Strategies for The Listening part A

Strategies for The Listening Part A Questions

1. Focus on the second line of the conversation. The answer is generally found in the second line of the conversation.
2. The correct answer is more likely a restatement of a key word or idea in the second line of the conversation.
3. Listening A tests the following:  

        A) structure: passive, negatives, conditions, wishes         

       B) functional expressions: surprise, agreement, suggestion, uncertainty

       C) idiomatic expressions:  two part verb verbs, three part verbs, idioms

1. The question progress from easy to difficult.  
2. Answer each question even if you are not sure about the answer. DON’T leave any answers blank.
3. Although you may not understand the complete conversation, you can find the correct answer.

1. If you only understood a few words or ideas in the second line, choose the answer that contain a restatement of those words or ideas.  
2. If you did not understand anything at all in the second line of the conversation, choose the answer that sounds the most different from what you heard.
3. Never choose an answer because it sounds like what you heard in the conversation.