Do you know how to Match Sentences like a Band 9 for IELTS Listening? IELTS Listening Guide 3/4 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome back to part three of our IELTS
2. 0:02listening complete guide. In part one,
3. 0:05we covered listening in general, then we
4. 0:07did a deep dive into section one, which
5. 0:10is a discussion between two people,
6. 0:12while we also looked at question type
7. 0:14one, form completion, and question type
8. 0:17two, multiple choice. In part two, we
9. 0:20covered section two, which is a
10. 0:22monologue by a single speaker, and
11. 0:25looked at the short answer question
12. 0:27type. If you missed parts one and two,
13. 0:29click the link in the description to
14. 0:31watch them first. Today, we're going
15. 0:33over section three, which is a
16. 0:35conversation between two to three people
17. 0:38in an educational context. We will look
18. 0:40at matching and sentence completion
19. 0:42question types. Before we begin,
20. 0:45download the free answer booklet to
21. 0:47record your answers. While you wait for
22. 0:49it to download, be sure to subscribe so
23. 0:52you don't miss the final video in this
24. 0:54series, out next week. The matching
25. 0:56question type can be confusing because
26. 0:58they look different depending on your
27. 1:00test format.
28. 1:02Let's look at the difference between the
29. 1:03paper and computer-based tests. In the
30. 1:06paper-based test, you'll see a list of
31. 1:08options in a box and the descriptions
32. 1:11next to numbers. The golden rule here is
33. 1:14to write the letter, not the name. So,
34. 1:17if the answer is Attica, you'd write B.
35. 1:20In the computer-delivered test, you'll
36. 1:22see a grid. Instead of writing, you'll
37. 1:25click the box for A, B, or C that
38. 1:28matches the statement. Now, let's look
39. 1:31at the strategy for the matching
40. 1:32question types. Here, you aren't just
41. 1:35matching words, you're matching
42. 1:37meanings. The first strategy is the
43. 1:40synonym distractor. In other words, the
44. 1:43words in the list, A, B, and C, will
45. 1:46almost never be the words you actually
46. 1:49hear in the audio. Instead, the test
47. 1:52uses parallel expressions or synonyms,
48. 1:55which describe the option using
49. 1:56different words. Don't fall for the trap
50. 1:59of waiting for the exact word. If you're
51. 2:02waiting to hear the exact word on the
52. 2:04page, you'll probably miss the answer.
53. 2:07For example, if the option is flexible
54. 2:10schedule, don't wait for those words.
55. 2:12Instead, you might hear, you may choose
56. 2:15your own hours and come in whenever fits
57. 2:17your day. The solution is to focus on
58. 2:20the meaning, not the sounds. Before the
59. 2:24audio begins, quickly brainstorm
60. 2:26synonyms for the list items. Some
61. 2:29examples for this might be eco-friendly.
62. 2:33We use sustainable materials and
63. 2:35minimize waste. Affordable.
64. 2:38It won't break the bank or great for
65. 2:40those on a budget. Traditional.
66. 2:43Following recipes passed down for
67. 2:45generations. The second strategy is to
68. 2:48focus on the sequence. The descriptions
69. 2:51usually follow the order of the numbers,
70. 2:5317, 18, 19, but the options can appear
71. 2:57in any order. Keep your eyes moving
72. 3:00across the whole list, A through E.
73. 3:03Also, be sure to be very mindful of the
74. 3:05instructions.
75. 3:07If it says you can use any letter more
76. 3:09than once, that changes everything.
77. 3:13Because then a restaurant, for example,
78. 3:16might have nice views and grow its own
79. 3:18food. You'd select both. If you haven't
80. 3:21downloaded the answer booklet, I
81. 3:23recommend you do that now. We're about
82. 3:25to start the 10-second preparation
83. 3:27timer, followed by the audio. Remember
84. 3:30to focus on the meaning, not the sounds.
85. 3:46Hi, Max. How are you? I'm good. Hey, I'm
86. 3:50ringing because I need some advice. It's
87. 3:52my wedding anniversary next week, and I
88. 3:54want to take my wife to a nice
89. 3:55restaurant, and I know that you know all
90. 3:58the best places in town.
91. 4:00Okay, [clears throat] right. Great idea.
92. 4:02Well, I have five favorite restaurants
93. 4:05that you might like. They'd be perfect
94. 4:07for an anniversary. They're nice and
95. 4:09romantic. Did you want something near
96. 4:12the city center or somewhere out near
97. 4:14the beach?
