Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Part I: Photograph/Picture
This is a question by showing a picture and followed by four statements/four options (A,B,C,D).
Strategies:
a. Listen carefully for four statements.
b. Identify the picture carefully for:
Person : Gender (man/woman).
Sum (how many person involve in the picture)
Clothes : dress, shirt, pants, jacket, blazer, tie, etc
Accessories and tool : rings, necklace, bracelets, watch, hat, stick, computer, comb,
Mick, bicycle, car, etc.
Characteristics : face, hair, short, tall, skin color, etc
Location : the place that use in the picture, such as: building, road, yard,
garden, beach, a corner in a room, on the table, in a pocket, etc.
Activities : all activities that done by the person in the picture, such as;
riding, reading, typing, talking, holding, singing, walking, etc.
c. Choose the statement/option that match with the picture.
Question words
Question Response
Who person’s name
What activities, things, animals, etc
Which things, animal, choosing, etc.
When period of time: at four O’clock, this week, last year, today, etc.
Where locations
Whose adjective possessive: my, your, their, our, her, his, its
Adjective pronouns: mine, yours, hers, theirs, ours, his, its.
Why reason
How long sum of time: three hours, one day, two weeks, a few month, etc.
How far distance: one mill, two km, etc.
How often frequency: once, twice, three times, etc.
How about ok, I’d love to, sorry, that’s good idea, etc.
How can by somebody, by something, etc.
Question Response
Tobe yes no
To do absolutely I don’t think so
To Have certainly I’m not sure
Modals ok
Question tags sure
I think so
I’d love to
All right
Etc
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b) Subjects: I, you, we, they, he, she, it
Question Response
I you
You I, we
We you, we
They they
He he
She she
It it
Question Response
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c) Similar sound: don not ever choose the similar sound between question and responses.
Question Responses
STRATEGIES:
a. Read carefully for the question and four options.
b. Listen carefully for the conversation.
c. From the conversation, pay attention for:
a) Who: first speaker (man / woman)
Second speaker (man/woman)
b) What: Activity, problem/discussion, opinion, occupation, etc.
c) Where: The place that conversation take place or the place that are talking in the
conversation.
d) When: period of time that are talking in the conversation.
e) How: the condition of the speakers.
How long: sum of time that are talking in the conversation.
How often: the frequency of activity is talking in the conversation.
f) Why: The problem that is talking in the conversation.
g) First line and the last line statement in the conversation and find the synonym
statement/word from the four options.
d. Choose the option that match with the question.
Examples:
a) Who: the question about the speakers in the conversation.
Man : I’m planning to give a test in the first day of school.
Woman : I don’t like giving test.
Man : If my students hear that, they’ll want to go to your class.
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b) What: the question about activity, discussion, opinion, etc. in the conversation.
Woman : Do you need some help typing the report?
Man : I sure do. I need to be completed by one.
Woman : We would be able to finish it before lunch.
c) Where: the question about a place that a conversation is taking place or a place is talking in a
conversation.
Man : Would you like a table inside or on the patio?
Woman : It’s such a lovely day, I’ll eat on the patio.
Man : Certainly. Right this way, please.
d) When: the question about period of time that are talking in the conversation.
Man : This tour bus stop at all museums and monuments.
Woman: Will we stop in the market district?
Man : The last stop on the tour is next to the market district.
e) How: The question about the condition of the speakers in the conversation.
Man : I can’t find any of the faxes that I sent yesterday. I need to res end them.
Woman: Don’t worry. Did you check the fax machine?
Man : I checked there, the waste basket, the filling cabinet. I don’t know where else to look.
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f) Why: the question about the problem that is talking in the conversation.
Man : the car won’t start. I think we are out of gas.
Woman: I told you to fill it up. Now we’ll have a long walk.
Man : Maybe we can catch the bus from here.
g) First line and the last line statement in the conversation and find the synonym statement/word
from the four options.
First line:
Man : the car won’t start. I think we are out of gas.
Woman: I told you to fill it up. Now we’ll have a long walk.
Man : Maybe we can catch the bus from here.
Last line:
Man : This tour bus stop at all museums and monuments.
Woman: Will we stop in the market district.
Man : The last stop on the tour is next to the market district.
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Part IV: Short Talk.
This is one monolog by one speaker followed by two or three
questions, and for each question followed by four options (A, B, C, D).
STRATEGIS:
a. Read carefully for the question and four options.
b. Listen carefully for the short talk.
c. Pay attention for sum of the questions.
d. From the short talk, pay attention for:
e. Who : the speaker
f. What : Activity, problem/discussion, opinion, occupation, etc.
g. Where : The place that the sort talk take place or the place that
is talking in the short talk.
h. When : period of time that are talking in the short talk.
i. How : the condition of the speakers.
How long : sum of time that is talking in the short talk.
How often : the frequency of activity is talking in the short talk.
j. Why : The problem that is talking in the short talk.
k. First line and the last line statement in the short talk and find the
synonym statement/word from the four options.
l. Choose the option that match with the question.