Meaning: "truth" means real facts and honesty.

Wrong options:

• trust: Different word, it means belief, not facts.

Correct answer: describe

Explanation: Here you hear "trying to describe how". There is an action after "to", so use a doing word.

Meaning: "describe" means say what something is like.

Wrong options:

• desribe: It leaves out the "c". Check the letters: "describe". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• decide: This means make a choice, not explain what something is like.

Correct answer: precedence

Explanation: The speaker says "taking much more precedence over facts". Here the idea is priority, the ending is ence.

Meaning: "precedence" means being more important than something else.

Wrong options:

• precedance: It has "a" where the word has "e". Check the letters: "precedence". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• precedent: "precedent" is a close word, but it ends in "t". The speaker says "precedence", which ends in "ce".

Correct answer: disagreement

Explanation: You hear "there's disagreement about facts". The phrase shows lack of agreement, use the correct word.

Meaning: "disagreement" means not agreeing about facts.

Wrong options:

• disagreemant: It has "a" where the word has "e". Check the letters: "disagreement". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• agreement: This is the opposite, it means people agree.

Correct answer: distrusted

Explanation: Listen for "experts are distrusted". After "are" the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "distrusted" means people do not trust experts.

Wrong options:

• distruted: It leaves out the "s". Write "distrusted". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• trusted: This is the opposite idea, it says people trust experts.

Correct answer: debates

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the debates around evidence". The speaker means more than one, so add s at the end.

Meaning: "debates" means discussions with different views.

Wrong options:

• debats: It leaves out the "e". Write "debates". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• debate: "debate" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "debates", so write the "s".

Correct answer: confusion

Explanation: Listen again to "results in confusion about information". You need a word for lack of clarity, it ends in sion.

Meaning: "confusion" means things are not clear or are mixed up.

Wrong options:

• confussion: It adds an extra "s". Write "confusion". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• confused: "confused" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "confusion", which ends in "ion".