Meaning: "delivery" means bringing food to customers.

Wrong options:

• delievery: It adds an extra "e". Write "delivery". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• deliver: "deliver" is missing the ending. The speaker says "delivery", with "y" at the end.

Correct answer: run

Explanation: Listen for "had a good run in the past". You need a short word for a period of success.

Meaning: "run" means a period of success or good performance.

Wrong options:

• ran: ran is the past action word. The sentence needs the period-of-success word.

Correct answer: valuable

Explanation: On the recording you hear "Germany's most valuable listed firms". You need a describing word that ends in able.

Meaning: "valuable" means worth a lot or high in price.

Wrong options:

• valuble: It leaves out the "a". Write "valuable". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• valueable: It adds an extra "e". Write "valuable". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.

Correct answer: compared

Explanation: Listen again to "a jump of 89% compared with". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "compared" means shown against another time or thing.

Wrong options:

• compaired: It adds an extra "i". Write "compared". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• compare: "compare" is missing the ending. The speaker says "compared", with "d" at the end.

Correct answer: executive

Explanation: Here you hear "firm's Swedish chief executive". You need a word for a senior manager.

Meaning: "executive" means a senior manager in a company.

Wrong options:

• exective: It leaves out the "u". Write "executive". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• executer: "executer" is a close word, but it ends in "er". The speaker says "executive", which ends in "ive".