Meaning: "preferential" means given special treatment.

Wrong options:

• preferencial: It has "c" where the word has "t". The right spelling is "preferential". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• preferentially: "preferentially" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "preferential".

Correct answer: access

Explanation: On the recording you hear "duty free access to products". It comes after 'free' so you need a word for entering or using.

Meaning: "access" means the right to enter or use.

Wrong options:

• acess: It leaves out the "c". Check the letters: "access". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• excess: This means too much, not the right to enter or use.

Correct answer: equitable

Explanation: Listen again to "'equitable and reasonable access'". You need a describing word meaning fair, it ends in able.

Meaning: "equitable" means fair or equal.

Wrong options:

• equal: This is shorter and lacks the ending able the sentence needs.

Correct answer: treatment

Explanation: Here you hear "preferential trade treatment". It comes after 'trade' so you need a word for how someone is treated, ends in ment.

Meaning: "treatment" means the way someone is treated.

Wrong options:

• treament: It leaves out the "t". Write "treatment". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
• treaty: "treaty" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "treatment", which ends in "ment".

Correct answer: impose

Explanation: The speaker says "to impose retaliatory tariffs". You need an action word, like bring in or start, it begins with im.

Meaning: "impose" means to put a rule or tax on something.

Wrong options:

• imposed: "imposed" has an extra "d" at the end. The speaker says "impose".