Passage Reference: But it must be remembered that packaging serves a purpose, often more than one purpose, such as maintaining freshness and hygiene, as well as providing information.

Common Mistake: Some students write details or instructions, but these are not the words you hear. You must copy the exact word from the recording. This is a paraphrase trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'providing information' = Diagram: 'what packaging gives'

Tips: When a speaker lists examples, listen for the final item after words like 'as well as'. That is often tested.

Key Vocabulary:

• maintaining = keeping
• hygiene = cleanliness

Question Focus: Exact phrase match - the diagram highlights products that should not be encouraged

Correct Answer: single use

Passage Reference: We should not encourage the purchase of single-use products. that is, products which are designed for use on one occasion only and then to be thrown away and replaced.

Why this is correct: This part of the diagram refers to products designed to be used once. You hear the speaker clearly say single-use products, so the two words single use fit the gap.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write disposable, which is similar in meaning but not spoken. You must use the exact words you hear. This is a synonym match trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'single-use products' = Diagram: 'products used once'

Tips: Hyphenated words are often tested. You can write them with or without a hyphen if the meaning is clear and within the word limit.

Key Vocabulary:

• encourage = promote
• thrown away = discarded

Question Focus: Key noun identification - what still exists at the disposal stage

Correct Answer: value

Passage Reference: It may have only a little value, but it does have a value even at this stage of its life, even in fact when it's actually in the landfill site. Now, I missed out one stage.

Why this is correct: The diagram shows the disposal stage and asks what the product still has. The speaker says it does have a value, even in landfill, so value is the correct word.

Common Mistake: Some students write worth or use, but those words are not said. This is a paraphrase trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'have a value' = Diagram: 'what remains at disposal'

Tips: Listen carefully when the speaker corrects common assumptions. Important answers often come after phrases like 'but' or 'even'.

Key Vocabulary:

• disposal = throwing away
• landfill site = rubbish dump

Question Focus: Specific example - what recycled paper can make

Correct Answer: cereal boxes

Why this is correct: In the recycling loop on the diagram, this label asks for an example product. You hear can make 6 cereal boxes, so the answer is cereal boxes.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write boxes only, but that is too vague and loses meaning. This is a partial truth trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'make 6 cereal boxes' = Diagram: 'example of recycled product'

Tips: Numbers often appear near examples. Focus on the noun after the number, not the number itself.

Key Vocabulary:

• recycled = reused
• pound = unit of weight

Question Focus: Cause and effect - result of recycling newspapers

Correct Answer: saving

Passage Reference: And if we recycled all our newspapers, there could be a saving of 40,000 trees A day.

Why this is correct: The diagram highlights the benefit of recycling newspapers. You hear there could be a saving of 40,000 trees a day, so the key word to fill the gap is saving.

Common Mistake: Many students write save or saved, but the speaker uses a noun form. This is a grammar fit trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'a saving of 40,000 trees' = Diagram: 'benefit of recycling newspapers'

Tips: Articles like 'a' or 'an' tell you the answer must be a noun. Use this to avoid verb forms.

Key Vocabulary:

• saving = reduction
• recycled = processed again

General Tips:

• Diagram questions follow the order of the recording. Use the previous label to predict what is coming next.
• Always check the word limit. More than two words is automatically wrong.
• Copy the exact word or words you hear. Do not replace them with your own synonyms.
• Listen for signpost words like 'for example', 'but', and 'that is'. These often introduce tested details.
• Pay attention to grammar clues around the gap, especially articles like 'a' or plural forms.