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What is a gap-fill listening question?
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A sentence or note with a blank that you complete with the exact word(s) you hear.
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In gap-fill, does spelling count?
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Yes — the exact word is the answer, so a misspelling can lose the mark.
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How many words do you usually write in a gap-fill?
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Usually one word or a few — only what the gap needs.
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Besides being the right word, what must a gap-fill answer do?
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Fit grammatically in the sentence (correct form, number and sense).
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What does "to fit grammatically" mean?
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Your word must agree and make grammatical sense in the sentence.
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What is a transcript?
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The written-out words of a recording.
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What does "to predict" mean in a listening task?
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To work out in advance what kind of word the gap needs, so you know what to listen for.
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How many times do you hear each clip in Paper 2?
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Twice — use the second play to confirm the spelling before you write.
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What is the five-step method for gap-fill?
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Read the gapped sentence → Predict the word type → Listen for it → Write it correctly → Check it fits grammatically.
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Why predict the word type before listening?
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Knowing whether the gap needs a number, a time or a noun tells you exactly what to listen for, so the word jumps out.
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Why must your gap-fill answer fit the sentence grammatically?
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The gap is part of a real sentence; a word that doesn't agree or make sense is almost certainly the wrong answer.
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Why can a right word still lose the mark in gap-fill?
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Because spelling is part of the answer — a misspelling can cost the mark.
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Why write only what the gap needs, not more?
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Writing extra words can bury the answer or break the grammar of the sentence; the gap wants the exact word(s), nothing more.
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Why is a synonym wrong in a gap-fill, even if it means the same?
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Gap-fill marks the exact word(s) you hear — a synonym is not what was said, so it doesn't earn the mark.
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