a sentence and that
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means when we fill in the answer here
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the sentence must be grammatically
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correct because we are completing the
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sentence so here we would say the best
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place to meet is at the hospital and
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that would be three words so you need to
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look at the type of question are you
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just making notes or are you completing
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sentences number
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11 all words are counted even if they
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are small words so for example a holiday
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that is two words that's the same for
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reading and writing and of course this
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1950 that would be considered as one
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number number 12 this is important
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important spelling if you spell a word
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incorrectly it will be marked
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wrong so that means that of course when
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you're listening you don't have time to
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think about spelling but in listening
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you have 10 minutes at the end of your
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test to transfer your answers to the
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answer sheet that is the time for you to
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pay attention to spelling pay attention
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to your spelling and capital letters
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check the grammar use the 10 minutes for
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transferring answers
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wisely number 13 should you write words
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or letters on your answer sheet now
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that's very important you can see here
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we need to write a word or here we need
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to complete the sentence with one or
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more
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words but if it's a multiple choice
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that's different the instructions tell
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you to choose the correct letter so that
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means we've we got a spring B summer or
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C winter now when we choose our answer
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for example B we need to write B on the
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answer sheet if you write summer on the
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answer sheet it is marked wrong so
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although you have the correct answer
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really you have written the wrong answer
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on your answer sheet because you needed
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to write the letter so make sure you
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read the instructions the instructions
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will tell you if you're going to write a
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letter or a word and again that is the
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same as I's reading let's move on to
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number 14 one of the most important tips
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to help you prepare for your ielt
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listening test is to learn about the
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types of questions that you will get in
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I listening there are quite a lot as you
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can see of different types of questions
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and you need to practice each type of
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question when you get in your listening
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test and you go to the question you have
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enough time to read the question and
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answers but you don't have enough time
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to try to understand what to do if
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you've never seen that type of question
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before so knowing and having a strategy
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a technique for each type of question is
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important for your Arts listening test
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now one of the most difficult types of
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questions is the multiple choice that's
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often where you have a b or c to choose
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from but multiple choice could also be a
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very long list for example eight options
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and you need to answer three questions
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relating to all those eight options or
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the multiple choice might be a choice of
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people's names do you remember in
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section three there are three or four
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speakers so you might have to match the
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name of the person with the information
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so there are different kinds of multiple
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choice there's also map completion and
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that's when you're given the map of a
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town or some streets it might also be a
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building plan so that's when you've got
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all the rooms in a building that you
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have to label and
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complete it could be diagram labeling so
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you've got a diagram and your answers
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relate to parts of that
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diagram you could have a form completion
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that's very common in section one or
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note completion that's very common in
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section four you could have flowchart
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completion sentence completion that's a
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very common type of question summary
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completion that's a little bit similar
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except this is more like a small
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paragraph that you need to complete we
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also have short answer questions so
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these are questions that might need onew
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answers two Word answers or three-word
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answers and of course table completion
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as well so there's a lot of different
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types of questions that you need to
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practice if you want to have practice
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with these question types then you can
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get a book of practice tests or you can
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visit my blog where I have free practice
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lessons using many of these types of
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questions now let's have a look at
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number 15 number 15 don't try to
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understand
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everything the aim in I El for listening
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and reading is to find answers to
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questions a correct answer is one point
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all you want are answers you are not
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aiming to understand
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everything so you need to look at your
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question try to think of what type of
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answer you're looking for listen for
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that answer there will be a lot of extra
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information given in the recordings and
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you need to just relax and focus on the
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answers that you're looking
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for number 16 this is an important tip
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you need to prepare your answers and
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questions
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now before you listen to the recording
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you will hear a message and it will say
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to you you now have time to prepare
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questions 1 to
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5 that means that you will have time to
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prepare and read questions 1 2 3 4 and
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five then you will listen to it and
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after you will have a chance to prepare
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questions 6 7 8 and nine so you're
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always given time to prepare but it's
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not long so you do need to train
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yourself to prepare questions quickly
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now let's have a look at this one this
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is a sentence completion now the first
