Choose the matching statement

Test tips

1. Read the four options before listening and underline the subject (남자/여자), numbers, times and negatives – these are what the test changes.
2. While listening, tick or cross each option instead of trying to remember everything; one wrong detail (number, day, who did it) makes the whole statement wrong.
3. Common traps: swapping man ↔ woman, rise ↔ fall, past ↔ future, all ↔ some, cancelled ↔ rescheduled, and statements about things never mentioned.
4. Announcements (14): note times, places and instructions (-기 바랍니다, -아/어 주십시오, 단, 다만). News (15): jot down figures; '-(으)ㄴ 것으로 보고 있다' is only a presumption, not a conclusion.
5. Interviews (16): the host's question usually summarises the guest's work, and the answer gives details about why they started, how they do it and the results.
6. The correct option is often a paraphrase (월요일마다 = 일주일에 한 번, 절반 = 50%), so listen for meaning, not just words.

Signal words and patterns

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

• 안내 말씀 드립니다
• -기 바랍니다
• 단, / 다만
• -(으)ㄹ 예정이다
• 취소되었습니다
• -에 따르면
• -(으)ㄴ 것으로 보고 있습니다
• 지난해보다
• 절반
• 어떻게 시작하게 되셨습니까?