Understand IELTS Listening in JUST 50 minutes!

There are six different types of questions in IELTS

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and test day can get quite intense because you only have one chance in this video. I'm going to explain everything you need to know before going over the different

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questions. types and whether or not you can write your answers in capital letters, let's recap the basics, so that in the IELTS exam you have 30

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to complete 40 questions. There are four sections, each section has 10 questions, and as I mentioned, there are six different question types. Well, let's take a look at each of those different sections, but

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In IELTS listening section one, you will hear two people speaking in an everyday social context, for example, you may hear two. people talking about travel arrangements or buying clothes or booking a hotel in section 2, you will hear a single person, a person speaking in an everyday social context, for example, you may hear a person talking about a new sports facility or a park ranger talking about a campground or one person talking about professional development in section 3, you will hear two or three people talking in an educational context; for example you may hear two students talking about an assignment and maybe you also hear the professor or maybe they are talking about giving an oral presentation in section four you will hear a person talking about an academic topic for example maybe he or If she talks about architecture, biology or technology, don't worry, you don't need to.

I'm an expert on any of these academic topics, however, in section four the vocabulary definitely gets a little more complex. Okay, I have a few more things to talk to you about, so some important details are: You will only listen to the recordings once you also I hear a variety of accents: British, American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand. The good news is that it is not natural, it is somewhat fake, which means that it is clearly not like normal spoken English and if you take the exam on paper you will have 10

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to transfer your answers, what does this mean?

What I mean by this is that you will write your answers directly on the question booklet during the test and then you will have 10 minutes at the end to transfer your answers from the question booklet to the answer. sheet, so make sure you transfer those answers carefully now, if you're taking the computer-delivered exam, it's a lot simpler because you'll actually

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fill in the answers as you go, you'll have two minutes at the end to check your answers, but really There's not much you can do because, again, you only listen to that audio once. We're about to get started and what I want you to do is download the free practice test from the description below.

This practice test also has an answer sheet and is a fillable PDF, we are actually going to ask quite a few questions in this video and I want you to do them with me directly in this practice test, so in IELTS Listening, why do you are they really evaluating? In IELTS Listening you need to listen. main ideas detailed information opinions attitudes the purpose of what is said as well as the development of ideas in terms of scoring if you aspire to an IELTS six you will need to obtain at least 23 points out of 40. seven you will obtain You need to obtain at least 30 out of 40 and if you aspire To get an IELTS 8, you will need to get at least 35 questions out of 40.

So you can see that there really isn't much room for error here if you get 34 instead of 35, then you won't get that IELTS 8. That's why we need to practice an little and let's see the first type of question. Now prepare your pen. Type of question number one. Notes form. Complete the flow chart. This one we're looking at here is a form to fill out, make sure you pay attention to the instructions which, for example, says: don't write more than two words or a number, it's absolutely critical that you fully

understand

what this means because if you get this you're wrong and you write three words or two words and a number but not a number.

I don't know, it gets confusing, let's look at it closer, so if you don't need to write more than two words or a number, you can write one. word like table or fred, you can write two words like study or three dollars, where three is actually one word, if you write one word and a number, then you can write three dollars with a number three dollars or July 16 or seven million, where seven is a number if you need to write two words and one number you can write three red flowers or twelve male geese but you cannot write twelve male geese with three words if you only need to write one number you can write the number 7 or 7123 is considered a single number , but you can't write 7 100 because it's one number and three words.

See how this all works. Now keep in mind that IELTS never tests you for contractions, so the answer will never be o'clock, don't do it, or leave it. or they never test you for contractions there and if you have to hyphenate a word for some reason, which is very rare, it is counted as a single word, as a word, as shared work or back and forth, or it is not advisable now before we start. By listening to the audio and starting the test, you get a little bit of time for pre-listening, which is absolutely essential to do well, so to fill out the form again in pre-listening, what you want to do is predict what words you could listen to before the test. the audio starts playing, for example, here it says last name of the customer, you know you're going to be hearing a last name or the next one, number two, you're hearing a street name, number three, a zip code number four and five. names of books number six where something is currently the number seven a date and the number eight a number this is easy you are about to start with the first practice question we will do it together if you are doing this in practice test you downloaded from the description below, that's cool because it's like a real life practice, if you're watching this on your phone in your bed, you're feeling a little lazy, okay, you can skip it if you want, but let's move on. this from time to time later I want to go over the answers with you because I'm going to point out all the things that can trip you up on test day.

