Meaning: "beheld" means saw or looked at.

Wrong options:

• behold: Behold has no irregular past form. The sentence needs the past form.

Correct answer: quantity

Explanation: The speaker says "extraordinary quantity which". After "extraordinary" you need a word for amount.

Meaning: "quantity" means amount.

Wrong options:

• quantitiy: It adds an extra "i". The right spelling is "quantity". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• quality: Quality means kind or type. The sentence needs a word for amount.

Correct answer: discernment

Explanation: You hear "nice discernment in the science". After "nice" you need a word for good judgement that ends in ment.

Meaning: "discernment" means good judgement.

Wrong options:

• disernment: It leaves out the "c". The right spelling is "discernment". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• discrimination: Discrimination is a different word with a different meaning.

Correct answer: descant

Explanation: Listen for "used to descant critically on". You need an action word meaning to speak about, it ends in ant.

Meaning: "descant" means to speak at length about.

Wrong options:

• decant: Decant means to pour liquid off. The sentence needs a word about speaking.

Correct answer: wretched

Explanation: On the recording you hear "it was a wretched attempt". The word is a describing word meaning very poor and it ends in ed.

Meaning: "wretched" means very poor or bad.

Wrong options:

• wrecthed: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "wretched". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.