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 Sofia talk about her new school.
- Choose the three true statements. A. Sofia started at her new school in September. B. She has breakfast at home. C. She walks to school. D. She is best at art. E. She plays volleyball twice a week. F. She has breakfast alone.
Hi, I'm Sofia. I started at a new school in September. I used to have breakfast at home, but now I eat in the school café with my classmates. The school is very close: only five minutes on foot. My favourite subject is art, although I'm better at maths. After school, I play volleyball twice a week.
- 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 a guide at a nature park.
- Choose the two true statements. A. The park is closed on Mondays. B. Everyone gets in free. C. Visitors may feed the ducks bread. D. The café closes before the park.
The park is open every day except Monday. Entry is free for children under twelve. Please don't feed the ducks: bread makes them ill. The café closes at four, an hour before the park.
- A, D
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This is how it feels: In the exam you hear it twice and never see the words. Try it here.
Choose the five true statements. [5]
You are going to hear Tom talk about a volunteer project in his town.
- Choose the five true statements. A. Tom helps at the garden on Saturdays. B. The garden is next to the school. C. Most of the volunteers are students. D. The vegetables are sold at a market. E. They planted fewer trees this year. F. The garden still has a pond. G. Tom likes working with the bees best. H. The shop is already open. I. The town gives the garden money. J. They plan to sell honey.
Hi, I'm Tom. Every Saturday I help at the community garden near the station. About twenty people volunteer there, most of them students. We grow vegetables and give them to a food bank. Last year we planted fifty trees, but this year there was not enough rain, so we planted only ten. The garden used to have a pond, but it was filled in last spring. My favourite job is looking after the bees. Next month we are opening a small shop to sell honey.
- A, C, E, G, J
Small words decide: used to, next month, not: they make a statement false. Listen for them.
Do
- Tick exactly the number asked.
- Check who, when and how many.
- Accept other words, same meaning.
Don't
- Tick a statement for one word you heard.
- Trust a past fact (used to).
- Choose what only sounds likely.