98. 4:15I'm not sure. What do you suggest?
99. 4:19Well, there are two restaurants right in
100. 4:21the city center. There's Fred's Place
101. 4:24and Lumi. But if you don't mind catching
102. 4:26the train, you can check out Bentley.
103. 4:28It's got sweeping views of the harbor.
104. 4:31Then there's Sixpenny and Attica, which
105. 4:33are just outside of the city center in
106. 4:35Darlinghurst.
107. 4:37Mhm. I don't really want to take public
108. 4:40transport, although that does sound
109. 4:42nice. What about the two in
110. 4:44Darlinghurst? Can you tell me a bit more
111. 4:46about them?
112. 4:48They're both great restaurants. If you
113. 4:50want something a little different, you
114. 4:51could try Sixpenny. It was a Greek
115. 4:54restaurant, but then the management
116. 4:56changed hands, and the new owners are
117. 4:57Korean. So, now it's a really
118. 4:59interesting mix of Mediterranean and
119. 5:02East Asian food. Or there's Attica, just
120. 5:05up the street from Sixpenny, which is
121. 5:07more traditional Greek food. It's also
122. 5:10really good.
123. 5:11I must say that Attica is a little
124. 5:13expensive, though, and it can get a
125. 5:15little bit cramped in the front dining
126. 5:17area.
127. 5:19What about the two restaurants you
128. 5:21mentioned in the city? You don't happen
129. 5:24to know if they use organic ingredients.
130. 5:27You know my wife is big on health.
131. 5:29If that's the case, then you might want
132. 5:31to try Fred's Place or Lumi. They're
133. 5:34both near the central train station. I
134. 5:37know Fred's Place actually grows its own
135. 5:39vegetables. In fact, I think they have
136. 5:41their own farm just outside the city
137. 5:43where everything is produced. The only
138. 5:46problem with Fred's Place is that it
139. 5:48gets really crowded, so make sure you
140. 5:50book a few days in advance.
141. 5:52Then there's Lumi. It's just across the
142. 5:54road from Fred's Place. It's famous
143. 5:57because it only uses vegetables that
144. 5:59grow in that particular time of the
145. 6:00year.
146. 6:02Right now, they're doing all things
147. 6:03winter. I'm pretty sure all Lumi's
148. 6:06produce is organic as well, but I'm not
149. 6:09sure where they get it from. I don't
150. 6:11think it's from the local area. I think
151. 6:13they must source some ingredients from
152. 6:15other parts of the country.
153. 6:22Okay, how did you do?
154. 6:24Let's look at the answers and talk about
155. 6:26those distractors. For number 17, which
156. 6:30restaurant has great seaside views? All
157. 6:33of the options were mentioned. However,
158. 6:35Max says, "Bentley. It's got sweeping
159. 6:38views of the harbor."
160. 6:40Notice how it doesn't use the exact same
161. 6:43words. It's paraphrasing. Number 18,
162. 6:46which restaurant has fusion meals?
163. 6:49The conversation moves to Sixpenny, and
164. 6:52they talk about how it's a really
165. 6:54interesting mix of Mediterranean and
166. 6:56East Asian food. So, that would be a
167. 6:59fusion meal. It's not stated explicitly
168. 7:02as fusion. You must infer that yourself.
169. 7:05Number 19, which restaurant talks about
170. 7:08locally grown food? You would have heard
171. 7:11them say the name Attica, but in fact,
172. 7:14there was nothing really mentioned about
173. 7:16Attica.
174. 7:17We can see it didn't really have great
175. 7:19seaside views. It didn't have fusion
176. 7:22meals. It didn't have locally grown
177. 7:24food, and it didn't have seasonal
178. 7:27dishes. The name was just put in there
179. 7:30as a distractor. So, where is the
180. 7:33locally grown food?
181. 7:35We can see Fred's Place actually grows
182. 7:38its own vegetables. In fact, I think
183. 7:41they have their own farm just outside
184. 7:43the city where everything is produced.
185. 7:46Notice how we're moving through the
186. 7:47descriptions sequentially, but not
187. 7:50through the list of restaurants. Okay,
188. 7:53question 20. Which restaurant has
189. 7:55seasonal dishes? The audio says, "Well,
190. 7:59Lumi is just across the road from Fred's
191. 8:01Place." But don't be distracted by
192. 8:03Fred's.
