Listening comprehension
The Listening Part A Questions

Strategies

Skill 1. Focus on the second line

Skill 2. Choose answers with synonyms.

Skill 3. Avoid similar sounds

Who, What, Where

Skill 4. Draw conclusions about who, what, where.

Skill 5. Listen for Who and What in passives

Skill 6. Listen for who and what with multiple nouns.

Negatives

Skill 7. Listen for negative expressions

Skill 8. Listen for double negative expressions.

Skill 9. Listen for "almost negative" expressions

Skill 10. Listen for negatives with comparatives.

Functions

Skill 11. Listen for expressions of agreement.

Skill 12. Listen for expressions of uncertainty and suggestion

Skill 13. Listen for emphatic expressions of surprise