Okay, let's do it. You have 10 seconds to review the notes and predict what. you might listen ready, listen carefully good morning, jungle books, how can I help you today? Hello, I'm calling to ask about a couple of books that I bought a few weeks ago but haven't received yet, no problem, would you like me to tell you? Follow them for you Yes please, okay, I'll have to ask for some personal details first. Sure, what's your full name. It's James Murray. How do I spell your last name? Yes, it is m u double r a y e and a y.

Thanks and did you submit the book to a publication? box or to your home address my home address and what is your home address is unit 3 21 adams street albion is that a-d-a-m yes but with atoms s and you said it is in albion a-l-b-i-o-n that's how it is and what is the zip code is 254-837 correct and now I need to know the names of the books, the first book is for my university course, I am studying botany. Botany, yes, it's quite interesting, so the book called Plant Science I bought it and the other one, well, this is a gift for my younger sister.

Who really likes anime? Oh, cute as the king of seven, yes, but it's not that one. It's perfect green. Okay, I got it, so it looks like they're still in transit. Oh, I see they're still on their way. Yeah, but it looks like they're on their way. You will receive them on September 13th, that's fine, but I can give you a tracking number if you want. That way you can keep track of them and you'll know exactly when they will arrive. It would be great, so the tracking number. it's 739 316 739-316-590 I got it, I just go to Junglebooks.com and go into this.

That's right, okay, dokie, how did it go? I hope you feel safe. This is the easiest part of the test. Let's go over all those answers. number one, the answer is murray m u double r a and there was a distractor there that said e and and then the speaker said no, it's a and number two, the answer was adams a-d-a-m-s and there was a distractor there because the speaker said a-d-a-m and then the other speaker said yes. but with an s adams, if you had written adam a-d-a-m, you would have misunderstood it, so we are starting to

understand

what a distractor is. a distractor is a tempting answer choice, that's wrong, that's right, and there are a lot of distractors throughout the IELTS listening, this is nice.

What it is about, it is about synonyms and distractors, if you want to learn more about distractors there is a video link in the description below that will help you. Well, number three was a zip code 254837. Hopefully you got number four right. Look at all these distractors I'm studying botany botany that's not the correct answer the book is called plant science and the number five look at these distractors anime king of seven they're both wrong and especially king of seven because it's three words and you have a maximum of two words word count, the answer here is perfect green, okay, number six was a little difficult, the answer is transit books currently in transit, if you don't know what that word means, then the speaker said ah, I see that They are still on their way, which means We are in transit for number seven, we needed a date and the date was September 13th.

So with these you could write 13 as a number 13 as a word, you could write 13 or 13 as a word with a th, all of those would be finally considered correct, the tracking number was 739-316-590, maybe you wrote Junglebooks.com, which would have been incorrect so you need to make sure you fill out all these notes correctly because this is the easiest part of the test so I have done eight questions so far there are 10 questions per section so we have a couple of questions more related to that conversation, type of question number two, multiple choice. I think multiple choice questions are quite difficult to listen to because you are listening. which is fine, but you're also reading and you have to do this sort of flash reading, flash listening, make sure you listen to more than you read, although now before the audio starts you have a little bit of time to watch. questions, your task is to read and listen to them quickly, also to eliminate wrong answer options and select the correct answer option.

Sometimes you will need to select more than one answer option. The instructions will tell you if this is the case. The multiple choice style question test. you for a detailed understanding of specific points or a general understanding of the main points okay, that's it, let's do the multiple choice questions again, if you haven't downloaded that practice exam, I recommend that you do it because it will give you a simulation of the real life and it's a fillable PDF so you can do it on your computer or again if you're watching this in bed on your phone.

