Jump Up TOEIC:
LC Unit 4
(Part 2 Intro)
Who/What Questions
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TOEIC Test: Listening Comprehension
Guide to Listening Comprehension
The first section of the TOEIC® Test is Listening
Comprehension. It has four separate parts, and
each part has different directions:
Part I: Sentences About Photographs
Part II: Questions/Responses
Part III: Short Conversations
Part IV: Short Talks
10 items
30 items
30 items
30 items
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Guide to Listening Comprehension
Exam Essentials
Test Part:
Type:
Number of items:
Choices per item:
Time between items:
Listening II
Questions/Responses
30
3
5 seconds
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TOEIC Test: Listening Comprehension
Introduction to Part II
This part of the test has 30 items. For each item, you
hear one person ask a question. Then you hear another
person give three possible responses (answers) to the
question. You must choose the response that you think is
the best answer for the question. There is no pause
between the three responses, and there is only a five—
second pause between each of the items.
The questions and the responses are not written in your
test book. In your test book, the items look like this:
21. Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
22. Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
23. Mark your answer on the answer sheet. etc.
This is the only part of the test that has three answer
choices, not four.
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Tips for Part II
1. Focus only on listening to the questions and the responses. Don’t
look in your test book at all.
2. Try to decide what kind of question is being asked. This will help
you decide which of the answer choices is correct. You will learn
about the different types of questions (information questions, yes/no
questions, etc.) in this lesson.
3. Pretend that someone is asking YOU the questions. How would
you answer? This may help you choose the correct response.
4. If you don’t know which response is correct, take a guess and go
on.
5. Mark your answers quickly because you don’t have much time
between items.
6. Always answer each item. Never leave any items unanswered.
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TOEIC Test: Lesson 2
Questions/Responses
*Special Tips for Marking Your Answer Sheet in Part 2*
1. Don’t mark your answer until after you hear all four
choices.
2. If you think answer choice (A) is correct, rest the point
of your pencil on the letter A on your answer sheet. Do
not mark the answer; just hold the point of your pencil
there. If you think choice (B), or (C) is correct, rest the
point of your pencil on the letter that you
think is correct.
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Questions/Responses
*Special Tips for Marking Your Answer Sheet in Part 2*
3. If you change your mind about the correct answer,
change the position of your pencil to rest on the answer
that you think is best.
4. After you hear all four answer choices, mark the one on
which the point of your pencil is resting.
(This method of using your pencil helps you remember
which answer you think is the best.)
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Questions/Responses
Preview Test for Part II
Vocabulary: Before you begin, you may want to talk about
these words with your classmates or look them up in a
dictionary.
conference room
hallway
Listen to a sample:
You hear:
You then hear:
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application form
Choice (A), “At the gymnasium,”
is the best response to the
question, “Where have you
been, Steve?” You should mark
(A).
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Preview Test for Part II
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
• A. Types of Questions
• There are two main types of questions in Part II: information
questions and yes/no questions.
• Information questions begin with the wh-question words or with
the question word how. . . ?. These questions ask for specific
information.
Where is the bank?
When does the meeting start?
How did you get to work this morning?
• Yes/No questions begin with an auxiliary verb (has, does,
should, etc.) or some form of the main verb to be (are, is, was,
etc.).
Did you have a good trip to Bangkok?
Are you from Canada?
Have you been waiting long?
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
• A. Types of Questions
• There are four or five other types of questions that you will
sometimes hear in Part II. The most common ones are tag
questions and alternative questions.
• A tag question is a statement with a “question tag” at the end.
Ricardo is a good worker, isn’t he?
You’re not tired, are you?
• An alternative question offers choices or possibilities. The word or
always appears between the choices or alternatives.
Do you want to go on Friday or on Monday?
Is your friend’s name Bob or Rob?
• It’s important to be able to understand different kinds of
questions because each type of question has different types of
answers.
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
• Exercise 2.1
Focus: Identifying information questions, yes/no questions, tag
questions, and alternative questions.
• Vocabulary: Before you begin, you may want to talk about
these words with your classmates or look them up in a
dictionary.
to be over repair
go on vacation
shopping mall
Directions: If you hear an information question, circle INFO. If
you hear a yes/no question, circle Y/N. If you hear a tag
question, circle TAG. If you hear an alternative question, circle
ALT. The first one has been done as an example.
