IELTS Listening: Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions

With short answer questions, the _________ must be read carefully so you'll know how many words or numbers you can write.

Listen for ____ _____ in the questions or other ways of expressing these.

Remember to write the _______ word/words you hear.

Which is correct while you listen for short answer questions?

• Write your answer slowly, making sure the spelling is correct.

• Write your answer slowly but don't worry about the spelling at this stage.

• Write your answer quickly but make sure the spelling is correct.

• Write your answer quickly and don't worry about the spelling at this stage.

True or false? You can write numbers either as words (e.g. "two") or figures (e.g. "2").

• True

• False

How many types of multiple choice listening task questions are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

For multiple choice questions, read the instructions so that you know how many ______ you need to choose.

Multiple choice: read the questions or sentence prompts and options and ______ the key words.

What should we listen for with multiple choice questions because they tell us an answer might be coming?

• names and dates

• signal words

• proper nouns

• changing intonation

With multiple choice, listen for other ways of expressing the ___ _____ you underlined.