00:00there are six different question types
00:03in ielts listening and on test day it
00:06can get pretty intense because you only
00:09get one chance in this video i'm going
00:12to take you through everything you need
00:22okay before we go through all the
00:23different listening question types and
00:25whether or not you can write your
00:27answers in capital letters let's just
00:32so in ielts listening you get 30 minutes
00:35to complete 40 questions
00:38there are four sections each section has
00:4110 questions and as i mentioned there
00:44are six different question types
00:47all right let's take a look at each of
00:49those different sections but just before
00:51we do please click that subscribe button
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00:56in ielts listening section one you'll
00:59hear two people speaking in an everyday
01:02social context for example maybe you'll
01:05hear two people talking about travel
01:09or purchasing clothes
01:16in section 2 you'll hear a single person
01:20speaking in an everyday social context
01:23for example you might hear one person
01:25talking about a new sports facility
01:28or a park ranger talking about a camping
01:32or a person talking about career
01:36in section 3 you'll hear two or three
01:39people having a conversation in an
01:42educational context so for example you
01:45might hear two students talking about an
01:48assignment and perhaps you'll hear the
01:52or maybe they'll be talking about giving
01:54an oral presentation
01:56in section four you'll hear one person
02:00speaking on an academic topic for
02:03example maybe he or she will talk about
02:11don't worry you don't need to be an
02:13expert in any of these academic topics
02:15however by section four the vocabulary
02:19is definitely getting a little more
02:21complex okay i've got a few more things
02:23to talk to you about
02:25so some important details are you only
02:28hear the recordings once
02:32you'll also hear a range of accents
02:34british american canadian australian and
02:39the good news is it's unnatural
02:45which means that it's clear it's not
02:47like normal spoken english
02:50and if you're taking the paper-based
02:52test you'll have 10 minutes to transfer
02:59what i mean by that is you will write
03:01your answers directly onto the question
03:03booklet during the test
03:06and then you'll get 10 minutes at the
03:08end to transfer your answers from the
03:11question booklet to the answer sheet
03:15so make sure you transfer those answers
03:17carefully now if you're taking the
03:19computer delivered test it's a lot
03:22simpler because you'll actually just
03:23complete the answers as you go you will
03:26get two minutes at the end to check your
03:28answers but there's really not much you
03:31can do because again you only hear that
03:34right we're about to get started and
03:36what i want you to do is to download the
03:39free practice test from the description
03:42this practice test also has an answer
03:45sheet and it's a fillable pdf we're
03:48actually going to do quite a few
03:49questions in this video and i want you
03:52to do them with me directly into this
03:57so in ielts listening what are they
03:59actually testing you for
04:02well in ielts listening you need to
04:04listen for main ideas
04:06detailed information
04:08opinions attitudes the purpose of what's
04:12being said as well as the development of
04:17in terms of scoring if you're aiming for
04:20an ielts six you'll need to get at least
04:2223 points out of 40.
04:25seven you'll need to get at least 30 out
04:27of 40 and if you're aiming for an ielts
04:298 you'll need to get at least 35
04:32questions right out of 40.
04:35so you can see that there really isn't
04:37much room for error here if you get 34
04:40instead of 35 then you won't get that
04:43ielts 8. that's why we need to do some
04:46practice and we're going to look at the
04:47first question type now get your pen
04:52question type number one note form table
04:55flowchart completion
04:58this one that we're looking at here is a
05:02make sure you pay attention to the
05:05this one for example says write no more
05:08than two words and or a number
05:12it's absolutely critical that you
05:14understand what this means fully because
05:18if you get this wrong and you write
05:19three words or two words and a number
05:22but not a number i don't know it gets
05:23confusing let's look at it closely
05:26so if you need to write no more than two
05:29words and or a number well you can write
05:31one word like table or fred
05:34you can write two words like studio
05:36apartment or three dollars where three
05:41if you're writing one word and a number
05:44then you can write three dollars with a
05:46numeral three dollars or july 16 or
05:50seven million where seven is a numeral
05:54if you need to write two words and a
05:56number you can write three red flowers
05:58or twelve male geese but you cannot
06:01write twelve male geese with three words
