3.2 Extra listening practice 1 - Ocean Biodiversity
This listening practice focuses on "summary, form completion" question type in the IELTS. Here are some tips for you:
- Be sure about the number of words you are allowed to fill in the blanks
- Predict the answers: Should the gap be filled with a verb, noun, adjective or adverb? If your answer makes the sentence grammatically wrong, then you have the wrong answer.
- Listen for synonyms and paraphrases in the recordings rather than words that directly match
What variations are there on this task type?
1. a form: often used to record factual details such as names.
2. a set of notes: used to summarise any type of information using the layout to show how different items relate to one another.
3. a table: used as a way of summarising information which relates to clear categories - e.g. place/time/price.
4. a flow-chart: used to summarise a process which has clear stages. The direction of the process is shown by arrows.
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