193. 8:04Lumi has seasonal dishes. It mentions
194. 8:08only using vegetables that grow that
195. 8:10particular time of year, and right now,
196. 8:13they're doing all things winter. Notice
197. 8:16the importance of synonyms here. Don't
198. 8:19forget that you can practice live with
199. 8:20our teachers in our live classes at
200. 8:22e2language.com
201. 8:24if you need to work on your synonyms.
202. 8:27Okay, now let's move on to question type
203. 8:29five, sentence completion.
204. 8:32This is similar to the short answer
205. 8:34question type that we covered in part
206. 8:36two of this series, but you need to use
207. 8:39a word, phrase, and or number to
208. 8:42complete a sentence.
209. 8:44Your answer must be grammatically
210. 8:46correct, and the words must be taken
211. 8:49directly from the audio.
212. 8:51Let's look at the strategy for this
213. 8:53question type. Sentence completion has a
214. 8:56grammatical fit distractor. In other
215. 8:59words, the speaker might use a word that
216. 9:01is a synonym, but doesn't actually fit
217. 9:04the part of speech required. The trap
218. 9:06here would be writing online when the
219. 9:08sentence is, "The information is found
220. 9:11on the
221. 9:12The answer must be the internet. You
222. 9:14wouldn't say, "The online." The solution
223. 9:17is to predict the part of speech. Is it
224. 9:21a noun, verb, or adjective before you're
225. 9:24listening? So, again, for that sentence,
226. 9:27"The information is on the you would
227. 9:29need a noun like internet. Writing
228. 9:32online, which is an adverb or an
229. 9:34adjective, would be grammatically
230. 9:37incorrect in that gap. Let's look at a
231. 9:39few quick examples. The sentence is,
232. 9:42"The project requires a high level of
233. 9:45blank." What you hear is, "The speaker
234. 9:48mentions that being creative is
235. 9:49absolutely essential for this task." The
236. 9:52mistake here is writing creative. Check
237. 9:55that. Read it out loud. "The project
238. 9:57requires a high level of creative.
239. 10:00That's grammatically incorrect. It
240. 10:02doesn't fit. The correct answer would be
241. 10:04creativity. Check that one.
242. 10:07The project requires a high level of
243. 10:09creativity. That fits perfectly. Also,
244. 10:13remember that specificity matters. Let's
245. 10:16look at another example. If the sentence
246. 10:18is, the workshop is held in the blank
247. 10:22and you hear, you can find us over at
248. 10:24the science building on the far side of
249. 10:26the campus.
250. 10:28The mistake would be writing science.
251. 10:31Read that out loud. The workshop is held
252. 10:34in the science. That just doesn't make
253. 10:37sense. The correct answer is science
254. 10:40building.
255. 10:41The pro tip here is to do what I just
256. 10:43did. Always read the full sentence back
257. 10:46to yourself with the answer inside of
258. 10:48it.
259. 10:49If it sounds broken, you've likely
260. 10:51missed a noun or used the wrong form of
261. 10:54the word, like an adjective instead of a
262. 10:56noun. It's time for the sentence
263. 10:58completion questions. If you haven't
264. 11:01already downloaded the answer booklet, I
265. 11:03recommend you do that now. It will make
266. 11:05it a lot easier for you to answer.
267. 11:08First, look at the instructions. For
268. 11:10this particular question, it says no
269. 11:12more than two words for each answer.
270. 11:16The word or words that you use must be
271. 11:18taken directly from the audio and they
272. 11:21do not change. You don't need to
273. 11:24transform the word at all. It should
274. 11:26just fit. Okay, you have 10 seconds to
275. 11:29read through these questions and get a
276. 11:31feel for what the answer might be.
277. 11:33Then the audio will begin. We'll start
278. 11:35the timer now.
279. 11:47I guess we better start on our
280. 11:49assignment. You know we only have 2
281. 11:51weeks left to research and write an
282. 11:53essay. Yes, well, at least we don't have
283. 11:55an end of semester exam. That's a
284. 11:57relief. Yes, very true. Okay, so what do
285. 12:00we have to do again? Sorry, please
286. 12:02remind me. Well, we have to choose one
287. 12:04of three topics to research and write
288. 12:06about. Oh, that's right. We have to
289. 12:08choose between corruption, social
290. 12:10movements, and what was it? Global
291. 12:13development?
292. 12:13>> No, corruption, social movements, and
293. 12:16global interdependence. That's right,
294. 12:18interdependence. I keep getting that
295. 12:20mixed up with development. Well, which
296. 12:22one would you like to choose? I really
297. 12:24think we should focus on corruption. I
298. 12:26think it's interesting. It's a problem
299. 12:28for every country, but some countries
300. 12:30are much worse off than others. Hmm,
301. 12:32really? I find it kind of depressing.
