Listening Section

Multiple-Choice Multiple Answers

Listen to a recording and select ALL correct responses. Negative marking applies.

Official Task Instruction

“Listen to the recording and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response.”

Tasks in Exam

2–3

Marking

NEGATIVE

Skills

Listening

Negative Marking Warning: Each incorrect selection deducts points. Only select responses you heard clearly and confidently supported in the audio. Guessing is penalised.

Key Strategies

  • ➤Read all options before the audio starts. This primes you to listen for specific information related to each option.
  • ➤Only select what you heard clearly supported — not implied, hinted at, or partially mentioned.
  • ➤Eliminate distractors that distort or contradict what was said in the audio — these are common traps.
  • ➤Listen for emphasis, repetition, and speaker agreement — the audio signals what matters.