Most people find multiple choice sections difficult. If you want to improve your scores on these sections, here's the key skill that I think you should work on:
Identifying differences
If you can't see a clear difference in meaning between each of the choices (e.g. answers A, B and C), you'll be lost before the recording even starts.
Try this exercise:
- Take a multiple choice section from one of the listening tests in the official Cambridge IELTS books.
- Spend some time reading the answer choices for each question.
- Try to identify a clear difference between each choice.
- Underline one or two key words in each choice. Choose words that highlight the differences that you identified.
- Make sure that you have found and underlined clear differences, so that you know exactly what to listen for.
Note: The exercise above involves no listening practice. Identifying differences is about reading and understanding.
It is also crucial to circle or mark the time( present, Past, future) that mentioned in the questions.
Posted by: Raju | November 06, 2018 at 14:32
Great lesson sir. Thank you
Posted by: Pachu | November 06, 2018 at 17:42
you must be aware of paraphrasing of the keywords.
Posted by: Mehdi | November 10, 2018 at 19:20
i think the word "But" is one of the most important words in the IELTS exam in Listening and Writing sections. because it changes the whole direction of the sentence and provide a clear distraction for the correct answer.
all of us should be cautious about this word.
Posted by: Mehdi | December 06, 2018 at 11:50