Meaning: "threatened" means looked likely to cause harm or trouble.

Wrong options:

• threatned: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "threatened". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• threaten: "threaten" is missing the ending. The speaker says "threatened", with "ed" at the end.

Correct answer: inflation

Explanation: You hear "Runaway inflation was poised". You need a word for rising prices.

Meaning: "inflation" means prices going up over time.

Wrong options:

• deflation: This is the opposite idea. The sentence talks about rising prices, not falling ones.

Correct answer: economist

Explanation: Listen for "David Wyss is an economist at". You need a word for a person who studies the economy, it ends in ist.

Meaning: "economist" means a person who studies money and the economy.

Wrong options:

• econmist: It leaves out the "o". Check the letters: "economist". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• economical: "economical" is a close word, but it ends in "cal". The speaker says "economist", which ends in "st".

Correct answer: three

Explanation: On the recording you hear "final three months of last year". You need a number word for how many months.

Meaning: "three" means the number 3.

Wrong options:

• thre: It leaves out the "e". Write "three". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• tree: This is a plant, not the number 3. The sentence needs a number.