Drill L1 · Listening

Form & Note Completion

Four levels, ten recordings each. The audio never gets slower — what changes is how much is repeated back to you and how far the wording on the page sits from the words you hear.

How to attack this question type ›

Read the form or the notes before you press Play. Decide what kind of answer each gap needs — a name, a number, a day, a thing. Half the work is done before the audio starts.
The words on the page are rarely the words you will hear. Follow the meaning, not the label — and the higher the level, the further apart the two sit.
If a speaker gives a value and then changes it, the second value is the answer. Sometimes it is flagged — sorry, that's… — and sometimes, higher up, there is no apology at all. The later value always wins.
Names, brands and unfamiliar words are spelled out for you, letter by letter. Ordinary academic words are not — at C1 you have to spell those yourself, exactly as in the real Section 4.
Check the word limit before you write. Two words means two words; a third loses the mark even when the meaning is right.
Look at what is already printed beside the gap. If the line reads £___ a term, write the figure only — not the pound sign, not a term.

Worked example — let's solve one together

You hear: “So that's the Tuesday group — sorry, no, the Tuesday one is full now. It'll have to be Thursday.”

The form says: Class day: → Thursday

Two days are spoken and only one is the answer. The first is withdrawn, so the second stands. Sorry, no is the signal here — but at B2 it softens to actually, and at C1 it disappears completely: “The Tuesday group is full. It'll have to be Thursday.” does exactly the same job with no apology at all. That is the whole ladder in one sentence: the trap does not change, the warning does.

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Carry into the mock: when a speaker gives a value twice, write the second one — then check the word limit before you move on.