06:06if you just need to write a number you
06:07can write the number 7 or
06:107123 is considered a single number but
06:16100 because that is one number and three
06:20see how all this works
06:22now keep in mind that ielts never test
06:25you for contractions so the answer will
06:27never be o'clock or don't or lets or
06:31there you never get tested on
06:34and if you have to write a hyphenated
06:37word for some reason which is very rare
06:40it's counted as a single word as one
06:42word like co-work or round-trip or
06:47now before you actually start hearing
06:49the audio and you begin the test you get
06:51a little bit of time for pre-listening
06:54which is absolutely essential to get
06:57so back to form completion in the
06:59pre-listening what you want to do is
07:01predict what words you might hear before
07:05the audio starts playing
07:08for example here it says customer last
07:10name you know that you're going to be
07:12listening for a surname
07:14or for the next one number two you're
07:16listening for the name of a street
07:19number three a postcode
07:21number four and five the names of books
07:24number six where something currently is
07:27number seven a date and number eight a
07:30number this one's straightforward
07:33okay we're about to start on the first
07:35practice question we're going to do it
07:37together if you're doing this on the
07:39practice test that you've downloaded
07:40from the description below that's great
07:42because that's like real life practice
07:45if you're watching this on your phone on
07:46your bed you're feeling a bit lazy
07:48that's okay you can skip it if you want
07:50but let's go through this now and then
07:53after i want to go through the answers
07:55with you because i'm going to point out
07:57all the things that can trip you up on
08:00all right let's do it
08:03you have 10 seconds to look through the
08:05notes and predict what you might hear
08:19ready listen carefully
08:22good morning jungle books how can i help
08:25hi i'm calling to inquire about a couple
08:28of books that i bought a few weeks ago
08:29but haven't received yet no problem at
08:33would you like me to track them for you
08:38firstly i'll need to ask for some
08:42what's your full name
08:44it's james murray how do i spell your
08:47yes it's m u double r a y e y
08:54and did you have the book sent to a post
08:57box or to your home address
09:00my home address and what's your home
09:02address it's unit 3 21 adams street
09:05albion is that a-d-a-m
09:10atoms and you said that's in albion
09:18and what's the postcode it's
09:24and now i need to know the names of the
09:27well the first book is for my university
09:30course i'm studying botany botany yeah
09:33it's quite interesting so the book's
09:35called plant science got it and the
09:38other one well this one is a gift for my
09:40younger sister who's really into anime
09:42oh nice like king of seven
09:45yes but it's not that one it's perfect
09:47green okay got it so
09:51it looks like they're still in transit
09:53oh i see they're still on their way
09:58uh it looks like they'll
10:00you'll get them uh on september 13th
10:05but i can give you a tracking number if
10:06you like that way you can keep track of
10:09them and you'll know exactly when
10:10they'll arrive that'd be great
10:13so the tracking number is 739
10:24i just go to junglebooks.com and enter
10:35okie dokie how did you go hopefully
10:37you're feeling confident this is the
10:38easiest part of the test let's run
10:41through all of those answers
10:44so number one the answer is murray m u
10:47double r a y there was a distractor
10:53and then the speaker said no it's a y
10:58number two the answer was adams
11:02and there was a distractor there because
11:04the speaker said a-d-a-m and then the
11:07other speaker said yes but with an s
11:12if you wrote adam a-d-a-m you would have
11:18so we're beginning to understand what a
11:21distractor is a distractor is a tempting
11:27that's wrong okay and there are heaps of
11:31distractors all through ielts listening
11:34this is pretty much what it's about it's
11:35about synonyms and it's about
11:37distractors if you want to learn more
11:39about distractors there's a video link
11:41in the description below that will help
11:45okay number three was a postcode 254837
11:49hopefully you got that right
11:53look at all of these distractors i'm
11:56studying botany botany that's not the
11:59right answer the book's called plant
12:03and number five look at these
12:05distractors anime king of seven both of
12:08those are wrong and especially king of
12:11seven because that's three words and you
12:13have a two word maximum word count
12:17the answer here is perfect green
12:20okay number six was a bit difficult the
12:23answer is transit books currently in
12:28if you don't know what that word means
12:29then the speaker said ah i see they're
12:31still on their way which means they're
12:36for number seven we needed a date and
12:38the date was september 13.
