In Part 2 you hear five pieces of information or announcements from the radio and decide true or false. Here’s how to listen for the information.
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Key takeaways
Part 2 tests whether you understand information and announcements from the radio – for example weather, traffic, events or short news. For each piece of information you decide whether a statement is true or false.
What matters is the concrete information: what’s the weather like? when is the event? what does something cost? Before listening, read the statements and consider what to listen for.
A false statement often differs in just one detail or exaggerates (“all day”, “always”). Listen carefully for the information. Every correct decision scores points; wrong answers are not penalized.
Before listening, read the statement and mark the important information (time, place, weather).
Listen to the information and focus on it.
Compare the statement with what you heard: is it really correct?
Watch for exaggerations like “all day” or “always”.
Decide and transfer your answer to the answer sheet.
A short example in the same format: you hear a radio report and decide whether the statement is true.
„Ein Hinweis für alle Autofahrer: Auf der A5 gibt es wegen eines Unfalls einen Stau von etwa fünf Kilometern. Bitte fahren Sie langsam."
Statement: “There is a traffic jam on the A5.”
Why? In the report there is “auf der A5 … einen Stau von etwa fünf Kilometern” (a tailback of about five kilometres on the A5). The statement restates that correctly – true.
Du hörst (sinngemäß) eine Radiomeldung: „Und nun das Wetter: Heute bleibt es sonnig und warm. Am Abend kann es im Norden etwas regnen."
Is the statement true or false? Statement: “Today it rains all day.”
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Words like “immer”, “den ganzen Tag”, “alle” often make a statement false. Check whether the text really says that.
Even a different time or place makes the statement false. Listen carefully.
Without knowing the statements, you don’t know what to listen for. Use the reading time.
No answer means a guaranteed zero. Decide even if you have to guess.
Five true/false tasks on information and announcements from the radio.
Concrete information like weather, time, place or price – and exaggerations like “always” or “all day”.
Usually yes. Use the second listen to check.
Listen to short radio reports (weather, traffic) and practice targeted listening. With a Prepliq mock you get the answer explained after each task.
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