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What is a rellenar huecos (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, do spelling and accents count?
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Only if the slip changes the meaning or the word no longer fits the gap grammatically. A missing accent or small spelling slip that keeps the meaning is accepted.
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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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What does the gap-fill answer have to do besides being the right word?
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Fit grammatically in the sentence (correct gender, number and sense).
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¿Qué significa «rellenar huecos»?
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To fill in the gaps.
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¿Qué es «el hueco»?
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The gap — the blank you complete.
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¿Qué es «la tilde» (o «el acento»)?
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The accent mark — e.g. the difference between «esta» and «está».
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¿Qué significa «encajar gramaticalmente»?
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To fit grammatically — your word must agree and make grammatical sense in the sentence.
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¿Qué quiere decir «la ortografía»?
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Spelling — the correct letters and accents of the word.
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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 (spelling + accents) → 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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When can a right word still lose the mark in a listening gap-fill?
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Only when the slip changes the meaning or the word no longer fits the gap grammatically. Spelling and accent slips that keep the meaning are accepted.
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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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