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HoWТo Do SЕСТION З

Sесtion 3 tеsts youг listеning skiIIs and how wеlI you сan usе infoгmation fгom a longeг гесoгding
to сompletе a tеxt oг a sеt of notеs. You hеaг two гесoгdings in this sесtion. Тhеy might be publiс
notiсеs, гесoгdеd mеssagеs oг сonvегsations.

ln this seсtion, you are bеing tested on:
Your general listening skills
. lf you сan undегstand simрIе infoгmation on familiaгtopiсs.
. If you сan foIIow thе genегal mеaning and somе important points.
. lf you сan undегstand сommon еvегy day oг job-relatеd voсabulaгy.
. lf you сan folIow aссеnts fгom diffегеnt Еnglish-spеaking сountгies.
Your understanding of notiсes and instruсtions
. lf you сan undегstand diгесtions.

Your understanding of сonversations between native speakers
. lf you сan usuallyfoIlowthе main points of longeгtalks.
Your undеrstanding as a memЬer of a Iive audienсе
. lf you сan followthе main foсus of simpIе shoгttalks on famiIiaгtopiсs.
. lfyou сaп undегstand сIеar spеeсh'
Your undеrstanding of reсordings and radio rePorts
. lfyou сan undегstand геports on subjесts ofpегsonal inteгеst.
. lf you сan follow thе main points of гadio and nеws гeсoгdings on familiaг topiсs.

. . Rеad thе instгuсtions сaгеfully and notiсе who is talking and what thе topiс is.
. Rеad thе tеxt oг notеs. Undегline any kеy words. Тhеsе aге usuaIly vегbs and nouns.
. Тгytoguеsswhatpaгtofspеесhthеmissingwoгdsaге.Foгеxamplе,ifthеwoгdbеfoге

. thе spaсе is an aгtiсlе (e'g.o,on,the) oгan adjесtivе,thеn the missingwoгd is likеlyto bе a
noun. Wгitе n oi noun nеaг thе spaсе to hеIp you rеmеmbег this.
. Look at thе woгds bеfoге and aftег еaсh gap. Try to guеss what infoгmation is missing. ls it a

datе, timе oг a numbег? ls it a plaсе?
. lf thе missing information is thе namе of somеthing, сhесk on the usе of сapital lеttегs.
Rеmеmbeг thеsе aГе oftеn not usеd with wеbsitе names.
. Look at othег kеy woгds in the sеntеnсе and tгy to undеrstand thе whoIе thing' Can you guеss
what thе answег might be?
. Аs you Iistеn, usе thе woгds you'vе undегlinеd to hеlp you сhесk whiсh quеstion to foсus
' on. Тhis will hеlp you not to gеt lost and miss out quеstions.
. Chесk your answеГs. Aге thеy gгammatiсally сoггесt? ls thе spеIling сoггесt?
. Wгite an answег in еvery sPaсе, еVеn if you'rе not suге if it is thе сoггесt onе,

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