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Listening Part 2
Question-Response [1]
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La Parte II del TOEIC BridgeⓉ - Question-Response - contiene 20 ejercicios y
evalúa tu habilidad para responder a preguntas y enunciados simples en inglés.
Cada pregunta [o enunciado] está seguida por tres respuestas.

 Trabaja al ritmo de la grabación, no te atrases y responde todas las preguntas

incluso si no estás seguro de la respuesta correcta.

Solo hay 8 segundos entre preguntas.

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La Parte II del TOEIC BridgeⓉ solamente evalúa compresión auditiva.
 Escucharás preguntas o enunciados y sus respuestas.
 Nada de lo que escuches estará impreso en el cuadernillo.

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Example:

Escuchas primero: Good morning, John. How are you?

Luego escucharás: (A) I am fine, thank you.
(B) I am in the living room.
(C) My name is John.

La mejor respuesta para la pregunta “How are you?” es la alternativa (A), “I am fine, thank you.”
Por lo tanto debes seleccionar (A).

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TIP 1:
Escucha cuidadosamente la primera palabra de la pregunta. Muchas de
las preguntas de la Parte II son preguntas de información (Wh).
Ellas preguntan quién, qué, cuándo, dónde, por qué, cómo, cuál o cuál. Debes
entender el tipo de información que se solicita y comprender el tipo de
información que se da. Asegúrate de que la respuesta responda a la pregunta que
se hizo: personas, cosas, tiempo, lugares, razones, maneras, razones, opciones, etc.

Where does your brother live?

(A) Near Los Angeles.
(B) One and two sisters.
(C) I live downtown.

Para tener éxito debes conocer los QUESTION WORDS (Wh interrogativos) y
saber sus interpretaciones.

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(Wh) QUESTION WORDS

Who (quién - persona)

When (cuándo - tiempo)

What (qué o cuál -objeto)

How (cómo - manera)

Where (dónde - lugar)

Why (por qué - razón) WHOSE

Which (cuál o cuáles – opción)

Whose (de quién - pertenencia)

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 PRACTICE

Where C When B

Who B Why C

What B Whose B

How A Which A
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Check your answers
Where did I leave my keys? When is the basketball game?
(A) He’s already left. (A) At the stadium.
(B) At five o’clock. (B) In the afternoon.
(C) On the desk. (C) Jacques will play.
Who's that man? Why are you late?
(A) Yes, he is. (A) I ate breakfast this morning.
(B) He's the new manager. (B) See you later.
(C) It belongs to me. (C) My bus was late.
What is your first name? Whose keys are those?
(A) My surname is Pavel. (A) Certainly, I'd be glad to.
(B) It’s Hellen. (B) I think they're Tom's.
(C) Fine, thank you. (C) It was very nice, thank you.
How was the movie? Which way is the post office?
(A) It was great. (A) Straight ahead.
(B) It’s too big to move. (B) I’ll buy some stamps.
(C) It lasted about two hours. (C) It’s mine I think.
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TIP 2:
Ten cuidado con el interrogativo “HOW”. Este posee múltiples usos:

Ya conoces…

• How are you? Fine, thanks.

• How old are you? 22 years old.
• How do you go to school? By bus.
• How do you spell your last name? A-B-A-R-C-A

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Pero además tienes:
Para preguntar por CANTIDAD
• How many apples are there in the basket? There are 5.
• How much water do you drink a day? 2 glasses

Para preguntar por PRECIO (usualmente con is o are)

• How much is the sandwich? $5 dollars
• How much are these sun glasses? $15 dollars

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Y también…
How + adverbs/adjective hace referencia [entre otros] a:
FRECUENCIA TAMAÑO
 How often do you speak English at work?  How big is the US?
DURACIÓN (tiempo) HABILIDAD
 How long is the movie?  How good are you at dancing?
EXTENSIÓN (territorio)  How well do you dance?
 How long is Chile? PROFUNDIDAD
DISTANCIA  How deep is the Pacific Ocean?
 How far is the library? PESO
 How close is the nearest star?  How heavy is air?
ESTATURA/ALTURA
 How tall are you? Etc.
 How high is Mount Aconcagua?
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Exercises
Completa con: many, often, much, long, old, difficult, big, fast

fast
How………………………..is your Internet?
often
How………………………..do you go out?
long
How………………………..can they wait?
big
How………………………..is Brasil?
difficult
How…………………........are Algebra exercises?
old
How………………………..is her father?
much
How………...................are those shoes?
many
How…………………........brothers do you have?
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PRACTICE (mayormente usados en TOEIC BridgeⓉ) :

•How many A

•How much C

•How often C

•How long B

•How far B
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Check your answers:
How many people are there in your class? How long were you in the hospital?
(A) About twenty. (A) I’m six feet tall.
(B) In room 235. (B) I was there for three weeks.
(C) Yes, I do. (C) I had an operation.
How much is the bill?
(A) I will pay by credit card. How far is the stadium from here?
(B) He is so heavy. (A) There are thirty thousand people there.
(C) About one hundred dollars. (B) About four hundred meters.
How often do you play tennis? (C) They went by shuttle bus.
(A) With my new racquet.
(B) At the club.
(C) Once a week.

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 Checking information
using How*

How good are

How are you? How old are How tall are
you at...?
(condition) you? (age) you? (height)
(ability)

How high? How big...? How far...? How well do

(altitude) (volume) (distance) you...? (ability)

How deep...? How cold...? How hot...? How heavy...?

(depth) (temperature) (temperature) (weight)

How long...? How many...?

How often…?
(length - time or How much...? (Quantity -
(frequency)
space) countable)

How much...?
How much
(Quantity -
money..?
uncountable)

How much How much

traffic...?
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