The idea
First identify the purpose of the message. On the second pass, listen specifically for a date correction without interpreting health information. Negation, contrast words and time expressions can change an earlier detail. Write a short answer to each question before opening the answer. A correct response must match the message; information that sounds plausible but is not stated should stay out of your notes.
Listen for the decision
This original message tests a date correction without interpreting health information. Keep the transcript closed for a first listen if your browser provides a German synthetic voice. Then replay and write down the specific detail needed for each question. The voice is device-generated; it is not a human recording, an exam recording or a test of natural background noise.
Read the text
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Guten Morgen, hier ist die Praxis am Markt. Wir bestätigen Ihren vereinbarten Termin zur Kontrolle. Er ist am Mittwoch, dem achtzehnten November, um neun Uhr zwanzig. Nicht am siebzehnten, wie es im ersten Ausdruck stand. Bitte melden Sie sich bei Ihrer Ankunft am Empfang. Falls der neue Termin nicht passt, rufen Sie uns zurück.
Examples
- Guten Morgen, hier ist die Praxis am Markt.Good morning, this is the practice by the market.
- Wir bestätigen Ihren vereinbarten Termin zur Kontrolle.We are confirming your arranged check-up appointment.
- Er ist am Mittwoch, dem achtzehnten November, um neun Uhr zwanzig.It is on Wednesday, eighteenth November, at nine twenty.
- Nicht am siebzehnten, wie es im ersten Ausdruck stand.Not on the seventeenth, as the first printout stated.
- Bitte melden Sie sich bei Ihrer Ankunft am Empfang.Please report to reception when you arrive.
- Falls der neue Termin nicht passt, rufen Sie uns zurück.If the new appointment does not suit you, please call us back.
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Watch out
Do not confuse a mentioned option with the speaker's final instruction. For the first question, the supported answer is: Der achtzehnte November. Locate its evidence in the message. If your device has no German voice, this remains a reading-and-note-taking task; a transcript alone is not listening audio.
Try it yourself
Welches Datum gilt?
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Der achtzehnte November.
Der achtzehnte November. The seventeenth is explicitly corrected.
Um wie viel Uhr beginnt der Termin?
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Um neun Uhr zwanzig.
Um neun Uhr zwanzig. The appointment time is separate from the date correction.
Was soll man tun, wenn der Termin nicht passt?
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In der Praxis zurückrufen.
In der Praxis zurückrufen. The message requests a callback, not a written cancellation.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Welches Datum gilt?
Um wie viel Uhr beginnt der Termin?
Um neun Uhr zwanzig.
Was soll man tun, wenn der Termin nicht passt?
In der Praxis zurückrufen.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Replay the message without reading. Give another person a two-sentence summary that preserves a date correction without interpreting health information. Then compare your summary with the transcript. Change one factual detail and ask the person to identify the change on a final listen.