2.3Question type 1: form, note and table completion

This is most of Recording 1, it is the easiest question type in the test, and it is where careless students throw away the most marks. You fill a gap in a form, a table or a set of notes.

The method

1. 1.Use the reading time. Read every gap before the recording starts.
2. 2.Predict the type of answer for each gap: a name, a number, a date, an amount, a place, a day. Write a one-word reminder above the gap.
3. 3.Read the words around the gap. Those words are what you will hear just before the answer, so they are your warning signal.
4. 4.Write exactly what you hear. Do not rephrase it and do not correct the speaker's grammar.
5. 5.If the speaker repeats or corrects themselves, the answer is the correction, not the first version.
6. 6.When the recording ends, check spelling, singular or plural, and the word limit.

Practice 1

Your teacher will read a telephone conversation once only. You have one minute to read the form first. Write the expected answer type above each gap before you listen.

AL NOOR SPORTS CENTRE | Family membership enquiry

Two of those questions, worked through