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Listening Part 1
Listening Part 1
In this part, you will hear short extracts from exchanges between interacting speakers with two multiple-choice questions on each extract.
You’ll hear two different extracts. For questions 1-4, choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract. You can listen to the audio twice.
Listening Part 2:
Listening Part 2:
Gap Fill : Listening for specific information
Gap Fill : Listening for specific information
CAE Part 2 involves listening to a monologue and filling in key words in a gapped text.
It tests your ability to listen for specific information, to spell correctly, and to understand words in context.
Tips for listening part 2
Tips for listening part 2
Read the title and the extra information to get the context of the listening text. What do you know about the topic? What words to you expect to hear?
Read the text quickly before you listen. *PREDICT* the type of word you will hear. Is it a name? A place? A date? a holiday? A type of food?
LISTEN ONE TIME. Take notes about NAMES / NUMBERS and KEY WORDS you hear. Write your notes on the side of the questions.
4. Fill in as many questions as you can. Which questions are you missing? When in the listening will you hear the answer?
5. Listen again. Listen for the information you are missing.
6. Fill in all the answers. Don't leave a question blank - just guess if you are in doubt.
7. SPELL CHECK! Spelling counts. Think hard if you are using the correct WORD FORM and the correct spelling.
Listening Exam : Cambridge
Practice Exam - South American Rain-forest
Practice Exam: About Cherries
Practice Exam: The Albatross
Listening Part 3:
Listening Part 3:
Multiple Choice - Long listening (Up to 4 minutes)
Multiple Choice - Long listening (Up to 4 minutes)
CAE Par 3 is usually an interview or perhaps a monologue. It is a long form listening, so it's important to read as many of the questions as possible to map out the listening in your head.
Take notes and be sure to make a guess no matter what.
Tips for part 3:
Tips for part 3:
You hear the answers in the order of the questions. In other words, the first answer comes at the start of the recording and the last answer is at the end.
Read the questions as soon as you can - immediately after part 2 is over. This is the section with the most text so the more time you can spend reading, the better. Start by reading the question stems and if you have time, go back and start reading the choices. Underline key words.
As always, Cambridge use distractors in this section. Be very suspicious of 'exact match' phrases. If option C uses the word 'abundant' and one of the speakers uses the word 'abundant', it's probably not the answer.
Eliminate answers that are clearly wrong. Often it's possible to eliminate 3 of the 4 choices, so you can get the answer even if you don't know the meaning of a certain word.
Practice Exam - The Jewel Garden
Practice Exam: Journalists Talking about their work
Practice Exam: Comedians
Listening Part 4:
Listening Part 4:
Part 4. Multiple Matching
Part 4. Multiple Matching
CAE Listening Part 4 is by far the most difficult of all. You have to listen to five short monologues and answer 10 questions. You have to select ten correct options out of available sixteen.
In this part, you will hear five speakers. Each speaker talks about a related topic. In this example all the speakers are talking about holidays. There are two blocks of five matching questions. Read the questions carefully before you listen.
Tips for Listening Part 4
Tips for Listening Part 4
Read the questions quickly and determine what KEY INFORMATION you need to listen for.
Prepare to take excellent notes. Many students easily get the speakers confused. Create 5 boxes on your paper: Speaker 1: Speaker 2: Speaker 3: Speaker 4: Speaker 5. You will write key words in each box.
Listen one time. Take notes about each speaker. Write down as much as you can about each speaker, especially about their attitude/ experiences / about the topic mentioned in the questions. Write your notes in the boxes.
Answer the questions you know. Are there any obvious matches? If yes - do them now.
What speakers are you not sure about? Before you listen a second time, make a guess about what the POSSIBLE and IMPOSSIBLE answers are.
Listen again. Pay attention to the information you are missing. This time, think about the specific information you are missing. Take notes on KEY WORDS. Or/ write in the answers as you listen.
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