Handout · Day 5

Full Practice Test & Error Analysis

Duration: 90 minutes Module: Listening Focus: Apply all skills under exam conditions, then analyse and fix errors
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Take this as a computer-based test

How you'll sit this mock

This mock runs in the CBT player: the recording plays once, back-to-back through all four sections with no pause or rewind, the question view follows the audio automatically, and a 2-minute check timer starts the moment the recording ends — exactly like the real computer-delivered test. Your answers save as you type, and you can mark yourself the moment you finish.

▶ Launch the CBT listening test

Check your sound before you start — the recording begins as soon as you press Start and cannot be replayed.

Objectives

0:00 – 0:10

Warm-Up: 30-Second Strategy Review

Quick recap of the four most important strategies from the week. Make sure you'd recognise the trap behind each one.

StrategyThe trap it prevents
Read questions before the audioHearing the answer before you know the question
Listen for paraphrase, not exact wordsLocking in a wrong answer because the words "matched"
Don't lock in until decision is reachedDistractors (the first option mentioned, then rejected)
Respect the word countLosing a mark for a correct meaning written in too many words
Spelling mattersRight meaning, wrong letters = no mark
1:20 – 1:25

Spot Your Pattern

Look at your error log. Which reason appears most often?

Strategy checklist — tick what cost you marks today

  • ☐ I didn't read the questions in the prep time →
  • ☐ I confused a distractor with the real answer →
  • ☐ I missed a paraphrase / got fooled by exact words →
  • ☐ I mis-spelt a word I knew →
  • ☐ I went over the word limit →
  • ☐ I missed a number (13 vs 30, dates) →
  • ☐ I got stuck on one question and missed the next →
  • ☐ I lost focus in Section 4 (the lecture) →

Your top 2 patterns to fix:

1.

2.

1:25 – 1:30

Wrap-Up: Next Steps

Tomorrow we begin the Reading module. Listening practice doesn't stop — keep doing one section per day in your own time. The official book has 8 full tests; you've done 1. Aim to finish 4 more before your exam date.

Tonight's homework

Sit one more full Listening test (Practice Test 2, pages 174–189) at home under timed conditions. Submit your score + your top-2 error patterns by email.

Open homework →

Practice online (free)

A little extra self-study for this skill — each link opens in a new tab. These are free resources; some may ask you to create a free account.