12:42so with these ones you could write 13 as
12:44a number 13 as a word you could write
12:4613th or 13th as a word with a th all of
12:50those would be considered correct
12:52finally the tracking number
13:00maybe you wrote junglebooks.com which
13:02would have been incorrect
13:04so you want to make sure that you get
13:06all of these note completion ones
13:08correct because this is the easiest part
13:10of the test so we've done eight
13:12questions so far there are 10 questions
13:14per section so we've got a couple of
13:16other questions coming up related to
13:21question type number two multiple choice
13:25i think multiple choice questions are
13:26pretty difficult in listening because
13:28you're listening which is fine but
13:31you're also reading and you have to kind
13:33of do this flash reading flash listening
13:36make sure that you're listening more
13:39than you're reading though
13:40now before the audio begins you get a
13:43little bit of time to look at the
13:46your task is to flash read and listen
13:50also to eliminate incorrect answer
13:53options and to select the correct answer
13:57sometimes you'll need to select more
14:00than one answer option the instruction
14:03will indicate if this is the case
14:07the multiple choice style questions test
14:09you for a detailed understanding of
14:12specific points or an overall
14:15understanding of the main points
14:18okay ready let's do the multiple choice
14:20questions again if you haven't
14:22downloaded that practice test i
14:23recommend you do because it's going to
14:25give you real life simulation and it's a
14:28fillable pdf so you can do it on your
14:29computer or again if you're watching
14:32this on your bed on your phone fine you
14:34can skip through if you want i'm going
14:36to look at the answers with you in just
14:39you have 10 seconds to quickly read the
14:41questions and prepare to hear the
14:56okay listen carefully
14:59is there anything else i can help you
15:02actually i've been looking for another
15:04book but i can't seem to find it i can
15:06have a look for you that'd be great it's
15:09called botanical varieties uh
15:12yes we have that uh it comes in a few
15:16formats do you mean like hardcover or
15:19paperback yes as well as an ebook oh i
15:23dislike ebooks and i'd rather have a
15:25hardcover book than a paperback
15:27can you tell me the price difference
15:30yeah it looks like the hardcover is
15:32slightly more expensive
15:34it's uh 12 dollars more expensive hmm i
15:38haven't got much money to spend at the
15:40moment but that's probably worth it i
15:41think they do tend to last longer than
15:46so i'll have that sent to the same
15:48address oh before you do can you please
15:50tell me what edition that book is my
15:52university professor said that we should
15:54buy the most up-to-date edition if we
15:56can or if we can't find it he said the
15:58second edition would do
16:00uh this one is the latest edition okay
16:03great yes please send that one to me as
16:05well then no problem
16:13all right how did you go with those
16:14multiple choice questions did you notice
16:16that you have to listen and read and
16:18listen and read and you're sort of going
16:20back and forth and back and forth it's a
16:24notice that question 9 didn't start for
16:26quite a few sentences in ielts listening
16:29they always give you a little bit of
16:31time to orient yourself to the text
16:35it's always just a little bit of
16:36background information
16:38so question 9 says format of book chosen
16:42paperback hardcover or ebook the answer
16:45here is hardcover why
16:48transcript so it says ebooks which is a
16:53then the speaker says i'd rather a hard
16:56cover than a paperback
16:58which is kind of a distractor but you
17:01then the other speaker says the hard
17:03cover is slightly more expensive so
17:06maybe you're thinking oh it must be the
17:09then the other speaker says i haven't
17:12got much money to spend at the moment so
17:14you'll think oh must be the paperback
17:16but then the speaker says but that's
17:18probably worth it i think hard covers do
17:22tend to last longer than paperbacks
17:25can you see why the answer here is
17:29so what you'll notice in multiple choice
17:31is that all of the answer options will
17:34be mentioned they will be said you will
17:37hear the words of all of those answer
17:42two of them will be incorrect one will
17:44be correct you need to eliminate the
17:46incorrect ones to find the correct one
17:49and not be distracted by those incorrect
17:53also this question was a little
17:55inferential it's an inference question
17:58the speaker doesn't explicitly say i
18:01want the hard cover that would be too
18:05instead you have to kind of work it out
18:08when the speaker says hard covers do
18:10tend to last longer than paperbacks or
18:13it's worth it i think
18:16so in the listening you'll be hearing
18:18synonyms paraphrases and sometimes
18:21making inferences or drawing conclusions
18:25from what you heard again it won't be as
18:27simple as somebody saying i want the
18:34okay question 10 says book edition
18:37selected first second or third
18:41in the transcript the speaker says my
18:43university professor said that we should
