Cambridge IELTS 2 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Planning the Media Essay — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Planning the Media Essay, Cambridge IELTS 2 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Planning the Media Essay answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Table Completion (Q21–25). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–25: Table Completion
Strategy: Work row by row. The row label tells you where to look; the column heading tells you what kind of word you need.
Options for Questions 21–25
- Aindividual children
- Bfive or six children
- Cwhole class
“LYNNE: Here you'd have things like books and newspapers, that sort of thing”
Print media include 'books and newspapers', so newspapers fills the gap in the list.
“Um, and included in these are the pictorial forms of print media, like maps LYNNE: Yes, maps are really just formal pictures, aren't they”
The 'pictorial forms of print media, like maps' are mentioned next, so maps is the example.
“And then there are what we call the audio forms of media where children can listen. CDs and radios are probably the best examples, because a lot of children have access to these especially radios”
Audio media are 'CDs and radios', with radios stressed because many children have access to them.
“film, television and we mustn't forget videos”
Screen media listed are 'film, television and... videos', so television is the missing item.
“Yes, but there's a final category as well computers, that make up the so-called electronic media. In the United Kingdom and Australia, they say that one in three families has a computer now”
Electronic media are represented by 'computers', with one in three families said to own one.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Planning the Media Essay listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 2 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Planning the Media Essay?
The part is tested with Table Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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