Meaning: "accounts" means records or reports of events.

Wrong options:

• acounts: It leaves out the "c". Write "accounts". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• account: "account" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "accounts", so write the "s".

Correct answer: compiled

Explanation: Listen again to "statistics of crime compiled by". The sentence needs a past action, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "compiled" means gathered together and put into a list.

Wrong options:

• compliled: It adds an extra "l". Check the letters: "compiled". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• compile: "compile" is missing the ending. The speaker says "compiled", with "d" at the end.

Correct answer: crisis

Explanation: Here you hear "that crisis situation you". Use the word 'crisis' for a bad event in the sentence.

Meaning: "crisis" means a very bad or dangerous situation.

Wrong options:

• crysis: It has "y" where the word has "i". Write "crisis". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• critical: This is a describing word. The sentence needs the word for the situation.

Correct answer: assumptions

Explanation: The speaker says "conflict with the assumptions you". The word after 'the' is a word for ideas you hold about life.

Meaning: "assumptions" means ideas you accept without proof.

Wrong options:

• assumtions: It leaves out the "p". Write "assumptions". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• assumption: "assumption" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "assumptions", so write the "s".

Correct answer: sense

Explanation: You hear "feel a sense of helplessness". You need a short word for a feeling, not a describing word.

Meaning: "sense" means a feeling or awareness.

Wrong options:

• sence: It has "c" where the word has "s". The right spelling is "sense". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.

Correct answer: context

Explanation: Listen for "to the context of the". It comes after 'to the', so the word is for the sentence around the event.

Meaning: "context" means the situation or background around something.

Wrong options:

• contxt: It leaves out the "e". Write "context". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• content: "content" is a close word, but it ends in "nt". The speaker says "context", which ends in "xt".

Correct answer: victims

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the victims and their relatives". Here it refers to the people harmed by the crime.

Meaning: "victims" means people who were harmed by a crime or disaster.

Wrong options:

• victums: It has "u" where the word has "i". Check the letters: "victims". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• victim: "victim" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "victims", so write the "s".