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
Directions: If you hear an information question, circle INFO.
If you hear a yes/no question, circle Y/N. If you hear a
tag question, circle TAG. If you hear an alternative
question, circle ALT. The first one has been done as an
example.
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INFO
INFO
INFO
INFO
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Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
• B. Information Questions
• About 50% of the questions that you hear in Part B are
information questions. These questions ask for specific
information.
• These are the most common question words:
What …?
Why...?
How...?
Who...?
When...?
Whose . . . ?
Where …?
Which . . . ?
• A response to an information question can be a short answer—
a word or a phrase—or a complete sentence.
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
Where is Conference Room C?
This is a where . . . ? question.
ⓐ At 10:30.
It asks about a place,
 Down this hallway.
specifically about a room.
ⓒ An important meeting.
Choice (B) is correct because it
is the only response that gives a
place. Choice (A) is incorrect
because it provides a time, not a
place. This choice answers a
when . . . ? question. Choice (C)
is also incorrect; it answers the
question “What will happen in
Conference Room C?”
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Questions/Responses
Testing Points and Exercises for Part II
Why did Ms. Arita go home
early?
ⓐ Yes, almost two hours early.
ⓑ She wasn’t late this morning.
 She was feeling a little sick.
This why questions asks about
a reason. It really means,
“What was the reason Mr. Arita
went home early?” Choice (C)
provides a reason, and it is the
best answer. Choice (A) is
incorrect. This is a response
for a yes or no question, not
information question. Choice
(B) is about being late in the
morning, not going home early.
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TOEIC: Questions/Responses
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Questions with Who …?
1. Who . . . ? is used to ask about people.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
Who were you talking to?
Who will meet me at the airport?
That was Mr. Huang.
David Collins will be there.
2. Whose. . . ? asks about possession. It asks who has
something or who owns something. Notice that the
answer for a whose…? question usually has a possessive
word. (my sister’s, mine).
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
Whose car did you borrow?
Whose pen is this?
I’m using my sister’s car.
That’s mine.
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Questions with Who …?
**Be careful. The word whose sounds exactly like the contraction who’s
(meaning who is). The word whose, however, is almost always followed by a
noun. The answer for a whose …? question usually contains a possessive
word.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
Whose bicycle was stolen?
Who’s going to Seoul?
It was mine.
John is.
“Who” Questions
• Always WAIT until the last answer, and make your
BEST GUESS in part 2:
Page 47 #1
Who are you going to invite for the party?
(A) All our employees. 
(B) In the park.
“Who” Questions
• Always listen to the FIRST WORD in part 2:
Page 47 #3
Who is in charge of the renovation?
(A) Yes, I did.
(B) It hasn’t been decided yet. 
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Questions with What …?
1. What . . . ? is used to ask questions about things, names,
and actions.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
What is that machine over there?
That’s an electrical engine.
What’s your brother’s first name?
It’s Antonio.
What are you going to do this evening?
I’m going to be working
late.
2. What time . . . ? is used to ask about the time of day.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
What time does the train from Berlin arrive? At about 11 o’clock.
What time do you plan to leave?
In an hour.
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Questions with What …?
3. What. . . think of? asks about an opinion.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
What did you think of that movie we saw last night? I thought it was too
long.
What do you think of the new director?
I like her a lot.
4. What . . . do for a living? asks about a job or occupation.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
What do you do for a living?
I’m a manager at a bookstore.
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Questions with What …?
5. What kind of. . . ? asks about type or kind.
Sample Questions
Possible Responses
What kind of music do you like?
What kind of car are you looking for?
I enjoy jazz.
I want to get a sports car.
6. What. . . ? is also used with many nouns to ask questions:
What color . . . ?
What flavor . . . ?
Sample Questions
What day . . . ?
What number . . . ?
What size . . . ?
What shape . . . ?
Possible Responses
What color is your new tie?
It’s red with white stripes.
What size shoes does your brother wear? I don’t know exactly, but he has
big feet.
“What” Questions
Page 49 #1
What did you buy for your new office?
(A) Some laptops. 
(B) Last week.
Who/What Questions
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