IELTS Listening: multiple choice exercise

Listen to the recording about study skills, and answer the questions below.

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What are the TWO main reasons why students have trouble remembering information for tests?

A) stress
B) nerves
C) lack of time in the test
D) lack of planning
E) lack of preparation

Which TWO relaxation techniques are NOT recommended by the speaker?

A) breathing deeply
B) counting backwards
C) closing your eyes
D) visualising a relaxing image
E) counting slowly

Which TWO habits can parents help their children with?

A) eating properly and getting enough sleep
B) organising their study schedules
C) buying the right study guide
D) breaking the exam down
E) cramming

Comments

[Vy Nguyen]

Hi, Simon. I come up with these answers

1. b,e
2. c,e
3. a,b

[Oxana]

My answers:
1. B, E
2. C, E
3. A, B

[Abbas]

Hi Simon,
Nice test. You can hit two birds with one stone. Since I could get what to do in these kinds of questions and also do an IELTS test!
My answers are:

1. B,E
2. C,E
3. A,B

[MOHAMMED HATAB]

Hi Simon,
My answers are:
1-B,E
2-C,E
3-A,D
THANK YOU

[wanjaws]

Hello Simon,
My answers are:
1.(B)(E)
2.(C)(E)
3.(A)(B)

Thanks.

[Ruth W.]

B,E
CE
AB

[claudette]

hi simon

B,E
C,E
A,B

[florence]

1-BE
2-CE
3-AB

[Anar]

hi, simon.
Could you provide use the most used synoynms in writings task 2? For example, when the topic is about children i fed up using the word "children" over and over. Will it affect my score? Or I should find a way to avoid repeating this word? Moreover, when topic is about spending or under-developed countries we use excess number of same words.

[maji]

1.B+E
2.E+C
3.A+B

[vinh]

1.E B
2.C E
3.D B
:))

[Anna]

1. B E
2. C E
3. B C

[Maya]

Hi,

my answers are:

1)B,E
2)C,E
3)A,B

[Shayan Bigdeli]

Hi guus,
my answers are:
1. B E
2. C E
3. A B

[JOSEPH]

1. BE
2. CE
3. AB

[raja]

1.BE
2.CE
3.AB

[Christina]

1. B E
2. C E
3. A B

[Azadeh]

Hi Simon,

My answers are:

1- B-E
2- C-E
3- A-B

Thanks

[Coduanh]

Hi Simon
My Answers are:
1/ E B
2/ E A
3/ A B

[UT]

Hi Simon,

Here are my answers:
1. B, E
2. C, E
3. A, B

[Anuar]

Hi, Simon! Thank you for your lessonsQ
1B,E
2C,E
3A,B

[Tom]

Hi Simon, my answers are:
1. B, C
2. C, E
3. A, B

[Tom]

Sorry, a mistake, my first answers: B, E

[Snehal]

My answers
1)B E

2)C E

3)A B

[ndmau]

My answers
1)B E

2)C E

3)A D

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. B, E
2. C, E
3. A, B

...

Hi Anar,

I'm afraid I don't have a list like that. Often there are no direct synonyms (e.g. for 'children') but you can find other ways to express the idea (e.g. young people, younger generations, teenagers etc.)

[Nafiseh]

Hi dear Simon, my answers are:

1-B,C
2-D,E
3-A,B

[Simon]

My answers are above yours Nafiseh.

[leila]

hi simon..
when i do listening
i always make mistakes in tests
on the last page in eacg listening there has been given tests
given time is too short to read all answers in test

[Mohammad]

in the Given time for reading the questions should i read the answers or just the questions ?

[Simon]

Hi Leila,

This is normal I'm afraid. If nobody made mistakes, the exam would be too easy. Just keep practising and you will improve.

...

Hi Mohammad,

Try to read the questions AND the answer choices.

[Shayan Bigdeli]

Hi dear Simon;
I would be grateful if you could answer my question.
In Test 2 of the CAMBRIDGE IELTS 8 there is a question about a date of an event. The relating phrase written in the tapescript is "28th of November", but the answer mentioned in the answer keys is "28 November", and it is mentioned that "No more than three words …". All of us know that we have no right to change the words, and add/remove something to them. So, what should we do? Should we write the "th" or "th of", or not?
Thanks a lot;
Shayan

[Simon]

Hi Shayan,

All ways of writing dates are accepted, so '28th of' is fine.

[Karl Dong]

Hi, Simon! Thank you for your work
1B,E
2C,E
3A,B

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. B, E
2. C, E
3. A, B

[Nirmal]

- B, E
- C, E
- A, B

[Jean-Luc]

For questions like the second one where you are asked to choose what the speaker did NOT say, I find it easier to take the opposite approach. I would mark the answers that the speaker DID say, and then circle the other ones as the correct answer.

I think it's easier to recall, from short term memory, what someone DID say than what they did NOT say.

[Simon]

Excellent advice Jean-Luc. That's what I would do too!

[Tanveera sheikh]

Hi simon thanks for giving us such types of test .I have asked you certain question related to reading and writing task1 I did not get your reply.can you reply me as soon as possible because I need you help and I am too weak in reading so can you give some tips so that I can easily get the idea of answers specially in yes,no and not given types of question and in completing the summary which we have to choose from box.I am very much upset about my reading as whenever my tutor takes my reading test my average is only 25 it is not increasing since I tried couple of types and I have also started learning dictionary I am doing everyday 10 words and their meanings and spellings.please reply

[Simon]

Hi Tanveera,

I'm afraid there is no special advice that I can give you that isn't already in the lessons here on the site. All I can say is that you need to be patient and keep practising - your frustrations are very common among IELTS students, most of whom find the reading test difficult. Keep working hard and you will improve!

[Citlalli]

Hi simon,

thank you very much for your examples, I really improve my listening skill.