What it is: You read a list of sentences about the recording. The instruction tells you how many are true (usually five). Tick exactly that many. Each right tick = 1 mark.
The instruction on the paper: Choose the five true statements. [5]
Short example: 3 of the 6 sentences are true
The instruction here says 3, so choose 3. Then show the answer.
You are going to hear a podcast about a town that closed its centre to cars.
- Choose the three true statements. A. Shop owners first opposed the plan. B. Many shops closed after the change. C. Nobody has died in traffic in the centre since. D. All residents support the plan. E. Some older people find taxis less useful now. F. Parking outside the centre is free.
Five years ago, Westbridge closed most of its centre to cars. Shop owners were furious at first; they were sure they would lose customers. In fact, the number of shops has grown since then. There have been no traffic deaths in the centre since the change. Not everyone is happy, though: some older residents say taxis can no longer reach their doors, and parking outside the centre is still expensive.
- A, C, E
- Choose the five true statements.
- Exactly the number asked. No more, no fewer.
- [5]
- 1 mark for each true letter.
- no longer · not … any more
- True before, but not now.
- most · around half · all
- Check the amount carefully.
- fewer … than before
- Compare then and now.
Remember: Not true/false: you don't mark every sentence, you only tick the true ones. A statement is true only if the speaker says it: same meaning, often other words.
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Choose the true statements
Read all ten statements
Use the reading time. They follow the recording.
Underline the key word
Who? When? How many? Is there a not?
Tick only what you hear
Same meaning, often other words.
Count: the number asked
Check on the 2nd listen. Exactly the number asked.
Read → Underline → Tick → Count
Example: Choose the two true statements.
You are going to hear an announcement at a science museum.
- Choose the two true statements. A. There is a show at two o'clock. B. Teenagers may enter the lab alone. C. Photos are not allowed in one hall. D. Members pay less in the shop.
Welcome. Today the planetarium shows start every hour, but the two o'clock show is cancelled. Under-sixteens must be with an adult in the lab area. Photos are welcome everywhere except the dinosaur hall, and the shop gives members a ten percent discount.
- C, D
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Choose the five true statements. [5]
You are going to hear an interview with Dr Amal Reza, who studies sleep in teenagers.
- Choose the five true statements. A. Teenagers need around nine hours of sleep. B. Most students in the study slept over seven hours. C. Dr Reza says phones are the main cause. D. Early start times are the biggest problem. E. One school started its day later. F. Attendance fell at that school. G. Exam results improved immediately. H. Results got better in the second year. I. Dr Reza wants schools to ban phones. J. She suggests keeping phones out of bedrooms.
Most teenagers need about nine hours of sleep, yet the average student in our study got fewer than seven. Many parents blame phones, and screens do play a part, but our data show the bigger problem is early school start times. When one school moved its start from 7:45 to 8:30, attendance rose and fewer students fell asleep in class. Surprisingly, exam results did not change in the first year; they only improved in the second. We now recommend that schools start no earlier than half past eight, and that students keep phones out of the bedroom at night.
- A, D, E, H, J
Who says it?: Many parents blame… is not the speaker's view. Check who says each idea.
Do
- Tick exactly the number asked.
- Check who says it.
- Check when: then, now, next year.
Don't
- Tick a statement for one word you heard.
- Take a reported view as the speaker's.
- Tick what is never mentioned.