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thing I would do is I would underline
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this the Town Square of course I'm going
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to hear those words and those words will
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help me to find my answer I will also
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pay attention that built is a verb that
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is very easy to paraphrase for example
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construct so the town the town square
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was constructed by so I can see that
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immediately because I've done lots of
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practice and it's a word I'm familiar
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with another key word would be this one
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by when you see a preposition you often
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have a good idea what type of answer you
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need to complete the sentence for this
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one obviously it's probably going to be
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a person the Town Square was built by
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someone but be careful because IELTS is
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testing your English and by could be a
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person it could also be an
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organization it could be a group of
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people so for example the Town Square
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was built by local Craftsmen
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so it might not be the name of a person
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but you can see very quickly that I
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identified three key words one because I
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know I will hear those words that's the
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main content two because that could be
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paraphrased and three it tells me what
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type of answer I need so that is how you
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prepare your
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questions tip
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17 answers can come quickly so be
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prepared for that the answers do not
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come at regular intervals you could get
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suddenly three answers coming
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together that means you need to keep
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your eye on the next question so don't
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just look at the question that you're
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looking for keep your eye on the other
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questions coming so you can move quickly
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to the next question and you don't lose
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time you don't get lost now because the
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answers come quickly you don't always
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have time to write long words if the
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answer is University Bookshop you might
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want to just make a note if it was
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University Bookshop I would do
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this I would write that on my question
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paper and then when I transfer my
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answers to the answer sheet I would
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write the full Words which is University
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Bookshop so making notes is very useful
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you should also make notes of possible
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answers because maybe you're going to
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miss one you can write all over your
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question paper The Examiner will never
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see it so make notes on your question
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paper write down the short version of
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the word if you need to and transfer
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correctly to your answer
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sheet tip number 20 there may be a gap
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between answers so here we have answers
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coming quickly but also there could be a
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gap and this is when students start to
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panic they're listening and waiting and
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waiting and there's no answer and the
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recording is going and going and they
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get very nervous that's the reason it's
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important to underline your key words
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because then you know that you need to
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wait for these words to come so don't
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panic you need to be calm and keep
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listening keep your eye on the next
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question make notes while you're
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listening and be prepared for any gaps
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between answers so let's move on now tip
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21 common
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traps these are ways that IELTS really
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try to test your understanding and your
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vocabulary now I'll give you an example
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of a common trap this is when the
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answers are given so for example shall
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we meet at 7:00 yes definitely let's
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meet at 7 so we've got the answer 7:00
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but then it's
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changed and the speaker says oh actually
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sorry how about half
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past so suddenly instead of the answer
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being 7 it is now
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7:30 so when you listen and you hear
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your
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answer obviously you can make a note of
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the answer but keep listening because
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that answer might be
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changed so be careful with that and
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another type of trap is when you have
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the same words in the question and the
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same words in the recording so of course
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people immediately think oh this is my
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answer but actually that could be a trap
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because usually I else will use
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paraphrasing rather than using the exact
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same word words completely so always be
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a little bit suspicious when you hear
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all the same words if you want to have
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practice with common traps then visit my
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blog I've got lots of practice exercises
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with these types of traps and it will
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help you to practice for that uh number
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22 repeated answers if you look for
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example at section three this is when
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we' got three or four people people
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having a discussion and of course when
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you are discussing something people
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might say is this what you mean do you
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mean this and the answer could be
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repeated again and that can help you to
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locate the
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answer uh number 23 very important now
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IELTS is a listening test and they know
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that many foreign language speakers
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struggle to to hear
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plurals so you need to pay attention
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does that word have an s on the end or
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not now if you have a sentence
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completion sometimes you can see in the
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grammar that you need a plural answer so
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just take a look but keep your ears open
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for those
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plurals now it's time for me to give you
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a breakdown of the scoring and I will
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give you the scores for B score five 6 7
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and 8 the scoring now you can see here
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we've got the band scores you got
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5.56 6.57
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7.5 and you can see here these are the
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number of correct answers that you need
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to get the band score so if you're
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looking for band score seven you will
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need to get 30 or 31 answers correct
