Part 12

The first section of the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test is the Listening Section.
It is a test of your
ability to understand spoken English in a business context. You will listen to audio recordings and answer
questions.
Part 1 and 2 of The TOEIC Listening test takes approximately 18 minutes to complete. In Part 1 and Part
2, after you hear each question, you will have five seconds to choose each answer. You cannot go back
during any of the four parts and listen again, and you cannot go back between the parts or at the end.
The good news is that you don’t have to understand every word.
In order to do well on the Listening Section, you must be able to:
 understand basic vocabulary pertaining to business and everyday activities.

 identify objects and activities in photographs of common business and everyday scenes.
 respond to common questions and statements in business and everyday conversation.
 keep pace with the audio recordings and answer questions within the time given.
Some challenges in the Listening section include the difficulty to understand what the speakers say.
Familiarizing yourself with the many varieties of native-speaker pronunciation is often part of the
problem. The second is unfamiliar words. One of the solutions is to learn vocabulary related to common
topics found on the TOEIC test, including words associated with specific business tasks, occupations,
travel and transportation, banking, sports and entertainment, dining out, and hotels. Another solution is
to recognize words that are spelled differently but sound alike, or homonyms. Sometimes, we find no
correct answer. It might be that the answer options are reworded. So try to eliminate incorrect options.
If all else fail, guess. Finally, it is normal to feel nervous before and during the test. Take a deep breath to
relieve some tension. Getting plenty of sleep the night before you take the test as well as vitamin and
protein in the morning also helps.
The first part of the Listening Section tests your comprehension of English statements. In part 1 of the
TOEIC Listening test, you will see ten photos. For each photo, you will hear four statements about that
photo. The statements may be about people, objects, activities, or locations. One of the statements
gives true information about the photo. The other three statements are incorrect in some way. You
must choose the statement that gives the correct information. It requires you to identify details about
photos and listen for the statements that correctly describe those details. You will see the photos, but
you will only hear the statements, so you must listen to them carefully. The photos show scenes of
everyday life. The photos may focus on objects and their location or on people and their everyday and
business activities.
The photos show scenes of everyday life in places such as Offices, Factories, Airports, Train stations,
Streets, Hotels, Restaurants, Stores, and Parks
You will hear several different statement types that describe the photos you see, including statements
about activities, condition, or location. When you first look at the photo, you might need to identify any
activities you see. Then when you hear the statements, listen carefully for present continuous forms of
the verbs that correctly describe these activities. You should also identify any objects you see. Think of
sentences that could describe the objects’ condition. Then when you hear the audio statements, listen
carefully for the names of the objects. It may also be necessary to identify where any objects or people
are located. Then you can listen for prepositions that correctly describe the location. These will help you
choose the correct answer. In order to correctly choose descriptions for Part 1 photos, you must be able
to:
• identify people, objects, activities, and locations in photos.
• understand present continuous, simple present and past tenses, and There is/There are statements.
• decipher word meanings and sounds.
Part 2 tests your comprehension of English questions. It consists of 30 questions or statements. Each
question or statement is followed by three possible responses. You must choose the most appropriate
response to the question or statement. You will only hear the questions or statements or the responses
so you must listen carefully.
Questions might be requests for information or for assistance, and statements might be about needs,
plans, or feelings. In order to correctly choose responses to Part 2 questions and statements, you must
be able to
 Distinguish between a question and a statement;

 Understand the content of a line of conversation; and
 Identify the correct conversational response.
The questions or statements are things you might hear in a conversation among colleagues, customers,
clients, friends, or relatives.
The Question or statement types will include the following:
 Information Questions:
Information questions are the questions that begin with question words such as Who, Whose,
What, When, Where, Which, Why, and How. Each different question word asks for a different
type of information.
 Yes-No Questions
Yes-no questions begin with auxiliary verbs, such as is/are, was/were, do/does, did, have/has, or
will. They might also begin with negative forms of auxiliaries, such as wasn’t, didn’t, or won’t.
Sometimes the response will be a direct answer to the question, without yes or no.
 Embedded Questions
Some yes-no questions contain a question within a question. This type of question begins with a
yes-no question but include an embedded question. The correct response must answer the
latter part.
 Polite Requests
Polite requests are another type of yes-no question. The responses to these contain polite
phrases, such as Of course, Certainly, I’d be glad to, I’d be happy to, I’m sorry, or I wish I could.
Responses may consist of or include an explanation of when or how the request will be met, or
an excuse for not fulfilling the request.
 Questions with Or
Although these have similarities with yes-no questions, they cannot be answered with yes or no.
A question with Or is about a choice, and the response must indicate the speaker’s choice.
 Tag Questions
Tag questions are like yes-no questions, but the yes or no option is at the end of the sentence. In
a tag question, an auxiliary verb and a pronoun are attached to the end of a statement. If the
statement is affirmative, the tag will be negative. If the statement is negative, the tag will be
affirmative. The responses for these can be either yes, no, or something addressing the
statement.
 Statements
A statement may be about an opinion or a problem. The response may agree or disagree with
an opinion or suggest a solution to a problem.
Distracters, or incorrect answer options, may include Similar-Sounding Words, Repeated Words, Related
Words, and Wrong Verb Tense
Be careful of homonyms and words that have different meanings but sound the same. Watch out too for
words that sound alike.
An incorrect response may use a word associated with something in the question or statement but in
the wrong context.
An incorrect response may use the wrong verb tense.

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The first section of the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test is the Listening Section.

In order to do well on the Listening Section, you must be able to:

 understand basic vocabulary pertaining to business and everyday activities.

• identify people, objects, activities, and locations in photos.

• decipher word meanings and sounds.

 Distinguish between a question and a statement;

The Question or statement types will include the following:

An incorrect response may use the wrong verb tense.

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