Often you don't hear the exact words given in the question. Instead, you hear a synonym, a similar word, or an opposite. For example, if the question contains the word difficult, you might hear too hard or not easy.
Try the following exercise (from Cambridge IELTS 4, page 85). The speaker explains the problems involved with 4 different school science experiments.
Listen and choose the correct problem for the 4 experiments.
A) too messy
B) too boring
C) too difficult
D) too much equipment
E) too long
F) too easy
G) too noisy
H) too dangerous
Experiment 1: ______
Experiment 2: ______
Experiment 3: ______
Experiment 4: ______
experiment 1: H
experiment 2: B
experiment 3: E
experiment 4: C
Posted by: Klaus | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 09:22
Experiment 1: ___H___
Experiment 2: ___B___
Experiment 3: __E____
Experiment 4: __C____
Posted by: Sundas | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 09:40
Experiment 1: H. someone to get hurt
Experiment 2: B. Need sth bit more interesting
Experiment 3: E. Four night to have result
Experiment 4: can't hear clearly
Posted by: Giang Nguyen Duc | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 09:45
1. H
2. B
3. E
4. C
Best Regards
Posted by: Katherina | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 10:15
1. H (a bit risky=too dangerous)
2. B (need to be a bit more active and interesting than that=too boring)
3. E (have to wait up to 4 nights=too long)
4. C (a bit ambitious=too difficult)
Posted by: Rio | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 10:28
Thanks sir!! For providing the valuable notes of listening..
Posted by: sonali | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 10:43
C
B
E
H
Posted by: Sherin | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 10:50
Hi Simon,
Thank you for the amazing efforts.
Could you please tell us when to capitalize and when not in the listening part? If we capitalised a word that does not require capitalisation is it wrong?
Posted by: Ali | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 11:16
h risky
b active
e
c ambitious
Posted by: Tracy | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 12:47
Ali
It doesn't matter whether you lower case or upper case. You could use both of them.
Simon has already answered this question. Check out this link:
http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2014/07/ielts-listening-capital-letters-and-plurals.html
Posted by: Adib | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 13:10
Hi Simon,
Thanks for your effort.
H
B
E
C
Posted by: jon | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 13:38
Hi Simon,
C
B
E
H
Posted by: jonatan | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 13:40
1h, 2b, 3e, 4c
Posted by: Duc | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 16:37
Hi Simon, i'm from Iran, Some institute leave out ur video tutorial for free thanks a lot for sharing them.
1. H
2. B
3. E
4. C
Best Regards
Posted by: amanda | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 17:23
1.H
2.B
3.E
4.C
Posted by: zafar | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 19:05
1-H
2-B
3-E
4-C
Posted by: Nzr | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 19:26
h
b
e
c
thanks
Posted by: sherif mahmoud | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 20:15
1. H = too dangerous
2. B = too boring
3. E = too long
4. C = too difficult
Posted by: Kami | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 at 20:39
H
B
-
C
Thank you
Posted by: Fatemeh | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 02:01
H
B
E
C
Posted by: Shirley Tang | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 02:11
H
B
E
C
Posted by: justine | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 02:39
1.H
2.B
3.E
4.C
Posted by: Andrew | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 04:15
1. H, be risky
2. B, need big more active and interesting
3. E, have to wait up to four night
4. C, don't take ambitious for each group
Posted by: Mohammad Vicky | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 05:12
1.H
2.B
3.E
4.C
Posted by: r_kermani@yahoo.com | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 05:27
How-to-improve-your-reading-skills
Posted by: Nazrul Islam | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 06:38
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1) H
risky is the synonym of too dangerous
2) B
needs to be more active and interesting (opposite of boring)
3) E
had to wait a fortnight (2 weeks) i.e. too long
4) C
ambitious gives the same meaning as difficult
Posted by: Simon | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 08:25
I appeared for IELTS-General module on April 8, 2017 and scored BAND of 7.5. It was my first attempt and I didn't join any classes.I used to follow each and every tip given by Simon and also used to view the video lessons repeatedly. Each and every tip given by Simon is precious and invaluable while writing the exam. I practiced from Cambridge Books and followed ielts-SIMON.com on regular basis. I would like to admit saying that this web-site is a master-key for achieving good score at IELTS.
Thanks A Lot SIMON.........hats-off to you.
Pinkesh
Posted by: PINKESH | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 09:11
1;H
2;B
3;E
4;C
I got it but in 2nd attempt.So how can I overcome this problem?
Posted by: Muhammad Imran Asif | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 10:03
Adib,
Thank you for referring Simon's answer to me. That was so nice of you.
Warm wishes,
Ali
Posted by: Ali | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 12:35
H B E C
Posted by: toto | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 22:28
H
B
E
C
Posted by: Veronica | Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 06:29
1.H
2.B
3.E
4.C
Posted by: Aftab Ashraf | Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:44
1-h
2-b
3-e
4-c
Posted by: Nhu | Friday, May 12, 2017 at 14:45
H
B
E
C
Posted by: Niki | Friday, May 12, 2017 at 21:17
H
B
E
C - ambitious = difficult
Posted by: Meimei | Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 07:43
c
b
h
a
Posted by: Gurmit | Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 11:38
H
B
E
C
Posted by: katherine | Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 07:05
1-H
2-B
3-E
4-C
Posted by: zain | Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 16:18
H
B
E
C
Posted by: Ahmed Mounir | Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 13:57
I have a question. How should I practice listening skills each video?
Do I do firstly exercises untill fill fully a gap, then Check answers, finally listen to video and take note? Please!
Posted by: Huyen | Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 15:38
1. too dangerous
2. too boring
3. too long
3. too difficult
Hi simon how can I check my answers whether right or no?
Posted by: Me | Monday, June 12, 2017 at 06:45
HBEC
Posted by: Sophia | Monday, June 19, 2017 at 02:49
1-H
2-B
3-E
4-C
Posted by: Mona | Monday, July 03, 2017 at 20:19
1. H too dangerous(risky)
2. B too boring (something interesting)
3. E too long( wait fortnight)
4. C too difficult( ambitious)
Posted by: Derek | Tuesday, August 01, 2017 at 10:29
C
B
E
G
Posted by: Phuong | Monday, November 27, 2017 at 13:49
H,B,E,C
Posted by: Rc | Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:18
It is very useful for me, thanks a lot !
Posted by: Beyza nur | Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 19:18
H B E C....Simon You are amazing
Posted by: Md Kamran | Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 20:43
H
B
E
C
Posted by: Ferdian | Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 10:59
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1) H
risky is the synonym of too dangerous
2) B
needs to be more active and interesting (opposite of boring)
3) E
had to wait a fortnight (2 weeks) i.e. too long
4) C
ambitious gives the same meaning as difficult
Posted by: Simon | Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:21