Listening

[saqibali]

What common mistakes can deduct your marks in IELTS listening when you know the answer but you are penalized for not jotting down correctly.

1)
For example:
Spelling mistake? Is this deduct marks?
Writing more than advised words?
2)
What if the correct answer is not spoken explicitly and you have to find some synonyms words to fit the fill in blanks?for example, you are forced to abridge and write one word instead of whole sentence that you hear during listening?In such case answer of all students will be different.Will examiner mark all of them as correct?

[durai]

hi,

Spelling mistake and writing more words than required ; will definitely mark you wrong even though you have some correct parts.

there is no need of synonyms, because listening only requires student's to listen and write down the exact word, that will be definitely spoken by audio. No need to think for other words.


hope this helps.

[saqibali]

You mean "Spelling and grammer " both counts in listening section?
Please confirm?

[pudpep04]

Yup.. You just have to write exactly based on the recorded audio and you have to get the spelling and grammar correct. Also, you must do what the instructions tell you to do. Some parts ask you to only write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS, AND, OR A NUMBER. If you write three words it'll be wrong. Many mistakes incude writing single or plural noun. If it sounds plural but you write single it'll be wrong. IELTS s*cks... loooool