Listening Section

Highlight Incorrect Words

Listen to a recording while reading a transcript. Click words that differ from what the speaker says.

Official Task Instruction

“You will hear a recording. Below is a transcript of the recording. Some words in the transcript differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.”

Negative Marking: Wrong answers deduct points. Only select what you are confident about.

Tasks in Exam

2–3

Differences

2–7 words

Marking

NEGATIVE

Key Strategies

  • ➤Negative marking applies — only click words you are confident differ from the audio. Do not guess.
  • ➤Move your cursor word by word with the audio to stay in sync with the recording.
  • ➤Differences are subtle: a changed preposition, a synonym, an added/removed adjective. Train your ear for small shifts.
  • ➤Typically 2–7 words differ per passage. If you’ve clicked more than 7, you may be making errors.
  • ➤Practice with dictation exercises daily to sharpen your ability to detect fine word-level differences.

Scoring: +1 for each correctly identified word, −1 for each incorrectly clicked word. Negative marking applies.