18:45buy the most up-to-date edition
18:49what's the most up-to-date edition there
18:51first second or third must be third if
18:54or if we can't find it he said the
18:56second edition would do so there's a
19:00then the other speaker says ah this one
19:02is the latest edition
19:04then the speaker says okay great yes
19:07please send that one to me here that one
19:11is referring to the latest edition the
19:13latest addition is referring to answer
19:18so here we've got the use of a pronoun
19:21that one referring to the answer which
19:23is also inferential you can see how
19:26difficult or tricky listening can be but
19:29it's not if you practice properly
19:32again if we look closely the speaker
19:35this one is the latest edition and then
19:38please send that one to me the latest
19:44cool so we've just done multiple choice
19:46now if you need help with synonyms and
19:49pronouns etc there's a video in the
19:51description below that you can click on
19:53and watch after this one about that
19:58question type number three short answer
20:01the short answer questions are pretty
20:02straightforward in terms of their format
20:04as in how you see them on the paper on
20:07test day they make sense however as i
20:09mentioned as you progress through the
20:12sections the listening is going to get
20:16so here's what the short answer
20:18questions look like remember to always
20:21read that instruction this one says
20:24write no more than two words so this
20:26time no numbers or no numerals
20:30now as you listen you'll be taking the
20:33word or words directly from the audio
20:38you don't change them at all they should
20:43contracted words are never tested
20:46spelling is tested so if you get the
20:49right word but you spell it wrong it
20:53hyphenated words which are very rare do
20:55count as single words
20:58now before the audio begins in the
21:00pre-listening read the questions and
21:03especially think about what
21:05considerations what essential needs what
21:09so this particular one we're looking at
21:11here is asking you for two answer
21:14options per question sometimes it'll do
21:17that sometimes it'll ask you for a
21:19single answer you need to remain
21:21flexible because you might see anything
21:23on test day and as long as you've
21:25practiced it won't be a problem
21:27okay ready to do these short answer
21:30you have 10 seconds to quickly read the
21:33questions and prepare to hear the
21:49choosing the type of work you'll do is
21:51arguably one of the most important
21:53decisions you can make
21:55selecting a career can take weeks months
21:58or even years as you consider what you
22:01want and need in a job
22:04the first thing you'll want to do is
22:05perform a self-assessment nobody else
22:08can do this for you you need to ask
22:10yourself what your key values are
22:13some people are driven by money while
22:15others pursue careers that are about
22:18everyone's different
22:20you should also reflect on your natural
22:22abilities for me i am a good public
22:25speaker a good communicator
22:27while for others they're much more
22:30technical and detail-oriented
22:32again everyone's different
22:35next you'll need to take some time to
22:37identify your must-haves in a job
22:40this can be something as important as a
22:43job location because you may need to
22:45live and work close to your family
22:48it's important to know what you need
22:51for instance do you need to earn a
22:53consistent salary if so then you may
22:56want to avoid freelance work as the
22:58income can be intermittent at best
23:00perhaps a job title is also critical
23:03if so then you should probably avoid
23:05working for yourself unless you choose
23:07to call yourself ceo
23:10after you've reflected on yourself and
23:12what is most important for you in terms
23:14of work you might want to start
23:16researching your favorite companies
23:18you'll want to find out about the
23:20employee benefits they offer including
23:22rates of pay the ability to work from
23:25home or even if they will take care of
23:28you also want to make sure that the
23:30company has growth opportunities you
23:33don't want to work for a company that
23:35doesn't have a future for you
23:37you need to advance and take on more
23:39responsibilities as you progress
23:47how did you go let's take a look at
23:48those answers and let's take a look at
23:53so when self-assessing students should
23:56consider their own what the answer to
23:59number 11 is key values you need to ask
24:02yourself what your key values are
24:06driven by money pursue careers and
24:08helping people would all be incorrect as
24:11they just don't fit grammatically and
24:14they're just distractors
24:16number 12 is natural abilities the
24:19speaker says you should also reflect
24:21upon your natural abilities in other
24:27and the distractors here are public
24:29speaker good communicator technical and
24:31detail-oriented none of which fit
24:35so you're really starting to understand
24:37now how you're listening and you're
24:39disregarding a lot of information but
24:42then holding something that's critical
24:44that answers the question okay you're
24:46listening for something now there's
24:49something important i want to show you
