Tips: Listen for the moment the speaker gives a personal opinion. Then check both parts of each choice.

Why the other options are wrong:

• fund private schools partly, as Quebec does, so parents have a fair choice.: Supporters use Quebec as a model and talk about fairness for parents. The speaker does not agree with them.
• fund private schools partly, as Quebec does, but put the public system first.: Putting the public system first is right. But the speaker does not want partial funding like Quebec's.
• not fund private schools in general, but give parents some help with fees.: The speaker does oppose general funding. But help with fees supports school choice, and she wants help based on students' needs.

Correct Answer: crowded classrooms in public schools.

Why this is correct: Supporters say partial funding could reduce pressure on crowded public schools. Fewer families would need to move into the public system.

Tips: Supporters give more than one reason. Listen for the exact benefit they say partial funding would bring.

Why the other options are wrong:

• families who face rising school fees.: Rising fees come up in the survey about parents. Supporters do not say funding takes pressure off those families.
• stretched provincial education budgets.: The report says education is a large part of provincial budgets. But supporters talk about pressure on crowded schools, not on budgets.
• teachers who buy their own supplies.: This is the speaker's neighbour, and her story is used against funding private schools. Supporters do not mention her.

Correct Answer: public schools already struggle to pay for basic supplies.

Why this is correct: The neighbour is a public school teacher who paid for basic supplies herself. This shows public schools already struggle with essentials.

Tips: When you hear a short personal story, ask what the story shows and which point it backs up.

Why the other options are wrong:

• public schools already struggle to pay for special education.: Special education is on the opponents' list. But the neighbour's story is about basic supplies, not special education.
• public schools already struggle to serve many newcomers.: Newcomers are mentioned with the Statistics Canada figures. The neighbour's story says nothing about newcomers.
• public schools already struggle to pay for building repairs.: School repairs are on the opponents' list. But the neighbour's story is about basic supplies, not repairs.

Correct Answer: Partly understanding, and it leaves her overall view unchanged.

Why this is correct: The speaker says she understands the fairness argument to some extent. Still, she believes public money should mainly go to the public system.

Tips: Listen for small words that show how much a speaker agrees, such as 'to some extent'.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Partly understanding, and it makes her accept partial funding.: She does partly understand it. But she still says provinces should not fund private schools in general.
• Fully convinced, since parents pay taxes wherever their children study.: This is the supporters' reason. The speaker understands it only to some extent, so she is not fully convinced.
• Firmly against it, since she sees no fair point in it.: She does not reject it completely. She says she understands it to some extent.

Correct Answer: are very sensitive to the cost of fees.

Why this is correct: About 60% of private-school parents would think about switching if fees went up. Supporters say this shows how sensitive families are to costs.

Tips: Supporters give several reasons and examples. Link each one to the point it is used to make.

Why the other options are wrong:

• are mostly planning to move to public schools.: The parents would only consider switching, and only if fees went up. They are not planning to move now.
• are mostly willing to pay higher fees.: The survey shows the opposite. Most of these parents would think about leaving if fees went up.
• already pay taxes that fund public schools.: Supporters do say parents pay taxes wherever their children study. But that is a separate fairness argument, not the survey result.

Correct Answer: Transport help for any student who needs it, at any school, with public reports.

Why this is correct: The speaker says any support must be narrow, transparent and focused on students' needs. Transport help for students who need it, with public reports, fits all of this.

Tips: Remember the conditions the speaker puts on any support. Then test each plan against every condition.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Special-needs support for any student who needs it, decided privately by each school.: Help for students with special needs fits her view. But choices made privately by each school are not transparent.
• Fee help for any family that chooses a private school, with public reports.: Public reports fit her view. But fee help for families who choose a private school supports school choice, not students' needs.
• Operating grants for private schools serving students with needs, with public reports.: Operating grants pay for a whole school, so they are not narrow. The speaker does not want general funding for private schools.