Choose the speaker’s main idea

Test tips

1. Check whose idea is asked (남자 or 여자) and focus only on that person's turn; an option stating the other speaker's view is the most common trap.
2. The main idea usually comes in the last sentence of the speaker's turn, or right after 그런데 / 하지만 / 그래도 once they have partly conceded the other person's point.
3. Listen for opinion endings: -아야/어야 해요, -는 게 좋아요, -는 게 중요한 것 같아요, -다고 생각해요, -잖아요, -거든요.
4. Rule out options that only repeat an example or detail (a number, an object, a place) – the answer is the general point those details support.
5. Q20 is an interview: the host's question sets the topic, and the expert's answer usually ends with '-다고 생각합니다' – that is the main idea.
6. Each item is heard once with about 15–20 seconds to answer: read the four options before the audio starts, answer right after it ends, then move on to read the next item.

Signal words and patterns

When you see these in a question, they point to the answer or to a trap.

• -아야/어야 해요
• -는 게 좋아요
• -는 게 중요한 것 같아요
• -다고 생각해요
• -잖아요
• -거든요
• 그런데 / 하지만
• 물론 -기는 하지만
• 저라면
• -는 것보다 -는 게 낫다