24:51if you wrote key value it would be
24:54incorrect or natural ability would be
24:56incorrect you need to make sure that you
24:58get the plural nouns right so key values
25:02natural abilities they are the correct
25:06and if you did put one of the
25:08distractors in like public speaker which
25:11just read the question and see if it
25:13makes sense when self-assessing students
25:16should consider their own key values yes
25:21well it just doesn't make sense does it
25:24nor does good communicator
25:27but natural abilities does
25:29so with these short answer questions you
25:31need to make sure that the sentence is
25:33grammatical after you've completed it
25:36let's look at the next ones
25:38so what essential needs does the speaker
25:40give examples of well job location was
25:43given to you as the first example
25:46the second need is consistent salary
25:50consistent salary is the correct answer
25:53and freelance work was the distractor
25:56and the answer to question 14 was job
25:59title and there wasn't really any
26:01distractors here it was just job title
26:04so what essential needs does the speaker
26:06give examples of consistent salary and
26:10now for this one if you just wrote the
26:12word title and not job title it would
26:15definitely be incorrect because it just
26:18okay questions 15 and 16. what are two
26:22aspects of an attractive company that
26:25students should look for
26:27before we look at the answers to 15 and
26:2916 i want to talk to you about something
26:31really important about vocabulary take a
26:34look at the transcript
26:36so this is the transcript of what you've
26:38just listened to after you've reflected
26:40on yourself and what is most important
26:43now the words in yellow are content
26:47these are words that have meaning like
26:50reflect important terms work want start
26:54researching favorite companies etc
26:58now take a look at these words these are
27:01not meaningful words
27:04these are called function words or
27:05grammar words like after you've on
27:09yourself and what is most for you in of
27:15these words don't have meaning and
27:18you'll never be tested on these words
27:21i don't want to say never actually
27:23because you never know but it's very
27:25uncommon that you're going to be tested
27:27on those grammatical words you're not
27:29going to be listening for those function
27:31or grammar words you're going to be
27:33listening for those content or those
27:35meaningful words the nouns the verbs the
27:39adjectives and the adverbs they're the
27:43so what's an aspect of an attractive
27:45company that students should look for
27:47well employee benefits is the answer for
27:52rates of pay would be incorrect ability
27:54to work from home doesn't work take care
27:56of your health also doesn't work
27:59and for number 16 the answer is growth
28:03both words would be needed here have a
28:06future need to advance more
28:07responsibilities and progress are the
28:09distractors and they are all incorrect
28:13so how are you going so far if you're
28:16enjoying this video make sure you click
28:17that like button feel free to leave a
28:19comment but let's push on stay with me i
28:22want to do all of the questions with you
28:25question type number four matching
28:28the matching question on the paper-based
28:30test to be perfectly honest with you is
28:32very confusing let's take a look at it
28:35so this is what it looks like on the
28:38it says which restaurant matches each
28:44the names of the restaurants are in the
28:46little box there a six penny b attica c
28:50lumi d fred's place and e bentley
28:56are next to the numbers great seaside
28:58views fusion meals locally grown food
29:03what you need to do is put a letter next
29:06to the number so for example number 17
29:08great seaside views might be a six penny
29:11or b attica or c lumi you just write the
29:17just be mindful that you may be able to
29:20use any letter more than once if so this
29:23is going to be mentioned in the
29:26let's look at how it looks on the
29:28computer delivered test now because it's
29:32so on the computer delivered test the
29:34question is going to look like this
29:37so this is a different question type and
29:39you can see a b and c a weekend
29:41intensive a blended course or a drop a
29:45what you need to do is match one of
29:47those letters to one of those statements
29:49so number one the lecturer does not
29:51think this is a good idea what a weekend
29:54intensive a blended course or drop a
29:56subject you would then need to click in
29:59the box a b or c then move on to number
30:04here are some key points with these
30:06matching questions you're going to be
30:08listening for details
30:11for example descriptions of a restaurant
30:14as i mentioned you write the letter a b
30:20for example if you think attica has
30:22great seaside views that's b then you
30:25write b next to number 17. don't write
30:30okay question time let's do it ready
30:34you have 10 seconds to wrap your head
30:36around what all of this means before the
30:56i'm good hey i'm ringing because i need
30:59some advice it's my wedding anniversary
31:01next week i want to take my wife to a
31:03nice restaurant and i know that you know
31:06all the best places in town
31:08okay right great idea well i have five
31:12favorite restaurants that you might like
31:14they'd be perfect for an anniversary
31:16they're nice and romantic
31:18did you want something near the city
31:20centre or somewhere out near the beach
31:24i'm not sure what do you suggest
31:27well there are two restaurants right in
31:30there's fred's place and lumi
31:33but if you don't mind catching the train
31:35you can check out bentley it's got
31:37sweeping views of the harbour
31:39then there's six penny and attica which
31:41are just outside of the city centre in
31:46i don't really want to take public
31:48transport although that does sound nice
31:51what about the two in darlinghurst can
31:53you tell me a bit more about them
31:56they're both great restaurants if you
31:58want something a little different you
31:59could try six penny it was a greek
32:02restaurant but then the management
32:04changed hands and the new owners are
32:06korean so now it's a really interesting
32:08mix of mediterranean and east asian food
32:11or there's attica just up the street
32:14from six penny which is more traditional
32:17it's also really good
32:19i must say that attica is a little
32:21expensive though and it can get a little
32:24bit cramped in the front dining area
32:28what about the two restaurants you
32:29mentioned in the city you don't happen
32:32to know if they use organic ingredients
32:35you know my wife is big on health
32:37if that's the case then you might want
32:39to try fred's place or lumi
32:42they're both near the central train
32:45i know fred's place actually grows its
32:48in fact i think they have their own farm
32:50just outside the city where everything
32:54the only problem with fred's place is
32:55that it gets really crowded so make sure
32:58you book a few days in advance
33:00then there's lumi it's just across the
33:02road from fred's place
33:04it's famous because it only uses
33:06vegetables that grow in that particular
33:10right now they're doing all things
33:12i'm pretty sure all lumi's produce is
33:15organic as well but i'm not sure where
33:17they get it from i don't think it's from
33:19the local area i think they must source
33:22some ingredients from other parts of the
33:31okay how did you go let's look at the
33:32answers and those distractors
33:36okay so which restaurant has great
33:38seaside views well fred's place and lumi
33:41was mentioned six penny and attica was
33:44also mentioned as well however bentley
33:47it's got sweeping views of the harbour
33:51notice how it doesn't use the exact same
33:54words it's using synonyms or a
33:58okay so which restaurant has fusion
34:02well then the conversation moves to six
34:04penny and they talk about six penny they
34:07say it's a really interesting mix of
34:10mediterranean and east asian food so
34:12that is a fusion meal
34:15next which restaurant talks about
34:17locally grown food well next you would
34:21have heard about attica but in fact
34:24there was nothing mentioned about attica
34:26it didn't have great seaside views it
34:28didn't have fusion meals it didn't have
34:30locally grown food and it didn't have
34:32seasonal dishes it was put in there as a
34:36you'll notice that there are six
34:39restaurants but only five descriptions
34:42so one of the restaurants will not be
34:44used and that one is attica there will
34:50so where's the locally grown food was it
34:52fred's place or lumi
34:54well fred's place actually grows its own
34:57vegetables in fact i think they have
34:59their own farm just outside the city
35:01where everything is produced
35:03notice how we're moving through the
35:06description sequentially okay we're not
35:08moving through the list of restaurants
35:10sequentially because they could go
35:12anywhere but we are moving through the
35:15description sequentially
35:17so which restaurant has seasonal dishes
35:21well lumi which is just across the road
35:23from fred's place don't be distracted
35:26lumi has seasonal dishes and although it
35:30says lumi has organic food it does say
35:34that it doesn't come from the local area
35:36they must import ingredients from other
35:39parts of the country so that means it
35:42so the answer for 20 is c
35:45so as you can see the matching questions
35:47are pretty confusing remember you can
35:49always practice on e2
35:51let's look at the next question type
35:54question type number five sentence
35:58so sentence completion is similar to
36:00short answer except you'll be filling a
36:02gap in a sentence and it needs to be
36:04grammatically correct as well as meaning
36:08here's what it looks like here
36:11and it tests you on understanding key
36:15make sure you read the instructions for
36:17this particular question it says no more
36:20than two words for each answer
36:23the word or words that you use must be
36:26taken directly from the audio and they
36:29do not change you do not need to
36:31transform the word at all it should just
36:35contracted words will not be tested
36:37misspellings will be penalized
36:40hyphenated words if you ever need one
36:42will be counted as a single word
36:45all right let's do this one together and
36:47we'll go through the answers and again
