Listening — Conversations

Conversation questions typically focus on the reason for the conversation, such as the student's problem and the advice or solution offered. Incidental details like an address, the time, or room colour are not what the questions test.

Listening features academic lectures and campus-based conversations, for example a student talking with a professor or an administrator. Songs, news broadcasts and advertisements are not used.

Listening features academic lectures and campus-based conversations, for example a student talking with a professor or an administrator. A diagram for this topic isn't available yet — the worked example below walks the same reasoning step by step.

• !Read each option carefully — distractors on Listening — Conversations are designed to look plausible.
• !Re-check the exact wording of the question stem before committing to an answer.
• !Watch the qualifiers ("always", "only", "except") that flip a correct-looking option.

Answer each from memory — you'll see instantly whether you're right and why.

Run a focused 10-question mini-mock on Listening — Conversations and see it stick.