In Part 2 you hear four announcements and decide for each statement between true and false. Here’s how to listen for the important information.
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Part 2 tests whether you understand short announcements – for example in a department store, at the station or at the airport. For each announcement you decide whether a given statement is true or false.
What matters is the concrete information: where? when? which platform? which price? Before listening, read the statements and consider which information you need to listen for. Unlike Part 1, the announcements are usually played only once.
A false statement often differs in just one detail – a different platform, a different time. Listen carefully for the number or place. Every correct decision scores points; wrong answers are not penalized.
Before listening, read the statement and underline the important information (place, time, platform).
Listen to the announcement and focus on exactly that information.
Compare the statement with what you heard: does the detail really match?
Decide true or false – the announcement is usually played only once.
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A short example in the same format: you hear an announcement and decide whether the statement is true.
„Achtung, eine Durchsage: Die Apotheke im Erdgeschoss ist heute geschlossen. Die nächste geöffnete Apotheke finden Sie im ersten Stock."
Statement: “The pharmacy on the ground floor is open today.”
Why? In the announcement the ground-floor pharmacy is “heute geschlossen” (closed today). The statement is wrong – false.
Du hörst (sinngemäß) eine Durchsage: „Liebe Fahrgäste, der ICE nach München fährt heute von Gleis 8 statt von Gleis 4."
Is the statement true or false? Statement: “The ICE to Munich leaves from platform 8.”
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Even a different platform or time makes the statement false. Listen carefully for the number.
“nicht”, “kein”, “statt” can flip the statement. Listen for them specifically.
Without knowing the statement, you don’t know what to listen for. Use the reading time.
The announcement is usually played only once – concentrate from the start.
Four true/false tasks on four short announcements.
Usually only once. So concentrate from the start and read the statements first.
Concrete information like place, time, platform or price. Even one detail decides between true and false.
Listen to short announcements and practice listening for numbers and places. With a Prepliq mock you get the answer explained after each task.
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