Well, you can skip it if you want. I'll look at the answers with you in just a minute. You have 10. seconds to quickly read the questions and prepare to hear the answers. Okay, listen carefully. Is there anything else I can help you with today? In fact, I've been looking for another book but can't seem to find it. I can take a look at it. That would be great, it's called botanical varieties. Yes, we have that. It comes in a few different formats. Do you mean like hardcover or paperback? Yes, plus an e-book. Oh, I don't like e-books and I'd rather have a hardcover book than a paperback, can you tell me the price difference between the two?

Yes, it seems like the hardcover is a little more expensive, it's 12 dollars more expensive. Hmm, I don't have much money to spend right now, but it's probably worth it, I think so. They tend to last longer than paperbacks, I agree, so I'll send it to the same address. Oh, before we do that, can you tell me what edition that book is? My college professor said we should buy the most up to date edition if we can or if we can't find it he said the second edition would do uh this is the latest edition okay cool yeah please send me that one too so no problem how Did you get on with those multiple choice questions?

You notice that you have to listen and read and listen and read and you are going back and forth and back and forth. It's a bit tricky to notice that question 9 didn't start for quite a few sentences in the listening IELTS they always give. You have a little time to get your bearings in the text, which is good, it's always just a bit of general information, so question 9 says format of the chosen book, paperback or e-book, the answer here is hardcover, do you? Why look at the transcript? Then it says e-books, which is a distraction, then the speaker says I prefer a hardcover over a paperback, which is kind of a distraction, but you don't know it yet, then the other speaker says the hardcover is a little more expensive, so you might be thinking. oh, it must be the paperback, then the other speaker says I don't have muchmoney to spend right now, so you'll think, oh, it must be the paperback, but then the speaker says, but it's probably worth it.

I think hardcovers tend to last longer than paperbacks, can you see why the answer here is hardcover? So what you will notice in multiple choice is that all the answer options will be mentioned, they will be said, you will hear the words of all those answer options, except two of them will be wrong, one will be correct, you have to eliminate the wrong ones to find the correct one. and don't get distracted by those incorrect ones. Also, this question was a bit inferential, it is an inference question, the speaker does not explicitly say I want the difficult one. cover that would be too easy, instead you have to figure it out when the speaker says that hardcovers tend to last longer than paperbacks or that it's worth it, I think as you listen you'll hear paraphrases of synonyms and sometimes make inferences or You will draw conclusions.

From what you heard again, it won't be as simple as someone saying: I want the hardcover book, that's too easy, okay, question 10 says that the edition of the book was selected first, second or third in the transcription , the speaker says that my college professor said we should buy the book. most up to date edition what is the most up to date edition there first second or third it must be third if we can or if we can't find it he said the second edition would do it so there is a distractor and then the other speaker says ah, this is the latest edition, then the speaker says: okay, great, yes, please send me that one here, that one refers to the latest edition, the last addition refers to answer option c third, so here we have the use of a pronoun that refers to the response which is also inferential, you can see how difficult or misleading it can be to listen, but it is not if you practice correctly again, if we look closely, the speaker says this is the latest edition and then send me that one. the latest edition is c third great, so we just did multiple choice now.

If you need help with synonyms and pronouns, etc., there is a video in the description below that you can click on and watch after this one on that exact topic, type of question number three. short answer short answer questions are quite simple in terms of their format, as well as how you see them on paper on exam day, they make sense; However, as I mentioned, as you progress through the sections, listening will become more challenging, so this is what the short answer questions seem to remember to always read that instruction that says: do not write more than two words, so this Maybe there are no numbers or numbers.

Now, as you listen, you will pick up the word or words directly from the audio that you don't know. change them at all, they must fit in those spaces. Contracted words are never tested. Spelling is tested, so if you get the word right but misspell it, they will be incorrectly hyphenated words, which are very rare, they now count as individual words before the audio starts. in the previous listening read the questions and especially think about what considerations what essential needs what aspects then this particular one that we are looking at here asks you for two answer options per question sometimes it will sometimes it will ask you for a single answer, you must be flexible because you might see anything on test day and as long as you've practiced, it won't be a problem.

