Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Preparing for engineering entrance exams.: Engineering study is a future option; entrance-exam preparation is not his current task.
• Choosing physics for next year.: He is revising physics, not selecting it for next year.
• Starting a higher-education maths course.: He has not started a higher-education maths course.

Correct Answer: Engineering after Grade 12.

Why this is correct: His father initially calls engineering a very good option, before giving broader interest-first advice.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A course outside engineering.: The father initially recommends engineering, not a course outside it.
• A government-sector training course.: Government work is Oli’s comparison, not his father’s initial course recommendation.
• A course to improve his exam technique.: The father says to continue studying but does not recommend an exam-technique course.

Correct Answer: Commerce or business management.

Why this is correct: Oli says he is also interested in commerce and contrasts business management with engineering job prospects; these are his views.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A physics research course.: He does not name a physics research course as the alternative.
• An engineering apprenticeship.: He does not propose an engineering apprenticeship.
• A mathematics teaching course.: He does not propose maths teaching.

Correct Answer: Many engineers graduate, but there are relatively few jobs.

Why this is correct: Oli contrasts the number of engineering graduates with fewer jobs; he does not say there are no jobs.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Engineering jobs pay very low salaries.: He does not discuss salaries.
• Only government departments hire engineers.: He associates engineering with private-sector work, not exclusively government departments.
• Engineering is harder to study than commerce.: He does not compare the difficulty of studying the two subjects.

Correct Answer: Choose the subject that interests him most.

Why this is correct: His father advises choosing the option with genuine interest, rather than following others.

Tips: Choose the option supported by the whole conversation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Consult his friends before deciding.: His father says not to follow others, rather than consulting friends as the final advice.
• Ask his teachers to choose for him.: He does not tell Oli to let teachers choose.
• Take both entrance tests before deciding.: He does not advise taking both entrance tests.