302. 12:35I'd much rather do something else. How
303. 12:37about social movements? That seems
304. 12:39fascinating. I'm a big fan of history,
305. 12:41so we could read about how societies
306. 12:43transform from one generation to the
307. 12:44next. I find that social change is
308. 12:47interesting, too. But I did something
309. 12:49similar last semester in my political
310. 12:51science class and I'd rather not repeat
311. 12:53it.
312. 12:54How about the global interdependence
313. 12:56subject? It's quite optimistic to think
314. 12:58that all countries need each other in
315. 12:59some way. Okay, that sounds interesting.
316. 13:02And you're right, it might make us feel
317. 13:04a bit better about international
318. 13:05relations. We really are more connected
319. 13:07than ever these days through trade and
320. 13:09the internet. And we'll be able to read
321. 13:11Macquarrie. I think he's the most
322. 13:12important thinker on the topic. Oh,
323. 13:14great. How do I spell his name? M A C Q
324. 13:19U A R I E. Great. Well, I think I'll
325. 13:24start by going to the library and asking
326. 13:26for any relevant books. And you can
327. 13:27start to read some relevant articles
328. 13:29online. How does that sound? That sounds
329. 13:31like a good idea. I think we should
330. 13:33definitely avoid watching the news. It's
331. 13:35too time-consuming and we don't have
332. 13:37enough time. Great. So, we'll stick to
333. 13:39the library and the internet.
334. 13:46Okay, how did you go there? It's getting
335. 13:48pretty challenging, isn't it?
336. 13:50Let's go through the answers together.
337. 13:52The answer to number 21 was essay. Beth
338. 13:55said, you know we only have 2 weeks left
339. 13:58to research and write. Those were
340. 13:59distractors, an essay.
341. 14:02Remember, it's only one word, not three.
342. 14:06And then Steven says, yes, well, at
343. 14:09least we don't have an end of semester
344. 14:10exam.
345. 14:12If you wrote exam, that's also incorrect
346. 14:15and also a distractor. The answer to
347. 14:17question number 22 was global
348. 14:20interdependence.
349. 14:21Not global independence.
350. 14:24Interdependence.
351. 14:26Have a look at this.
352. 14:27Steven said, we have to choose between
353. 14:30corruption, social movement, and what
354. 14:33was it? Global development? Beth said,
355. 14:36no, corruption, social movements, and
356. 14:39global interdependence.
357. 14:42Steven says, that's right,
358. 14:44interdependence. I keep getting that
359. 14:46mixed up with development. So, they
360. 14:48tried to distract you multiple times
361. 14:50with that one. If you wrote global
362. 14:53development, that's incorrect. The
363. 14:55answer for number 23 is also global
364. 14:58interdependence.
365. 15:00They talked through all of the options
366. 15:02and had various reasons for not
367. 15:03selecting them, but finally Beth says,
368. 15:07how about the global interdependence
369. 15:09subject? And Steven says, okay, that
370. 15:12sounds interesting.
371. 15:13The answer to number 24, the author the
372. 15:16students plan to read, is Macquarrie.
373. 15:18They actually spell it out for you. M A
374. 15:21C Q U A R I E.
375. 15:25If you spell it wrong, the answer would
376. 15:27be incorrect. The answer for number 25
377. 15:30is internet. We talked about this one a
378. 15:32bit earlier, but there is a good
379. 15:34distractor there.
380. 15:36Beth said, read some relevant articles
381. 15:39online.
382. 15:40Online would be incorrect because you
383. 15:43can't say the online. It doesn't make
384. 15:46grammatical sense. So again, be aware of
385. 15:49those articles. Sometimes you need to
386. 15:52wait a little bit longer just to find
387. 15:55that right content word. Don't commit to
388. 15:58your answer too soon.
389. 16:00Okay, that was another big one. How are
390. 16:03you feeling? Comment your score so far
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398. 16:21week for the finale of this series,
399. 16:23which covers section four. One person
400. 16:26speaking about an academic topic. For
401. 16:28example, it could be a lecture on
402. 16:30architecture or biology. We'll go into
403. 16:33the final question type, plan, map, and
404. 16:36diagram labeling.
405. 16:37The vocabulary here is more complex. So,
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408. 16:45most challenging part of the listening
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