Okay, ready to answer these short answer questions. You have 10 seconds to quickly read the questions and get ready to hear the answers here we go Choosing the type of job you will do is possibly one of the most important decisions you can make Selecting a career can take weeks, months or even years while you consider what wants and needs in a job. The first thing you'll want to do is conduct a self-assessment. No one else can do this for you. You must ask yourself what your key values ​​are. Some people are guided by money while others pursue careers that aim to help people.

Each person is different. Also reflect on your natural abilities for me I am a good public speaker and a good communicator while for others they are much more technical and detail oriented again everyone is different next you will need to take some time to identify your must haves in a Work This can be as important as the workplace because you may need to live and work close to your family. It's important to know what you need from a job, for example, do you need to earn a steady salary? If so, you may want to avoid freelancing as the income may be intermittent at best, perhaps the job position is also critical.

If so, you should probably avoid freelancing unless you decide to call yourself a CEO after you've reflected on yourself and what's most important to you. terms of work, you may want to start researching your favorite companies, you will want to know the employee benefits they offer including pay rates, the ability to work from home or even if they will take care of your health, you also want to make sure that the company has growth opportunities you don't want to work for a company that has no future for you you need to move forward and take on more responsibilities as you go how did it go let's take a look at those answers and let's take a look at those distractors, so when students self-assessment you should consider your own, what is the answer to number 11, key values, you should ask yourself what your key values ​​are, are they driven by money, pursuing careers and helping people, would all be wrong as they simply they do not fit grammatically and are just distractors the number 12 are natural abilities the speaker says that you should also reflect on your natural abilities in other words consider and the distractors here are public speakers good technical and detail-oriented communicator none of which fit correctly, so you're really starting to understand how you're listening and you're ignoring a lot of information, but then you hold up something that's critical that answers the question, okay, you're listening to see something, now there's something important that I want to show you.

Here, if you wrote the key value, it would be wrong or the natural ability would be wrong. You need to make sure you spell the plural nouns correctly so that the key values, natural abilities, are the correct answers and, if you put one of the distractors in similar public. speaker which one is wrong just read the question and see if it makes sense when students self-assess they should consider their own key values, yes and public speaker, well it just doesn't make sense, nor does a good communicator, but natural skills do. With these Short Answer Questions, you need to make sure the sentence is grammatical after you have completed it.

Let's look at the following. So what essential needs does the speaker give? Examples of a good job location. It was given as a first example. The second need is. constant salary constant salary is the correct answer there and freelancing was the distractor and the answer to question 14 was the job title and there really wasn't any distractor here it was just the job title so what essential needs does it give The speaker examples of consistent salary? and job title now for this one if you just wrote the word title and not job title it would definitely be wrong because it just doesn't make sense.

Ok, questions 15 and 16. What are two aspects of an attractive company that students should look for? Before we look at the answers to 15 and 16, I want to talk to you about something really important about vocabulary. Take a look at the transcript. This is the transcript of what you just heard after you have reflected on yourself and what is most important, etc. Now the words in yellow are content words, these are words that have meaning, such as reflecting important terms, work, I want to start researching your favorite companies, etc. now take a look at these words these are not meaningful words they are called function words or grammatical words like after you have done it with yourself and whats more for you these words have no meaning and you will never be tested with these words.

Actually, I don't want to say never because you never know, but it is very rare that they are going to evaluate those grammatical words that you are not going to hear, those functional or grammatical words, you are going to hear that content or those significant words, the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. critics, so what is one aspect of an attractive company that students should look for? Employee benefits is the answer for number 15. Pay rates would be incorrect. The ability to work from home does not work. Watch your health. Neither. work and for number 16 the answer is opportunities for growth, both words would be necessary here I have a future need to advance more responsibilities and progress are the distractors and they are all incorrect so how are you doing so far if you are enjoying this video?

Make sure If you click the like button, feel free to leave a comment, but let's move on. Stay with me. I want to ask all the questions with you. Question type number four matches the corresponding question on the paper exam. To be completely honest with you, it's very confusing, let's take a look, so this is what it looks like on the paper test, it says which restaurant matches each description, the restaurant names are in the little box, there is a b attica c lumi d fred's place six cents and e Bentley and the description are next to the numbers, great ocean views, fusion foods, locally grown foods and seasonal dishes, what you do is put a letter next to the number, For example, number 17, great sea views, could cost six cents or b attica or c lumi just write the letter, just keep in mind that you may be able to use any letter more than once.

