Cambridge IELTS 15 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 3
Effects of The Order The Children In A Family Are Born — IELTS Listening Answers
All 9 answers for Effects of The Order The Children In A Family Are Born, Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 1 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Effects of The Order The Children In A Family Are Born answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Matching (Q21–26). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–26: Matching
Strategy: Track the options while you listen and match by meaning, not by hearing the exact word. One option may be used more than once.
“Right, but on a positive note, some studies claimed that they were thought to be good at nurturing – certainly in the past when people had large families they would have been expected to look after the younger ones.”
G fits: firstborns were thought 'good at nurturing', expected to look after younger siblings in large families.
“Generally eager to please and helpful”
F fits the description 'generally eager to please and helpful', the trait listed for that category.
“I’m supposed to have been a sociable and confident child who made friends easily”
A fits because the speaker was 'a sociable and confident child who made friends easily'.
“There was one on personality, which said that a twin is likely to be quite shy in social situations because they always have their twin around to depend on for support.”
E fits: a twin is 'quite shy in social situations' because the twin is always there for support.
“Only children have had a really bad press – a lot of studies have branded them as loners who think the world revolves around them because they’ve never had to fight for their parents’ attention.”
B fits: only children were branded 'loners who think the world revolves around them'.
“One category I hadn’t considered before was children with much older siblings – a couple of studies mentioned that these children grow up more quickly and are expected to do basic things for themselves – like getting dressed.”
C fits: children with much older siblings 'grow up more quickly' and are expected to do basic things alone.
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It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 21–30.
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The part is tested with Matching. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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