Cambridge IELTS 4 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Planning a Social Science Assignment — IELTS Listening Answers
All 9 answers for Planning a Social Science Assignment, Cambridge IELTS 4 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Planning a Social Science Assignment answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q21–24). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–24: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the transcript, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“'Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research'”
The essay title asks for 'the two main methods of collecting data', so the gerund phrase collecting data follows 'methods of'.
“MICK: Fifteen hundred words. That's for the essay”
Mick gives 'Fifteen hundred words' as the essay length, so write 1,500 rather than 15,000.
“carry out a small-scale study, making appropriate use of the method chosen to gather data from at least five subjects”
The study must gather data 'from at least five subjects', so the minimum number required is 5.
“ROSA: And then we have to write a report on the study?PETE: That's right, of three to four thousand words”
The report is 'three to four thousand words' long, so 4,000 is the upper limit asked for.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Planning a Social Science Assignment listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 4 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Planning a Social Science Assignment?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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