How to answer
Matching: how to approach it
- 1
Read the box of options and the list of items before you listen.
- 2
The items are heard in order; the options are not.
- 3
There are more options than items, so some are never used.
11 drills
Matching drills
- Climbing Centre Safety BriefingSection 2 · 6 questionsListen →
- Cycle Race Marshal BriefingSection 2 · 7 questionsListen →
- Dialect Research ProjectSection 3 · 6 questionsListen →
- Florence Study Trip Information EveningSection 2 · 8 questionsListen →
- Packaging Design Project ReviewSection 3 · 6 questionsListen →
- Planning Child Literacy ResearchSection 3 · 7 questionsListen →
- Preparing a School Uniform DebateSection 3 · 7 questionsListen →
- Reflecting on a Work PlacementSection 3 · 7 questionsListen →
- Tour of Penfold Head Lighthouse MuseumSection 2 · 8 questionsListen →
- Tour of Refurbished LibrarySection 2 · 8 questionsListen →
- Urban Beekeeping PresentationSection 3 · 8 questionsListen →
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