Example Questions
Some inference questions will not appear during the test. You will only hear them.
- Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question. You will hear a few lines of the lecture or conversation again.
- What does the professor imply when she says this: You will hear part or one line of the previous excerpt again.
The following types of inference questions may appear during the test:
- What does the professor imply about ______________?
- What can be inferred about ______________?
- What will the professor likely discuss next?
- What will the student probably do next?
Strategies
- Try to guess the implied meaning of the given Information. The correct answer is not directly stated.
- Pay attention to clues expressed by certain words, word stress, intonation, or pace of what is said. The same sentence can express different meanings when said in different ways.
Example: Oh, you've never heard of that. (I may need to explain more than I thought.)
Oh, you've never heard of that? (I'm surprised that you've never. heard of that.) - Pay attention to the last part of a conversation. For example, if a speaker agrees with the other speaker's suggestion at the end we can infer that the speaker will do what is suggested.
