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Spoken Corpus Comes to Life — Reading Answers

Cambridge IELTS 1 · Test 3 · Passage 1 · Questions 1–12

Answer key
QAnswerQAnswer
1vi7existing
2ii8phrases
3x9meanings
4viii10spoken
5iv11noise
6ix12B
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Questions 1–6 match paragraph headings. Focus on what each paragraph adds to the account of collecting and using spoken language.

Questions 7–11 contrast existing written resources with evidence from real conversation. Related phrases, meanings or forms, spoken or oral language, and noise or pauses identify different parts of that contrast.

Question 12 asks why the article was written. Choose its overall purpose rather than one detail about recording methods.

Q8 alternatives: related phrases / phrases.

Q9 alternatives: meanings / forms.

Q10 alternatives: spoken / real / oral.

Q11 alternatives: noise / pauses / noises and pauses.

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