Meaning: "tradition" means a custom done for a long time.

Wrong options:

• traditon: It leaves out the "i". Check the letters: "tradition". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• traditional: "traditional" has an extra "al" at the end. The speaker says "tradition".

Correct answer: incorporated

Explanation: Listen for "have incorporated a type". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "incorporated" means added into something.

Wrong options:

• incorperated: It has "e" where the word has "o". Check the letters: "incorporated". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• incorporate: "incorporate" is missing the ending. The speaker says "incorporated", with "d" at the end.

Correct answer: seaweed

Explanation: On the recording you hear "a type of seaweed known as Kombu". The word follows "type of", so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "seaweed" means a plant from the sea used in cooking.

Wrong options:

• seweed: It leaves out the "a". The right spelling is "seaweed". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• seawood: That is a different word. The speaker talked about a sea plant, not wood.

Correct answer: ingredient

Explanation: Listen again to "that the ingredient in Kombu". The sentence names a single thing, not more than one.

Meaning: "ingredient" means a thing used to make food.

Wrong options:

• ingredent: It leaves out the "i". Write "ingredient". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• ingredients: "ingredients" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "ingredient", with no "s".

Correct answer: improvement

Explanation: Here you hear "for the improvement in flavour". The word is a thing that ends in ment.

Meaning: "improvement" means a change that makes something taste better.

Wrong options:

• improvment: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "improvement". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• improve: "improve" is missing the ending. The speaker says "improvement", with "ment" at the end.

Correct answer: glutamate

Explanation: The speaker says "discovered to be glutamate by". It is a chemical name, so watch the full spelling glutamate.

Meaning: "glutamate" means the chemical in Kombu that makes food taste better.

Wrong options:

• glutamte: It leaves out the "a". Write "glutamate". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• glucose: That is a different chemical. The recording named the specific chemical in Kombu.