Listening 7.0: The 30-Correct-Answers Playbook

What each of the six official question types is trying to trip you up with, and the specific habit that beats it — question type by question type, section by section.

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Contents

1. Part 1 — The 30/40 rule, revisited — and the trap this book exists to fix
2. Part 2 — What's changing in 2026 — Listening's own version
3. Part 3 — Before the audio starts: the thirty seconds that decide the section
4. Part 4 — The six question types, one playbook each
5. Part 5 — Spelling, word limits and the free marks candidates give away
6. Part 6 — Missed one — now what: the recovery drill
7. Part 7 — One section, start to finish
8. Part 8 — Checking your own progress
9. The end

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