If so, this will be mentioned in the instructions. Let's see what it looks like on the computer-delivered test now because it's quite different. on the computer delivered exam the question will look like this so this is a different type of question and you may see b and c, an intensive weekend, a combined course or dropping a subject, what you need to do is match a of those letters with one. Of those statements, number one, the teacher doesn't think it's a good idea, which weekend is intensive, a blended course, or dropping a subject, then you would have to click on the box a b or c and then go to number two, here's some key points.

With these matching questions you will hear details for example descriptions of a restaurant, as I mentioned write the letter a b c d or e next to the number for example if you think Attica has great sea views that is b so write b next. to number 17. don't write the word attica, okay, question time, let's do it, ready, you have 10 seconds to understand what all this means before the audio starts, here we go, hello max, how are you? I'm fine, hey. I'm calling because I need some advice, it's my wedding anniversary next week. I want to take my wife to a good restaurant and I know you know the best places in the city.

Okay, that's a great idea. I have five favorite restaurants that you might like. They would be perfect for an anniversary. They are nice and romantic. Do you want something close to the city center or somewhere near the beach? I'm not sure what you suggest. There are two restaurants right in the center of town. There's Fred's Place. and lumi but if you don't mind taking the train you can visit bentley it has panoramic views of the harbor then there is six penny and attica which are just outside the city center in darlinghurst hurst I don't really want to speak in public. transport, although that sounds good, what about the two in Darlinghurst?

Can you tell me a little more about them? Both are excellent restaurants. If you want something a little different, you can try Six Penny. It was a Greek restaurant, but then the management changed hands. and the new owners are Korean so now it's a really interesting mix of Mediterranean and East Asian food or there's an Attica just down the street from Six Penny which is more traditional Greek food. It's also very good. I must say that Attica is a bit expensive. It can be a little tight in the front dining room. What about the two restaurants you mentioned in town?

You don't know if they use organic ingredients. You know my wife loves health. If that's the case, then you might want to. to try fred's place or lumi both are close to the central train station. I know that fred's place actually grows their own vegetables. In fact, I think they have their own farm on the outskirts of town where everything is produced. The only problem with Fred's place is that it gets very busy so make sure you book a few days in advance. Then there's Lumi. It's right across the street from Fred's Place. It is famous because it only uses vegetables that grow at that timeparticular of the year.

Now they are doing everything related to winter. I'm pretty sure all of Lumi's products are organic too, but I'm not sure where they get them from. I don't think he's from the local area. I think they should source some ingredients from other parts of the country. Okay, how did it go? Let's see the answers and those distractors, okay, so what restaurant has great ocean views? Well, Fred's Place and Lumi Six Penny were mentioned and Attica was also mentioned, however, Bentley has panoramic views of the harbor. Notice how he doesn't use the exact one. The same words, they are using synonyms or a paraphrase.

Okay, so what restaurant has fusion foods? Well, then the conversation turns to Six Penny and they talk about Six Penny. They say it's a really interesting mix of Mediterranean and East Asian food, so it's fusion food next. The restaurant talks about locally grown food. Well, next you would have heard about Attica, but in fact nothing was mentioned about Attica. It didn't have great sea views. I didn't have fusion foods. I had no locally grown food. It has no seasonal dishes, it was placed there as a distraction. You'll notice that there are six restaurants, but only five descriptions, so one of the restaurants won't be used and that one is in the attic.

There will be no bees here, so where is the locally grown one? The food was either Fred's house or Lumi Well's house. Fred actually grows his own vegetables. In fact, I think they have their own farm on the outskirts of town where everything is produced. Notice how we move through the description sequentially. Okay, we don't go any further in the description. list of restaurants sequentially because they could go anywhere, but we are moving through the description sequentially to find out which restaurant has seasonal dishes, well, lumi, which is right in front of fred's house, don't get distracted, lumi has seasonal dishes and although it says that lumi has organic food, it does say that it does not come from the local area, they must import ingredients from others. parts of the country, that means it can't be d, so the answer for 20 is c.

