Course will start

IELTS LISTENING
SENTENCE COMPLETION

Basics:
 not common

 there will be a full sentence (S + V + O)
 gap fill questions
 can appear in any section
 Answers are in order

The course will start on _____________

__________caused dinosaurs to disappear
Gulbek loves _________
Gulbek’s favourite hobby is picking flowers. This in turn makes him love this action



STRATEGY:
1) Check the WORD LIMIT

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

2) Go through the sentences and underline the key words

3) Try to predict the kind of answer both grammatically and logically

4) Pay attention to signposts – key words

5) Distractors/paraphrasing/reference will be there

SAMPLE

No more than two words

Studying with the Open University demanded a great deal of 27 ………………… .

Paraphrasing:

demand  require—talab qilish (trebovat’)
a great deal of  a high level of

Also: you may have to change the form of a word:

Recording text: John – “I’m so frustrated that the insurance company are taking so long to settle my claim.
Sentence: John found it very ____frustrating______ that his accident claim was not sorted quickly.

ANSWERS:

1. I found I needed to maintain a high level of motivation because it’s so different from school.
The matching phrases are:

• 
  demanded a great deal of (motivation)
  

• 
  I needed to maintain a high level of (motivation)
  

2. Another thing was that I got very good at time-management because I had to fit time for studying round a full-time job.

improved  got very good at
Studying and working at the same time  had to fit time for studying round a full-time job

3. What makes it easier is that the degree is made up of modules, so you can take time off between them if you need to.

helpful  makes it easier
course  degree
structured  made up of
4. even though you’re mostly studying at home, remember you’ve got tutors to help you, and from time to time there are summer schools. They usually last a week. They’re great because you meet all the other people struggling with the same things as you. I’ve made some really good friends that way.