IELTS Listening Tips: Multiple Choice

Hello, my name is Liz and in this lesson we will look at

multiple

choice

questions for IELTS. Multiple

choice

questions are the hardest you will get on your

listening

test and in this lesson we will look at strategies and techniques. to deal with

multiple

options, so we'll get started. I'll give you

tips

on what to do and then we'll practice some multiple choice. Then I'll go over the answers with you and point out all the pitfalls. that I like to use for

listening

and below I will give you a list of useful vocabulary so that you can improve your listening comprehension for these types of questions and at the end of the lesson I will give you links so that you can practice. more multiple choice for IELTS and also get some more useful IELTS lessons, so let's start by taking a look at multiple choice questions.

There are different types of multiple choice questions in IELTS listening and here are the two types of questions that you can get The first type is when you have separate questions and each question has a choice of three or four answers and you have to choose the correct answer, then you pass to the next question and you choose the correct answer again, but IELTS likes to challenge you and Another type of question is a list selection. Now with this you can see that questions four and five are together, there is only one question for both and then you have a very long list and from this list you must choose the correct answers now.

You may be asked to choose two answers, maybe three, so you should read these instructions very carefully and you can see that there is quite a long list of possible answers and you should choose your answers from that list, so this is the most difficult because it has There are so many options to choose from and in today's lesson we will look at the multiple choice list selection question. Before we give you multiple choice

tips

, let's take a look at a question we're going to practice today. Here is the question we have questions 4 to 6 so that is three questions together we have the three items that are recommended to take with you that is our question and we have a list of possible answers we have a camera B food and drink C mosquito repellent D boots for walking e sunscreen F a large bag G cash and H extra clothes and from those options we must choose three answers, so let's start with tip number one.

The first tip is a simple tip. Search for a title. Not all questions have titles, but if you see one, please pay attention, the title will give you the context of the situation and that will help you understand the listening better, it will help you understand the question more clearly and of course, the answers, and for this question our title is a rainforest. excursion and an excursion means a trip, so this is a trip to a rainforest, so it is a visit to a rainforest and now we understand that the three elements that are recommended are recommended for a trip to the rainforest.

Tip number two, read the question you need. Pay close attention to the question and the first thing we are going to do is underline the number three because when looking for three answers we don't want to forget that, so underline it so you don't get confused. The next thing is to find a keyword. There will be a key word in the question that will help you identify which answers are correct and which are incorrect. The keyword is recommended in this question, so it is recommended that you carry it with you. In the rainforest, you should listen to three things that you should take with you to the rainforest.

This will also help us understand the trap that IELTS will set for you because I will probably also talk about a lot of different things, some things that you should bring. with you into the rainforest and the things you shouldn't take with you into the rainforest and that's just to confuse you so what you need to do is pay attention to what the key word is and listen to that information. The third tip is to paraphrase this. is a very important tip for many ant questions and paraphrasing means finding another word with the same meaning, so the more paraphrases you can do, the better your IELTS will be, so we already looked for tip number two on the recommended word and that means for tip number three we need to paraphrase recommended you are not going to listen in the exam I recommend that you take it with you it is not that easy I also want to test your English language I also want to test your vocabulary so how many ways do you do it?

You know how to say recommended or should and how many ways you know how to say I don't recommend or you shouldn't, so the more you paraphrase, the better your results will be and the easier it will be to hear the correct answer to the question. fourth tip, it's time to read the options you need to review all the possible answers and read them before listening, you will probably be given all the options. It is very normal in IELTS that you hear all those words in the recording, but we need to concentrate because we are only looking for the elements we need to take and not any other elements, which means that when you hear something the first time, for example, food and drink, It doesn't mean that's the answer you need to hear. carefully to understand if it is recommended to take food and drink or it is not recommended to take food and drink listen carefully listen to everything pay close attention if you think it is the correct answer put a small tick and keep listening because maybe you will find that Actually, that was not one of the answers and of course it's okay to check the box.

You can write all over your listening sheet if you want because at the end of listening you have time to transfer your answers to the answer sheet, so there is no problem underlining words and marking and circling options. You can do whatever you want with your work, so basically tip number four is to pay attention and keep listening. Don't think that the first option is your answer because all of these options will be mentioned. in listening, but you need to listen to the three recommended elements and the last tip has to do with a common trap that I like to give in your listening test and this is a trap that really tests your ability to deceive and truth and Listen to the details, so tip number five is to keep an eye out for the right answers, but then the speaker takes them away from you again.

Let me give you an example so he can understand. Now we are hearing three items that are recommended to take with us to the rainforest, so something we should take now, let's take this as an example, imagine the speaker says that we generally recommend that you take a big bag to the rainforest, but it is not necessary because we'll be carrying supplies with us, so what's up? In that sentence, the first part of the sentence says that yes, you need to carry a large bag with you, but the second part of the sentence says that you don't actually need to carry a large bag because we have a vehicle and we will carry everything. so you don't need the big bag so that's a common way that IELTS tries to catch you so when you're listening and you hear the words you have to take a big bag you can mark but keep listening and if the sentence changes and says, but you don't really need to cross out a little bit and that way you know to keep listening to get more answers, so that's five helpful tips for your multiple choice and now let's do a practice.

I'm going to give you a recording to listen to and you're going to answer this question and you're going to listen and you're going to find three items that are recommended to take into the rainforest, so I'm going to disappear. and you will listen and at the end of the listening I will come back and give you all the answers and then I will also give you some useful vocabulary so good luck I will see you in just a minute now you have time to read questions four to six and prepare the answers before start listening to questions four through six, so let me give you some information about today's trip to the rainforest.

