Multiple Matching Tips

What to do

In Listening Multiple Matching, you hear five different people talking about the same topic. There are two tasks with eight options each.

As you listen, you have to choose which option refers to each speaker.

You can listen to each extract twice.

Do Task 1 when listening the first time and Task 2 when the recording is replayed.

Cambridge has done research that shows this method works in the vast majority of cases.

Strategy

1. Read through all the options for each task.
2. Remember you will not hear the same words in the extract, but a synonym or paraphrase.
3. Remember there are two questions for each speaker.
4. On the first listening, **answer as many questions as you can** from both tasks.
5. Use the second listening to answer any questions you missed.