Meaning: "struggling" means having difficulty.

Wrong options:

• strugling: It leaves out the "g". The right spelling is "struggling". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• striving: This is a different word. The sentence needs having difficulty, not trying hard.

Correct answer: shrinking

Explanation: You hear "depend on a shrinking working population". It comes before "working", so you need a word for getting smaller, ends in ing.

Meaning: "shrinking" means getting smaller.

Wrong options:

• shrinkng: It leaves out the "i". The right spelling is "shrinking". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
• shrunk: This is a different form. The sentence needs a word showing it is getting smaller now.

Correct answer: ages

Explanation: Listen for "raised pension ages". It follows 'pension', so you need more than one, add s.

Meaning: "ages" means years when people can retire.

Wrong options:

• age: This has no s. The sentence needs more than one.

Correct answer: dig

Explanation: On the recording you hear "asked to dig deeper into". It comes after "to", so you need a short action word.

Meaning: "dig" means put money in or pay more.

Wrong options:

• dip: Dip sounds similar but means something else, so it is wrong here.