How to write time in IELTS Listening
Lesson Sections0% Listening for Details, Part 1LISTENING FOR DETAILSPart 1 Numbers Show Part 2 Times and Names/Letters/Addresses For this lesson, make sure you turn the audio on to play along while you read! This is necessary so that you can hear the sound differences we will discuss in today's lesson. You can pause and restart it at any time. Hi! This lesson is the first of two posts on Listening for Details. In this post we will focus on numbers. On the IELTS Listening test, numbers as answers are extremely common in Sections 1 and 2. Remember, Sections 1 and 2 are easier than Sections 3 and 4, but you should still make sure to practice listening for details. You dont want to make any mistakes on these simple questions! Lets get started. NUMBERSA Common Mistake with Numbers and a Trick to Help You:Can you tell the difference between 16 and 60? Mistakes with teen numbers and 10 numbers are really common on the IELTS Listening Test. (Actually, native English speakers have trouble with them too!) The trick for these numbers is to realize that not only is the pronunciation different (sixteen / sixty), but there is also a difference in word stress. With sixteen, the second half of the word is stressed (we say it louder), like this: sixtEEN With sixty, the first half of the word is stressed, like this: SIXty This is the same for all of the teen numbers, and the 10s numbers. Lets go through the list for practice: 13 30 14 40 15 50 (careful, this is the hardest one!) 16 60 17 70 18 80 19 90
Big Numbers:How do we say 1300? Actually, there are two ways.
You might hear either on the IELTS Listening Test. *Note that this is only possible if the second number is not a zero! 3000 is always just three thousand but 3100 can be three thousand one hundred OR thirty-one hundred! Lets go through a list of big numbers for practice: 2700 27,000 270,000 2,700,000
Money:Since the IELTS relates to all English speaking countries, you may hear two different kinds of money. They are:
Dollars are used in most English speaking countries (Canada, USA, Australia) while pounds are used in the United Kingdom. Pay attention to the test paper to see whether you are listening for the word dollars or pounds; the questions will always be marked with either the $ or the £ symbols.
Telephone Numbers:Telephone numbers are quite common in Section 1 and 2 of the listening test. You should learn the pronunciation of numbers in general, but there are also two tricks the IELTS listening test often uses:
Let's Get Some Practice!That's it. For more practice with numbers, you should do some IELTS practice tests and focus on Sections 1 and 2. I also highly recommend picking up the official Cambridge Guide or Cambridge IELTS textbooks, which you can find online, or at a library. I also recommend using the scripts that come in the back of the Cambridge books for practice! You should always take note of your incorrect answers and then go find them in the scripts to understand where you went wrong. Good luck!
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