We will travel from here by bus to the center of the park, from there we will travel. You'll be heading out on foot into the rainforest, you'll be doing a six-mile hike and the terrain will be quite rough, so you really need to have sturdy footwear, like a good pair of boots. There will be plenty of photo opportunities on this trip, so I know. Many of you will want to bring a camera, but I'm afraid it is prohibited. I also see that many of you have your binoculars, however I must explain that the forest will be quite dense where we are going, so you may not have many. opportunities to use them on our hike, there will be plenty of shade so you won't have to worry about sunscreen.

Mosquito repellent, on the other hand, is usually helpful, but not this time of year, we will be walking for a few hours, so you may want to bring snacks once you enter the park. There is nowhere to buy anything so this is definitely a must. If I were you, I would bring a good sized backpack, as you may want to bring a change of clothes. In addition to other personal items, I know a lot of people recommend bringing local currency on your trip, but the souvenir shop outside the park accepts credit cards as well as dollars and euros, so I'll leave that decision entirely up to you.

How was it listening? Was it difficult or easy? Well, let's now look at the answers. Let's review the answers. Let's take a look at the first one. You really have to have strong footwear and of course when we hear that word we think of it. the option boots for walking and it says like a good pair of boots now it doesn't say boots for walking but we are not looking for the exact words we are looking for the meaning and meaning of this strong footwear a good pair of boots which means boots for walking so that gave us the first answer now let's look at the next one many of you will want to take a camera so that was one of the possible answers and he says but I'm afraid that means that unfortunately it's prohibited, which means that you can't, it's not allowed so the camera yes and no it is not recommended you can't take it with you next time it will be quite shaded now shaded means protected from the sun there are so many trees in the rainforest the sun can't go through it it's shaded so you don't need to worry about me you don't need to worry about me you don't need it it's not necessary you shouldn't take it you don't need to worry about sunscreen So that's the next option.

Let's see the others. The next mosquito repellent that was on our list is useful, but not this time of year, which means mosquito repellent is not our answer. Next time you might want to bring refreshments. Now snacks, what does it mean? Well, snacks means food or drink and that was one of our answers, so it says you might want to bring food and drink with you, it's a must and that means you should really bring it with you, so food and drink. is one of our answers the following if I were you now we can immediately see if I were you that is the beginning of a recommendation if I were you I would choose a good sized backpack, that is, large, do you know which backpack is where? a backpack is a bag that you put on your back so it's a bag so a big bag I recommend that you carry a big bag with you so that's the third answer a big bag and if we continue we'll see what it says what it means because because it's possible You may want to bring a change of clothes, so that is the extra clothing option, but it says you may want to bring, which means it is optional, you can choose to bring it or not, it is not recommended, so we have the answer. walking boots food and drink and a big bag now let's look at the last option and see why that wasn't the answer and the last possible answer was of course about cash and it said some people recommend and again that's what other people They recommend, not the speaker.

So that was a trap because obviously we use the word recommend but this is not the answer, so it says that some people recommend taking the local currency, which is cash, and then the speaker says, but leave that decision in your hands, which It means it's optional. is not a recommendation so here are the answers and you can see the paraphrase of the synonyms used for these answers, so the first hiking boots said sturdy footwear a good pair of boots the next food and drink said soft drinks and a bag big They said a good sized backpack, so that's an example of how IELTS will use paraphrases and different vocabulary to confuse you a little and test your English.

Now let me give you a few more tips before we look at the vocabulary and a few more tips for you and Of course, the first one is both the words in the question and the words in the answer options. Everything can be paraphrased, so pay close attention to that and develop your vocabulary. Listening to ayats is all about vocabulary, so start creating word lists and developing them. and expanding your vocabulary in the next one, as you saw, we had a list of possible answers, but the answers don't come in that order, they come in different orders, so the first answer was hiking boots, but walking boots were the option D, so don't try it.

To follow that list, the answers will come in different edges and the last tip, this is oneOne of the most important is that your answer must be a letter, so when you transfer your answers to the answer sheet at the end of the test, be sure to transfer the letter, not the word, which is why one of the answers was D walking boots If you write walking boots on your answer sheet, the answer is incorrect, so make sure you write the letter and not the words. Now let's look at useful vocabulary here. There are a number of different paraphrases that IELTS might use in their listening test to get recommendations.

Let's take a quick look. We could say: Yes you should. I would recommend that it is advisable. I suggest to you that it is a good idea, it is better if I were you, I would do it and of course there is another expression here, if I were in your place I would do it and this is all about recommending something, of course, on the contrary, it is you turn into something negative, you should you shouldn't I wouldn't recommend it it's not advisable I'm not suggesting it's not a good idea I wouldn't do it if I were you or if I were in your place I wouldn't do it now take a look at the paraphrases to help you understand allow to do something, so something you can or can't do, there are many different ways to say that something is not allowed, you could say you can't or you shouldn't, it's prohibited, it's prohibited. is not allowed is prohibited is not allowed is not accessible that means you can't access it or you can't enter there is a strict rule that strict is a negative word so that means you can't is a rule to stop you is not authorized or is not approved and of course you could say that you won't be able to if you want to do the opposite say that something is approved of course you say that you can it is allowed it is allowed it is accessible there is no strict rule or it is authorized you will be able to do it so all these different paraphrases will help you when have a question about recommendations or what is allowed now let me give you a link so you can do many things More multiple choice listening practice for IELTS and we will also get some more useful lessons.

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