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and to get 7.5 you need 32 33 or 34
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answers correct to get B score
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7.5 so what you can see is it is all
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about the number of correct answers so
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tip number 24 is if you don't know the
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answer guess write something on your
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answer sheet don't leave an empty space
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because if your answer is wrong it will
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not affect your bound score you don't
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lose a point if your aners wrong so
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always guess if you don't know I'll give
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you a link at the end of the lesson so
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that you can get all the scoring for all
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the band scores now let's move on to tip
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number 25 let's look at the final tips
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uh the first one is to listen to the
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example that is given at the beginning
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of your listening test so before section
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one truly begins you have a chance to
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listen to an example and see an example
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answer you should use that time to get
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used to the speaker's voices because
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that will help you understand what
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they're going to say this example is
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only given at the start of section one
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not at the start of section 2 3 or four
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so use the time effectively and listen
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carefully to the example
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now the accents that come in the I
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listening test of course there will be a
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lot of British English accent and
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Australian accent as well but IELTS is
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an international English language test
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so that means there will be a range of
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accents so when you practice for your
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listening test make sure you practice
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listening to different types of
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accents now the next one this is quite
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important you will often find titles on
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your question paper and those titles are
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very useful because it helps you prepare
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for the topic that's coming so if you
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have a diagram completion map completion
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table completion questions have a look
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for the title read it underline it very
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useful the next one and this is very
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important check where all the questions
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are now I will say
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you now have time to prepare for
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questions 1 to question s so that means
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you know that you're going to get seven
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questions make sure you check where the
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seven questions are because I have seen
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students who only prepared six questions
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because they didn't realize that
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question seven was on the other side of
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the paper so make sure that your
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questions are on one side or maybe you
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need to turn over and look at the next
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page as well so always check that the
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next one if you miss an answer move
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quickly to the next question that's very
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important you don't have a chance to
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catch up if you lose your place in the I
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listening test because you only listen
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once to the recording so keeping your
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place in the recording is very important
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so if you miss an answer don't don't
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worry about it forget it move directly
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to the next
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question another one and this is very
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useful for section three and section
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four and that is that Technical and
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academic language is often not
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paraphrased now not all words but often
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they are not paraphrased so if you see a
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very complicated word or a technical
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word then that can be useful for you
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don't be scared of that language
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and it can be useful because it might
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not be paraphrased and that means when
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you hear it you know what question
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you're on and you can keep your place
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let's have a look at some more final
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tips this is a very important tip for
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your answer you need to write the words
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that you hear now here's an example of
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something you might hear in the
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recording children must be accompanied
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by an adult at all times and here is the
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question so number 26 no children are
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allowed
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without and you need to fill in the Gap
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you need to complete the sentence now
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here are two answers no children are
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allowed without an
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accompanying
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adult or no children are allowed without
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an adult now if we look here we have to
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be accompanied by an adult so it is true
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that children must have an accompanying
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adult but that is not what the recording
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actually says word for word the meaning
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is correct but the wording is not so
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this answer would be considered wrong
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you can't change and reformulate the
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words you need to listen and write down
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the words you hear so the answer would
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have have to be an adult so be very
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careful not to reformulate the words but
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to write what you hear the final tips
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this is important make sure that your
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headphones are working properly now you
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remember I told you at the beginning of
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section one there is an example played
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and you can use that to also check that
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your headphones are working properly
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before the answers start coming
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if your test center doesn't use
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headphones for the listening test and if
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the recording is played to the whole
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room you can check the volume is all
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right for you if there is a problem with
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the headphones or the volume then you
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can put your hand up and a test
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invigilator will come to you and you can
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get the problem
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fixed now finally of course the biggest
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problem that people have is
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concentration you need to really
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concentrate for the I listening test if
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you lose focus at any time you can not
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only miss an answer but you can lose
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your place in the recording and then
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it's very difficult to locate the
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following answers so you need to
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practice building your concentration
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before you go into your test now if you
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