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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Contrôle d'écoute: extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently respond to exam-style listening comprehension questions.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Contrôle d'écoute: extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently respond to exam-style listening comprehension questions.
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Key learning points
- It is important to have a broad vocabulary to be successful at answering listening comprehension questions.
- It is important to listen out for synonyms and distractors when answering listening comprehension questions.
Keywords
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
Distractor - incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common misconception
Answers in listening comprehension questions are usually obvious.
Listening comprehension passages do not always make answers obvious, often containing synonyms and distractors to test your attention to detail.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the days of the week correctly.
Q2.Match the French and English.
autumn
police station
New Year's Day
boss
pharmacy
New Year's Eve
Q3.Match the French and English.
dangerous
varied, diverse
hard, difficult
extraordinary
interesting
terrible
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the expression made me laugh'.
Q5.Write in French: 'my nose hurts'.
Q6.Write in French: 'unemployment has increased'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which statements are incorrect?
Q2.Which noun does not refer to a body part?
Q3.Match the French and English.
colour
gap
temperature, fever
paper
care
emergency