Answering listening questions to the mark: list, identify, outline, describe, explain

What this note covers

1. The mark value is an instruction
2. The instruction verbs and what each answer looks like
3. One mark, one idea: laying out multi-part answers
4. Explain questions: building the cause-and-effect link
5. Precision: exact words, word forms and spelling
6. Worked examples: weak, adequate and strong answers
7. A final checklist for every listening answer

7 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes