Cambridge IELTS 9 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 3
Study Skills Tutorial Caroline Benning — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Study Skills Tutorial Caroline Benning, Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 3 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q21–30). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–30: 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.
“CAROLINE: Yes, it's the fishing industry”
The topic is named directly: Caroline says 'it's the fishing industry', so both words are needed for the gap.
“Well, I think I'm coping well with statistics, and I'm never bored by it”
Her strength is 'statistics' — she says she is 'coping well with statistics, and I'm never bored by it'.
“CAROLINE: I'm very weak at note-taking. My teachers always used to say that”
The weakness is 'note-taking' — hyphenated, and her teachers always said so, so 'notes' alone will not do.
“It really helps build confidence, you know, having to present something to others”
Presenting to others 'really helps build confidence', so the benefit named is confidence, an uncountable noun.
“The drawback is that everyone in the group seems to share the same ideas they keep being repeated in all the dissertations”
The drawback is sameness: everyone in the group 'seems to share the same ideas', repeated across all the dissertations.
“You could also try a service called 'Student Support'. It's designed to give you a structured programme over a number of weeks to develop your skills”
The service is 'called "Student Support"', a structured programme over several weeks, so both words are needed.
“Yes, unfortunately there are only a few places”
Availability is the issue: 'there are only a few places', so the plural noun 'places' completes the warning.
“TUTOR: They'll be a good source of reference but the problem is they are sometimes too general”
After 'too', an adjective is needed: the reference sources are 'sometimes too general', unlike detailed sources.
“Read everything three times – that'll really fix them in your mind”
The advice is to 'read everything three times', so the number is 3 (or 'three') before 'times'.
“TUTOR: Sorry, I'm booked then. What about the following day? CAROLINE: Thursday? I can make the morning. TUTOR: Fine, we'll go for the 25th then”
The tutor rejects his first date and settles on 'the 25th' after Caroline offers Thursday morning, so the number is 25.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Study Skills Tutorial Caroline Benning listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Study Skills Tutorial Caroline Benning?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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