Rules library / Listening

Highlight Incorrect Words

Follow the text with your eyes at the speaker's speed and click the instant a word differs.

The rule

  1. 1Keep your finger or cursor on the line you are hearing.
  2. 2Click immediately — do not go back, because you will lose the next words.
  3. 3Most swapped words sound similar: 'affect' for 'effect', 'form' for 'from'.
  4. 4Wrong clicks cost marks, so only click what you clearly heard as different.

Worked example

Text: 'the affect of rainfall' / Audio: 'the effect of rainfall'

  • Similar sound
  • Click 'affect' at once
  • Keep reading forward

Answer: affect

Three drills

Drill 1. You are unsure whether a word differed. What do you do?

Drill 2. What kind of words are usually swapped?

Drill 3. What is the biggest mistake?