You hear seven short recordings about everyday life, some with one speaker and some with two. Each one comes with a question and three pictures (A, B and C), and you choose the picture that answers the question.
It's a gentle start to the paper, but there's a catch: the speakers usually mention more than one of the things in the pictures. Only one of them fits the question exactly.
Before each recording, read the question and compare the three pictures. Ask yourself what separates them: a time, a price, a place, the weather, an object. That difference is exactly what you need to catch.
Name each picture to yourself in English. With the words ready in your head (train, bike, taxi), they're much easier to recognise when the speakers say them.
The recording often mentions two or even all three pictures. Someone might say 'I was going to take the train, but in the end my sister drove me.' The train comes first, yet the car is the answer.
Answers often hide behind words like but, actually, in the end or instead. When a speaker changes their mind or corrects the other person, the second idea is usually the one that counts.
What did he buy? is not the same question as What will he buy next time? A short recording can move between past, present and future, so stay with the time the question asks about.
When a question depends on a time, a price or a day, several may be mentioned. Listen for the final one agreed, not the first one said: 'It starts at seven. Oh no, sorry, it's half past.'
Pick an answer the first time, even if you're not sure. The second time, listen to confirm it: does the speaker really say that, or did you just hear a word linked to another picture?