hi there it's asiya let's talk about one of the trickiest questions in ielts listening matching
information while preparing for this lesson i solved a number of questions of this type and i
found some strategies that can help you answer these questions let's talk about them first
and then we try to solve several practice questions together okay let's get started
okay matching information questions appear either in part two which is a monologue
by one speaker or part three which is a dialogue between two people here is a task so it comes
from cambridge ielts books and cambridge english is the organization that prepares ielts papers
so their practice tests are the closest to the real thing so here is a task
at the top you have a box with options from a to age and at the bottom you have questions
from 15 to 20. you always have more options than questions in this case eight options and
six questions and you use each option only once there are two proofs of that so first of all look
at the task choose six answers from the box and we have six questions so you use each only once
but also when you take a computer-based test to answer this type of question you simply take
an option and you drag it to the question and it automatically disappears from the list of options
okay the first tip is follow the questions imagine information questions questions come in order so
questions are those at the bottom with numbers and you will hear about fresh food commercial manager
first then agronomist than fresh produce buyer and so on another good tip is that questions are not
paraphrased so you will actually hear the exact words fresh food commercial manager and so on
the only paraphrasing is in question number 18. the garden center sales manager is the sales
manager for a chain of garden centers i'm sure you will agree that it's a very easy paraphrasing the
difficulty of matching information is that options are paraphrased and they are fully paraphrased not
a single keyword will be repeated so you need to look for synonyms and paraphrasing i've prepared
a little exercise for you to check how well you can recognize paraphrasing i've selected the
phrases or sentences from the recording and you need to find which option they're talking about
first let's read all the options you should do that before the recording starts
a not a permanent job b involves leading a team experience not essential intensive work but also
fun chance to earn more through overtime chance for rapid promotion accommodation available local
travel involved okay these are our options now find which option they're talking about
available for a 12 month maternity cover i'm going to give you a few seconds
okay which answer is this a not a permanent job so you will cover for someone who's on maternity
someone who's having a baby so this means that this job is not permanent next there
are good opportunities for the right person to quickly make their way up the career ladder
a few seconds look through all the options which one is this the answer is f chance for
rapid promotion if you make your way up the career ladder quickly it means you get promoted quickly
next the staff work hard but they play hard as well
which option is this
the answer is d intensive work but also fun when you're talking about someone and you hear
work hard play hard it means that someone works very hard but then they have a lot of fun as well
next the possibility of renting a small cottage on the estate
which option is this we have just a few left that's accommodation available if
you rent a cottage it means you live there so that's your accommodation the company may be
prepared to consider someone who has just completed an appropriate training course
so which option is this
experience not essential if someone just completed a training course
it means they haven't worked yet they don't have any experience
you will be visiting centers in the region this is the last one
and the answer is h local travel involved if you'll be visiting centers in the region you
will travel there and as you can see not a single keyword has been repeated when they're talking
about a maternity cover it's not a permanent job or completed a training course experience
not essential work hard play hard intensive work but fun so to answer these type of questions you
really need to concentrate on the meaning not just look for some keywords my tip is
try to memorize the options read all of them before the recording begins and try to memorize
as many as you can then it will be easier for you to locate the correct option quickly
now let's talk about selecting your answers if you take a paper-based test
then your answer must be a letter not a word so be careful about it
you should also cross out all the used options then you will have fewer and fewer options left
and it will be easier and easier for you to answer the remaining questions
if you take a computer-based test then you will see your questions on the left and options on the
right and you take an option and you drag it to the question and then it just stays there so it
automatically disappears from the list of options and if you want to replace it you can either drag
it back or you can just take another option and drop it on top of it and the previous option will
automatically jump back okay now let's try to solve several practice tasks
ready here they are you will hear a man talking to an official at a tourist information office
can i help you yes i was wanting somewhere to stay for a few days a four or five star hotel can you
tell me something about the possibilities okay right well there are five hotels that
might interest you were you wanting a city center location or would you be interested in something a
bit further out well i do have a car so i could go for either you've heard 30 seconds but there
was no answer quite often the first few phrases don't contain any answers to help you settle
keep on looking for the answer to question number one a hotel in a rural area well there are two
central hotels in the range you're looking for there's carlton house and the imperial
they're both near the main square but if you've got your own transport you might be interested
in the royal oak that's out in the country about 10 kilometers away very peaceful then there's the
bridge hotel and the majestic they're both in town but not in the center they're out on the airport
road here is a transcript the key words are you might be interested in the royal oak that's
out in the country about 10 kilometers away very peaceful out in the country means in a rural area
now you should look for the second answer only opened recently um that might be a bit far out
actually okay now the other two you mentioned in the city center can you tell me a bit about them
well they're both excellent hotels if you want something with a bit of character carlton house
is quite unusual it's a very old building that was originally a large private house it was bought
by the vani's chain and they completely refurbished it they took their first guests
just a few months ago but it's already got an excellent reputation that's a five-star hotel
the key words are they completely refurbished it they took their first guests just a few months ago
it means that this hotel opened recently previously in the paragraph they talked about a
very old building but this is just a distraction the question is not about a new building we're
looking for a hotel that opened recently now let's continue question number three office
facilities for business functions or there's the imperial which is a much more modern building
that also has its own gym and it also has internet connection and meeting rooms it's
used for conferences and corporate events as well as private guests that's five star as well
here we can hear that the imperial has internet connection and meetings rooms it's
used for conferences and corporate events business functions are business events such as conferences
you see not a single word is repeated but the meaning is the same and the last question a
hotel with an indoor swimming pool does it have a swimming pool as well as a gym no the royal
oak has an outdoor pool which is lovely in the summer but the only hotel with an indoor pool
is the bridge hotel it doesn't have a gym though the majestic is planning to build a swimming pool
in a fitness center but it's not finished yet i see well i think i'll probably go for one of the
city center hotels here is our answer have a look at the question first you see it's not just about
a swimming pool it's about an indoor swimming pool just from this detail you can already guess
that there may be a hotter with an outdoor swimming pool too indeed that's royal oak
that's an incorrect answer and also we've already used this option to answer another question that's
why you should cross out options as you use them okay that's the end of the practice so
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