36:49the distractors after this
36:51you have 10 seconds to read through
36:54these questions and get a feel for what
36:58then the audio will begin
37:11hello stephen i guess we better start on
37:14our assignment you know we only have two
37:16weeks left to research and write an
37:18essay yes well at least we don't have an
37:21end of semester exam that's a relief yes
37:23very true okay so what do we have to do
37:26again sorry please remind me well we
37:29have to choose one of three topics to
37:31research and write about oh that's right
37:33we have to choose between corruption
37:35social movements and what was it global
37:40corruption social movements and global
37:42interdependence that's right
37:44interdependence i keep getting that
37:46mixed up with development well which one
37:48would you like to choose i really think
37:50we should focus on corruption i think
37:53it's a problem for every country but
37:55some countries are much worse off than
37:57others hmm really i find it kind of
37:59depressing i'd much rather do something
38:01else how about social movements that
38:04seems fascinating i'm a big fan of
38:06history so we could read about how
38:08societies transform from one generation
38:10to the next i find that social change is
38:12interesting too but i did something
38:14similar last semester in my political
38:16science class and i'd rather not repeat
38:20how about the global interdependence
38:21subject it's quite optimistic to think
38:23that all countries need each other in
38:26okay that sounds interesting and you're
38:28right it might make us feel a bit better
38:30about international relations we really
38:32are more connected than ever these days
38:34through trade and the internet and we'll
38:35be able to read macquarie i think he's
38:37the most important thinker on the topic
38:39oh great how do i spell his name
38:43m a c q c-q-u-a-r-i-e
38:48well i think i'll start by going to the
38:50library and asking for any relevant
38:52books and you can start to read some
38:54relevant articles online how does that
38:56sound that sounds like a good idea i
38:58think we should definitely avoid
38:59watching the news it's too time
39:01consuming and we don't have enough time
39:03great so we'll stick to the library and
39:12all right how did you go there it's
39:13getting pretty challenging isn't it
39:15you'll be okay let's go through the
39:18all right so the answer to number 21 was
39:22beth said you know we only have two
39:24weeks left to research and write
39:29essay one word was the correct answer
39:31there and then stephen says yes well at
39:34least we don't have an end of semester
39:38if you wrote exam that would be
39:40incorrect that's a distractor
39:42the answer to question number 22 was
39:45global interdependence not global
39:48independence interdependence
39:52stephen said we have to choose between
39:55corruption social movement and what was
39:58it global development
40:00beth said no corruption social movements
40:03and global interdependence stephen says
40:06that's right interdependence i keep
40:09getting that mixed up with development
40:11so if you wrote global development that
40:15the answer for number 23 is also global
40:21now i've never seen an ielts listening
40:23paper that has the same answer twice
40:27but it might happen and you should
40:29always just concentrate on whatever's
40:32said and go with whatever's said don't
40:35go with instinct or what looks right or
40:38what looks wrong go with what you hear
40:41so the students choose global
40:43interdependence as their topic beth says
40:46i really think we should focus on
40:48corruption stephen says how about social
40:50movements beth says how about the global
40:53interdependence subject stephen says
40:56okay that sounds interesting
40:59the answer to number 24 the author the
41:02students plan to read is mcquarrie how
41:05do you spell macquarie m-a-c-q-u-a-r-i-e
41:12if you spelled it wrong it would be
41:14considered incorrect
41:16the students will use information from
41:18the library and the what's the answer
41:24there was a good distractor there beth
41:26said read some relevant articles online
41:29online would be incorrect because you
41:31can't say the online
41:33stephen says avoid watching the news
41:36beth says the internet
41:39so that question type is pretty
41:41straightforward but we saw some little
41:42distractors for example you can't write
41:45the online it needed to be the internet
41:48okay sometimes you need to wait a little
41:51bit to find that right content word the
41:55okay we're up to the last question type
41:59question type number six plan map
42:04so you might see a plan that looks like
42:08this one is from the computer delivered
42:10test in which case you will write
42:11directly into the gaps on the screen
42:15you might see a map that looks like this
42:19and they'll look pretty similar on the
42:21paper-based test let's now look at a
42:23diagram completion task that you'll see
42:26later on in the test as it gets more
42:29so the one we're going to do today looks
42:31like this so you're going to listen to a
42:34description using a visual
42:39notice how it's numbered from left to
42:42right 26 27 28 29 and 30.
