IELTS Sample Listening Questions # Jargon

BBC Jargon

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
http://goo.gl/fzRvzI

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What is the noun that we use for specific group of words or expressions?
2. In what kind of situation is jargon used?
3. What does glossing mean?
4. Which British Prime Minister became known as ‘Jack the Jargon Killer’ because he wanted officials to stop using jargon?
5. Which phrasal verb is used to explain that you want to bring attention of others to something?
6. Which word is used for the local government in UK?
7. Who are the local politicians that people in UK vote for?
8. Which word is used to refer to the fact that you understand something or part of it but not entirely?
9. What word does Yvone use for jargon?

ANSWER

1. jargon
2. special or technical
3. Winston Churchill
4. explaining
5. flag it up
6. Councils
7. Councillors
8. sort of
9. vernacular

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