Listening: recognise summaries, endings and mismatches

Highlight Correct Summary requires choosing the written summary that best represents the audio. Read each option as a complete account. The wrong summary may contain accurate details but distort the main claim, omit a key limitation or reverse cause and effect. A strong choice captures the central argument and its important support without adding unsupported conclusions.

Listen with a compact note of topic, main point and major relationship. After the recording, compare this note with the alternatives. Do not choose from the first sentence of an option alone. An apparently accurate opening can be followed by an invented claim. During review, mark which part of each distractor fails. If the speaker says a solution is promising but requires more evidence, a summary calling it proven is too strong. This task rewards integrated understanding, so phrase-level keyword matching is an unreliable shortcut.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

Select Missing Word asks you to choose an ending that fits the recorded passage. Listen for the topic and the direction of the final sentence. The missing element must complete meaning, grammar and context together. Do not guess from a familiar phrase while ignoring whether the speaker is explaining a cause, drawing a conclusion or introducing a contrast.

Hold the final thought in mind, especially any signal such as therefore, however or as a result. A contrast often rules out an ending that merely repeats the earlier positive point. When reviewing, reconstruct the completed sentence and explain why each alternative does or does not follow. Practise predicting a plausible ending before looking at choices, then compare rather than forcing your prediction. The answer should fit the recording’s argument; a generally true statement about the topic can still be an unsuitable final word or phrase.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

Highlight Incorrect Words requires comparing a written transcript with the audio and identifying words that differ. Follow the text steadily, using the audio as the authority. This is not an editing task: a printed word can be grammatically correct but still be wrong because the speaker says a different word. Conversely, a difficult-looking word is not incorrect simply because you do not know it.

Keep your eyes slightly ahead while remaining synchronised with the recording. Mark a mismatch when you hear clear evidence, then continue. Avoid selecting extra words based on uncertainty, because incorrect selections can reduce credit within the item. Review a practice task by replaying each marked interval and naming the spoken word and printed word. This reveals whether you misheard a sound, lost your place or assumed a familiar collocation. Practising carefully builds precise perception rather than a habit of clicking every suspicious expression.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.