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Thanks Simon
Very helpful .Could you please tell me those sentences in the right column ''similar words in the recording'' what are they called . Are they paraphrases or colloquial ? These kind of sentences used in the listening test are very dangerous because very hard to interpret to exact meaning . They are in disguise of many meanings . Honestly speaking native English speakers - they are familiar with these kind of ''commonsense test but deep thought '' however, for IELTS takers those sentences are like quicksands I think.
Posted by: Sajan | Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 17:45
sorry in the disguise of
Posted by: Sajan | Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 17:46
Sajan
All these phrases appear in books:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=food+included%2Cthere+aren%27t+any+places%2Cfully+booked%2C+provided+with+sandwiches&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cfood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFood%20Included%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cthere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bthere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BThere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfully%20booked%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprovided%20with%20sandwiches%3B%2Cc0#t4%3B%2Cfood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bfood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFood%20included%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BFood%20Included%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cthere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bthere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BThere%20are%20not%20any%20places%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfully%20booked%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cprovided%20with%20sandwiches%3B%2Cc0
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=all+downhill%2Cmetre+drop%2Cthe+meter+drop%2Cmeter+drop%2Cno+charge%2Ccompletely+free&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Call%20downhill%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Ball%20downhill%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BAll%20downhill%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BAll%20Downhill%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmetre%20drop%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20meter%20drop%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmeter%20drop%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cno%20charge%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bno%20charge%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BNo%20charge%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BNo%20Charge%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccompletely%20free%3B%2Cc0
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=swimming+possible%2Ca+dip+in+the+ocean%2Csuitable+for+beginners%2C+been+on+a+horse+before&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cswimming%20possible%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ca%20dip%20in%20the%20ocean%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csuitable%20for%20beginners%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cbeen%20on%20a%20horse%20before%3B%2Cc0
Posted by: zsófi | Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 20:27
I have just been doing these listening yesterday!
Then i cannot understand "dip"'s meaning
Now i know.thank you!
Posted by: winson | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 03:58
This is the first time I know that the phrase have a dip means go for a swim.
Similarly I just learn that "very dark = pitch dark"
Thank you Simon
Posted by: Hang Truong | Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 05:13
simon, help me. i cant even register through cambridgelms.org/main because the website seems to be under construction since last week. i want to access downloadable audio for speaking test from activation code provided in this this cambridge book.thank you
Posted by: zana | Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 07:31
Thanks Zsofi for the links .It was very helpful.
Could you please tell me from where I could learn more paraphrases.
Big Thanks again
Posted by: Sajan | Tuesday, October 01, 2019 at 22:28
normal bold back to normal
Posted by: s | Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 16:58