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Listening P1/P3 · Distractors

Distractor awareness drill

Corrections, concessions and false starts that trap careless listeners

8 minSupplementary · not part of course progress
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Q1.Speaker: 'I'd been planning to study law — well, that's what my family assumed — but I read archaeology in the end.' What did the speaker study?

Q2.Speaker: 'It's not that the funding was inadequate; it was simply late.' The problem was

Q3.Speaker: 'Most people cite the cost. I'd point instead to the training.' The speaker emphasises

Q4.Which phrase most often signals that a distractor is about to be corrected?

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