42:46the description will follow this
42:49sequence so you'll be moving from left
42:53make sure you always pay attention to
42:55the order of the numbers
42:58you'll be listening for spatial
43:01above next or directions like straight
43:07usually you'll select the answers from a
43:11for example you'll see a list of a b c d
43:14e and f and you'll be putting a letter
43:19sometimes you need to listen and write a
43:21word or words and or a number directly
43:26and that's what we're going to do in
43:29of course you need to read the
43:30instructions if this is the case in this
43:33one we're going to write no more than
43:35two words for each answer
43:38trust me after you've practiced a lot
43:41all of this will feel like second nature
43:42will be really much easier practice
43:45really is helpful for this part of the
43:47test okay let's do this one
43:50okay you've got 10 seconds to analyze
43:52this diagram to work out what's going on
44:07the ocean is never still
44:09whether we observe it from the shore or
44:11a boat we expect to see waves all the
44:16today i'm going to talk to you about the
44:19characteristics of waves
44:22waves that you see on the ocean surface
44:24are not actually formed by local winds
44:27but instead are formed by winds from
44:32these waves that arrive from distant
44:34sources are known as swell
44:37far out at sea long before the swell
44:40reaches the shore there is an upper
44:42layer of air that sinks downwards that
44:45actually pushes the water upwards
44:48inside the swell there is a movement of
44:50energy a circular orbit begins to form
44:53within the wave moving energy around and
44:56around as it travels towards the shore
44:59on top of this movement of energy is
45:02what's called the swell crest
45:05it's the highest point of the swell out
45:08and in between two of these is the
45:10lowest point which is called a trough
45:13if you're on a boat at sea the boat will
45:15rise and fall with the movement of the
45:20as the swell nears the shore it begins
45:24here it actually begins to make contact
45:27with the sea floor and the energy that i
45:31begins to change its shape
45:33it is no longer circular but elliptical
45:36and this is the result of friction as
45:39the wave drags along the sandy bottom
45:42as it hits the bank of sand near the
45:44seashore the wave gains in height and
45:48that's why the crescendo of a wave is
45:50often called a breaker
45:52the wave collapsing on the shore is
45:56and the return of the water back into
45:58the ocean as a result of the slope of
46:03not to be confused with a rip as we will
46:06discuss in our next lecture
46:09so this is the process of swell turning
46:19okay that was pretty tricky the
46:21vocabulary is getting pretty technical
46:24now let's have a look at the answers
46:27okay so number 26 inside the swell there
46:31is a movement of energy but we can only
46:34write two words so it can't be that
46:38next sentence says a circular orbit
46:41begins to form within the wave moving
46:44energy would also be incorrect the
46:46answer there is circular orbit
46:50number 27 swell something
46:54is it swell energy swell crest swell
46:58swell point of the swell or swell c the
47:01answer is swell crest
47:07number 28 is its swell point well no
47:10because it says the lowest swell point
47:13is called a swell trough
47:17this spelling is really tough
47:22swell trough okay so i put that one in
47:26there just to really push your limits of
47:29spelling just to remind you that you do
47:31need to spell the word correctly if
47:33you're going to get that point sorry
47:36so number 29 wave becomes elliptical due
47:42the sea floor well no it can't be that
47:45the energy it's not quite right its
47:49no that's not right either circular
47:52doesn't work grammatically
47:53friction is a nice word but elliptical
47:57and this is the result of friction
48:00notice how due to and the result of our
48:03synonymous phrases there the answer
48:06there is friction drags and sandy bottom
48:10okay number 30 don't miss little
48:13questions like this that you might not
48:16so we've got swash number 30 is it slope
48:23it's the result of the slope of the
48:25beach and it's called backwash if you
48:27wrote one word or two words it would be
48:32and it's not a rip that is a distractor
48:36okay we've done it we've done 30
48:38questions which is an amazing effort if
48:40you've stuck with me throughout this
48:41whole thing thank you it's going to help
48:43you a lot as well let's have a look at
48:45the answer sheet now because remember at
48:48the end of the paper-based test you have
48:50to transfer your answers across to the
48:53answer sheet this is what it should look
48:56now bear in mind that we only did 30
48:59questions not 40 and there will be 40 in
49:02the actual ielts test so you can pause
49:04the video here and compare your answers
49:09if for example for number seven i've got
49:11several different answers they would all
49:13be considered correct you just need one
49:16all right how did you go please let me
49:19know your score into the comments below
49:21i'd love to know what you got and while
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49:27video with any of your friends who are
49:28taking ielts as well
49:31at the start of this video i told you
49:34that i would tell you whether or not you
49:36can use capital letters on the answer
49:38sheet the answer to that question is yes
49:40you can you would have noticed on my
49:42answer sheet it's all written in capital
49:44letters i recommend that you actually do
49:48cool that's all you now have a full
49:50overview of ielts listening my name is
49:53jay i'll see you soon
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