As you can see, the matching questions are quite confusing. Remember that you can always practice on e2. Let's look at the next type of question. Type of question number five. complete, so completing a sentence is similar to a short answer, except that you will fill a space in a sentence and it must be grammatically correct, as well as the meaning of course, this is what it looks like here and it tests you on your understanding key information. Make sure you read the instructions for this particular question, you don't say more than two words for each answer, the word or words you use should be taken directly from the audio and do not change, you don't need to transform the word at all, you just need to fit the contracted words together They will not be evaluated.

Spelling errors will be penalized. Hyphenated words, if you ever need them, will be counted as a single word. Okay, let's do this together and we'll go over the answers and again the distractors. After this, you have 10 seconds to read these questions and get an idea of ​​what the answer might be. Then the audio will start. Hi Stephen, I guess we'd better get started on our homework. You know, we only have two weeks left to research and write an essay. Yeah, well, at least we do. I don't have an end of semester exam, that's a relief, yes, very true, okay, so what do we have to do again?

I'm sorry, please remember me. We have to choose one of three topics to research and write about. Ah, that's right, we have to choose between social corruption. movements and what was global development not corruption social movements and global interdependence that's what it is interdependence I keep confusing that with development well, which one would you like to choose I really think we should focus on corruption? I think it's interesting, it's a problem for every country, but some countries are much worse than others hmm, I really find it a bit depressing. I would rather do something else. What about social movements?

It seems fascinating. I'm a big fan of history, so we could read about how societies transform. From generation to generation I find social change interesting too, but I did something similar last semester in my political science class and I'd rather not repeat it. How about the topic of global interdependence? It is quite optimistic to think that all countries need each other. In some ways, okay, that sounds interesting and you're right, it might make us feel a little better about international relations. We really are more connected than ever these days through commerce and the internet and we will be able to read Macquarie.

I think he is the most important thinker on the topic oh cool, how do I spell his name m a c q c-q-u-a-r-i-e cool? Well I think I'll start by going to the library and asking for any relevant books and you can start reading some relevant articles online, how does that sound? sounds like a good idea, I think we should definitely avoid watching the news, it takes too long and we don't have enough time, great, so we'll stick with the library and the internet, how did you get there? It's getting quite challenging. No, you'll be fine, let's go over the answers together, so the answer to number 21 was essay.

Beth said you know we only have two weeks left to research and write distractors. An essay. One word was the correct answer at that moment. Stephen says yes, well at least we don't have an end of semester exam. If you wrote a test that would be incorrect, that's a distractor. The answer to question number 22 was global interdependence, not global independence. Interdependence, look at this. Stephen said we have to do it. choose between corruption social movement and what was global development Beth said there is no corruption social movements and global interdependence Stephen says that's interdependence, I keep confusing that with development, so if you wrote global development that would be wrong too, the answer for the number 23 is also global interdependence now, I have never seen an IELTS listening paper that has the same answer twice, but it can happen and you should always focus on what is said and go with what is said, not follow instinct or what that seems right or what it seems. wrong, go with what you hear, so students choose global interdependence as their topic.

Beth says I really think we should focus on corruption. Stephen says how about social movements? Beth says how about the topic of global interdependence? Stephen says okay, that sounds interesting, the answer to number 24. the author the students plan to read is mcquarrie, how do you spell macquarie m-a-c-q-u-a-r-i-e? If you spelled it wrong, it would be considered incorrect. Students will use information from the library and what is the answer to the number 25. Internet. There was a good distraction. Beth said. reading some relevant articles online online would be wrong because you can't say online Stephen says to avoid watching the news Beth says the Internet, so the type of question is pretty straightforward, but we saw some little distractors, e.g. can be written online. it had to be the internet, okay, sometimes you have to wait a little to find the right content word, the right answer, okay, we come to the last question type, let's do it, question type number six, plan map diagram , labeled so you can see a plan. which looks like this, this is from the computer delivered test, in which case you will write directly into the spaces on the screen, you may see a map that looks like this and they will look quite similar on the paper test, let's look now at a diagram completion task that you will see later in the test as it becomes more challenging, so the one we are going to do today looks like this, you will hear a description using a visual representation and notice how it is numbered from left to right 26 27 28 29 and 30.

