Meaning: "exploring" means travelling around to see and learn about places.

Wrong options:

• explore: "explore" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "exploring", which ends in "ing".

Correct answer: exotic

Explanation: You hear "array of exotic marine life". You need a describing word for the marine life.

Meaning: "exotic" means unusual or from a far place.

Wrong options:

• exotics: "exotics" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "exotic", with no "s".

Correct answer: nature

Explanation: Listen for "symphony of nature." After "of" you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "nature" means the outdoors, animals, plants and wild places.

Wrong options:

• natural: "natural" is a close word, but it ends in "al". The speaker says "nature", which ends in "e".

Correct answer: reminder

Explanation: On the recording you hear "a reminder of the world's". After "a" you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "reminder" means something that makes you remember.

Wrong options:

• remider: It leaves out the "n". Write "reminder". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• remind: "remind" is missing the ending. The speaker says "reminder", with "er" at the end.

Correct answer: exploration

Explanation: Listen again to "lies in exploration and the". After "in" you need a word for a thing, ends in ion.

Meaning: "exploration" means the act of travelling to discover places.

Wrong options:

• explore: "explore" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "exploration", which ends in "ation".

Correct answer: embrace

Explanation: Here you hear "nature's embrace." The phrase needs a word for a thing after "nature's".

Meaning: "embrace" means being held or surrounded, here in a caring way by nature.

Wrong options:

• embrase: It has "s" where the word has "c". Write "embrace". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• embracing: "embracing" is a close word, but it ends in "ing". The speaker says "embrace", which ends in "e".