The idea
First identify the purpose of the message. On the second pass, listen specifically for entrance restrictions and when the guide arrives. 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 entrance restrictions and when the guide arrives. 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
Show transcript
Willkommen im Stadtmuseum, hier eine Information für die angemeldete Gruppe. Bitte sammeln Sie sich im Innenhof und nicht vor der Hauptkasse. Ihre Führung beginnt um vierzehn Uhr fünfzehn. Die Führungsperson holt Sie fünf Minuten vorher im Innenhof ab. Große Rucksäcke bleiben in den Schließfächern links neben dem Eingang. Kleine Taschen dürfen Sie während der Führung bei sich behalten.
Examples
- Willkommen im Stadtmuseum, hier eine Information für die angemeldete Gruppe.Welcome to the city museum; here is some information for the registered group.
- Bitte sammeln Sie sich im Innenhof und nicht vor der Hauptkasse.Please gather in the courtyard rather than in front of the main ticket office.
- Ihre Führung beginnt um vierzehn Uhr fünfzehn.Your guided tour begins at two fifteen p.m.
- Die Führungsperson holt Sie fünf Minuten vorher im Innenhof ab.The guide will collect you from the courtyard five minutes beforehand.
- Große Rucksäcke bleiben in den Schließfächern links neben dem Eingang.Large backpacks stay in the lockers to the left of the entrance.
- Kleine Taschen dürfen Sie während der Führung bei sich behalten.You may keep small bags with you during the tour.
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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: Im Innenhof. 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
Wo sammelt sich die Gruppe?
Show answer or example answer
Im Innenhof.
Im Innenhof. The main ticket office is not the meeting point.
Wann wird die Gruppe abgeholt?
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Um vierzehn Uhr zehn.
Um vierzehn Uhr zehn. Subtract five minutes from the fourteen-fifteen start.
Welche Taschen müssen ins Schließfach?
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Große Rucksäcke.
Große Rucksäcke. Small bags are explicitly allowed during the tour.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Wo sammelt sich die Gruppe?
Wann wird die Gruppe abgeholt?
Um vierzehn Uhr zehn.
Welche Taschen müssen ins Schließfach?
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 entrance restrictions and when the guide arrives. Then compare your summary with the transcript. Change one factual detail and ask the person to identify the change on a final listen.