Short dialogues questions are basically a two-lined dialogue between two speakers followed by a multiple choice question.
TOEFL LISTENING STRATEGIES: SHORT DIALOGUES

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10th Grade - University
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
TRUE
FALSE
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How do you answer short dialogues?
Focus on the second line of the conversation.
Note that the correct answer is probably a restatement of a key word or an idea in the second line of the dialogue.
Note that the structure of the sentence and expressions are mostly tested in this kind of questions.
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What other strategies can you do to answer short dialogues?
Note that questions usually progress from easy to difficult.
Read the four answer choices carefully and choose the best answer to the question.
Try to look for synonyms or even the exact same words of the dialogue among the answer choices. (only if you don't understand the complete dialogue.)
Put in your mind that you only have 12 seconds between every two questions.
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Strategy 1: Focus on the last line.
What does it mean?
The dialogue is a conversation between two people.
The answer to a short-dialogue question is mostly in the second line of the conversation (but not always!)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Strategy 2: Choose answers with synonyms.
Woman: Why is Barbra feeling so happy?
Man: She just started working in a real estate agency.
Question: What does the man say about Barbra?
She always liked her work in real estate.
She began a new job.
She just bought some real estate.
She bought a real estate agency.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Strategy 3: Avoid similar sounds
Man: why couldn't Mark come today?
Woman: He was searching for a new apartment.
Question: What does the woman say about Mark?
He was in the department office.
He was looking for a place to live.
He was working on his research project.
He had an appointment at church.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Strategy 4: Draw conclusions about WHO, WHAT, WHERE.
Woman: Can you tell me what assignments I missed when I was absent from your class?
Man: You missed one homework assignment and a quiz.
Question: Who is the man?
a newspaper editor
a police officer
a teacher
a student
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