The description will follow this sequence, so you will move from left to right. Make sure you always pay attention to the order of the numbers. You will be hearing the spatial relationships above next. or directions like straight or turn left, you will usually select answers from a list, for example you will see a list of a b c d e and f and put a letter next to the number, sometimes you need to listen and write a word. or words and/or a number directly into the space and that's what we're going to do in this one, of course, you have to read the instructions.

If this is the case, in this we will not write more than two words for each answer trust me after you have practiced a lot all this will feel like second nature it will be much easier practice really is useful for this part of the exam okay, let's do this okay, you have 10 seconds to analyze this diagram To find out what happens in the ocean it is never still, whether we observe it from the shore or from a boat, we expect to see waves all the way to the horizon. Today I am going to talk to you about the characteristics of the waves you see. on the surface of the ocean they are not actually formed by local winds but by winds from distant storms these waves that arrive from distant sources are known as waves far out at sea long before the waves reach the coast there is an upper layer of air which sinks downward which actually pushes the water up into the wave there is a movement of energy a circular orbit begins to form within the wave moving the energy around and around as it travels towards the shore on top of this movement of energy is what is called the crest of the wave, it is the highest point of the waves in the sea and between two of them is the lowest point, which is called the trough.

If you are on a boat at sea, the boat will rise and fall with the movement of the waves. It approaches the shore it begins to form a wave here it actually begins to make contact with the seabed and the energy that I mentioned before begins to change its shape it is no longer circular but elliptical and this is the result of friction as it the wave crawls along the sandy bottom, when it hits the sandbar near the seashore, the wave gains height and breaks, that is why the crescendo of a wave is often called a break, the wave that collapses into The shore is called a swash and the return of water towards the ocean as a result of the slope of the beach is called a backwash, not to be confused with a wave, as we will discuss in our next lecture, so this is the process by which the swell turns into waves, well that was quite complicated, the vocabulary is getting pretty. technical now let's take a look at the answers, okay so the number 26 inside the surge there is a movement of energy but we can only write two words so it can't be that sentence, the next sentence says that a circular orbit begins to form within the wave. the energy in motion would also be incorrect the answer there is a circular orbit number 27 swell something is wave energy swell wave crest highest wave point of the swell or wave c the answer is swell crest number 28 is its wave point well no because it says The lowest swell point is called the swell channel.

This spelling is really difficult. To understand that point, sorry, wave number 29 becomes elliptical due to the sea floor. Well, no, it can't be that the energy is not quite right. Not your way, that's not correct. Circular doesn't work grammatically. Friction is a good word, but. elliptical and this is the result of friction, notice how due to and the result of our synonymous phrases, the answer is friction, drags and sandy bottom are incorrect, okay, number 30, don't miss little questions like this that Maybe you don't see, so we have swash number 30, it's slope, no, it's backwash, it's the result of the slope of the beach and it's called backwash.

If you wrote one or two words, it would be considered correct and it's not a tear, which is a distraction. okay, we have We have done it, we have asked 30 questions, which is an incredible effort if you have been with me throughout this process, thank you, it will also help you a lot. Let's take a look at the answer sheet now because remember at the end of In the paper exam, you need to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. This is how it should look now. Please note that we only asked 30 questions, not 40, and there will be 40 in the real IELTS exam, so you can pause the exam. video here and compare your answers with these answers if for example for the number seven I have several different answers, they would all be considered correct, you only need one of them, how did it go?

Let me know your score in the comments below. I'd love to hear what you got and while you're there, hit the subscribe button, hit like and feel free to share this video with any of your friends who are also taking IELTS. At the beginning of this video, I told you that I would tell you whether or not you can use capital letters on the answer sheet. The answer to that question is yes, you can. You may have noticed that on my answer sheet everything is written in capital letters. I recommend you do that. That's all you can do now. have a complete description of IELTS listening my name is jay see you soon