Tutorial: Designing a Loyalty-Card Consumer Survey

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Questions

Question 1

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What is the central question of the students' dissertation?

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The dissertation now focuses on
Question 2

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Why do the students think their topic fills a gap?

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According to Marco, the gap in the research is that
Question 3

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO problems did the pilot survey reveal?

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Two problems with the pilot survey
Questions 4–6

Who will take responsibility for each task?

Choose your answer from the list of people A–C and select the correct letter for each task. You may choose any letter more than once.

Options
  • A. Priya
  • B. Marco
  • C. Dr Bennett
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approaching shoppers and collecting forms
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entering and analysing the data
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framing the literature review
Questions 7–9

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

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To fix the sampling problem, they will survey at weekends and in the ______.(max 1 word)
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The main survey is planned to begin on the ______ of March.(max 1 word)
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Before answering, every participant must sign a ______ form.(max 1 word)
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About this Listening test

“Tutorial: Designing a Loyalty-Card Consumer Survey” is an original IELTS Listening practice test in the style of Part 3 with 9 questions (Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice — Multiple Answers, Matching Features and Sentence Completion). Play the recording, answer as you listen, then submit to have every answer marked instantly and read the transcript.

Part 3 is a conversation between two to four people in an academic setting — typically students discussing an assignment with each other or a tutor. You answer 10 questions, usually multiple choice and matching, by tracking who says what, who agrees, and what they decide.

How to approach it

  • Before the audio, read the questions and note whose view each one asks about — "What does Marta think…" is answered by Marta’s words, not her tutor’s.
  • Learn the voices in the first few seconds: names are always exchanged early, and attaching name to voice immediately pays off for the whole part.
  • Common trap: Attributing one speaker’s opinion to another, especially when a speaker summarises someone else’s view before disagreeing with it.

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