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Read the questions carefully

the time of the listening um it's to read the questions carefully now this is important because many people forget to do this they're so concentrated on listening or maybe they'...

Course: Cambridge language skillsSection: Cambridge listening test tipsSubtitles: en

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exam at

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the time

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of the listening um it's to read the

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questions

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carefully now this is important because

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many people forget to do this

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they're so concentrated on listening or

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maybe they're very nervous and a

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stressful situation that they forget to

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really

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read the questions carefully really pay

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attention to what is written

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sometimes the questions can be quite

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confusing

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you have to really work out what exactly

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they're asking and the options if you

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have a multiple choice option

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you need to understand what what they're

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asking for you will have some seconds

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before the audio starts to read the

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questions

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sometimes it's not enough but you know

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get practice that by by trying to read

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quickly and really pay attention really

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focus on what the questions are asking

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of you

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and tip number four is eliminate

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or discard so

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um in some of the listening parts you

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will have multiple choice

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options um so you have four options a

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question and then four

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options the first time you here remember

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remember you always have two

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chances to listen to the audio the first

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time you may have no idea you may be

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completely lost but but stay calm

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because the second time

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usually things start to become clearer

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but sometimes they're not clearer

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sometimes you think i just i have no

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idea

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don't i

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