Multiple choice and distractors
See how Listening multiple-choice traps are built, learn a step-by-step method to follow speakers to their final answer, then use it on a full Part 3-style tutorial.
55 min
Module 7 · Lesson 4 of 6
In this lesson
- Explain why every option is usually mentioned, and recognise six common ways distractors are built
- Read a question stem for the details that decide the answer: whose view, which time, and which point matters most
- Use a tick, cross and question-mark method to track options while you listen, and commit at the right moment
- Handle ‘choose TWO’ and matching questions without losing marks to crowded options
- Apply the whole method to an original Part 3-style discussion between two students and a tutor
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Inside this lesson
- What Listening multiple choice looks like
- Read the question, not just the options
- Six ways distractors are built
- Listen for the turning points
- The method: from reading time to final answer
- Questions where you choose TWO
- Matching: the same traps in a different layout
- Worked example: one question, step by step
- Practice: a Part 3-style tutorial
- Think like the question writer
- Check yourself