3/ Selecting from a list

Sometimes, you need to choose an answer from a longer list. All of the ideas in the list will be mentioned, but only two or three options are correct. To help you concentrate, it can help to underline key words before you listen. Key words are important words in the question (or the words or phrases in an option that make it different to the others).

3.1 Look at the question and list of possible answers. Before you listen, underline the key ideas you need to listen for.

What TWO disadvantages of the new mobile phone does the speaker mention?

	A it isn’t very user-friendly
	B it is very expensive
	C it can’t take photographs
	D it has a short battery life
	E it is quite big

3.2 To help practise scanning a list, listen and put options A-E in the order they are mentioned. Don’t answer the question yet. Remember, the ideas will be paraphrased, so you may not hear the same words you see in the options.

A it isn’t very user-friendly

B it is very expensive

C it can’t take photographs

D it has a short battery life

E it is quite big !

3.3 Listen again and put a ✓ or a x next to each option A-E, depending on whether or not it matches the information in the recording. Which TWO options are correct?