In this part of the test, you'll again, like in part three, respond to a question.

But this time, you'll have to provide information that is given to you in text form.

It can be a little weird at first, but after this video, you'll know exactly what to do.

So first, you'll see a slide with instructions that look like this.

As you can see, you've got directions.

You'll have 45 seconds to read the information provided, and then you'll answer three questions.

There is no time to prepare.

Once you hear the question and the beep, you'll have 15 seconds to answer question number one.

Then you'll hear the second question and another beep, and you'll have 15 seconds for question two.

For question three, you'll have 30 seconds.

So on test day, you'll have 45 seconds to read a text like this.

Feel free to pause the video and have a look.

Here, you can see we've got information about four department stores and their opening hours in late December and early January.

Now, don't worry, you don't need to memorize anything here.

Just quickly look around.

I noticed that on the 24th, only one of the stores is closed.

And on the 25th, all are closed.

It looks like they're open again on the 26th.

But one of them, Annandale has short hours, only one is open on the 31st.

And then on the first two are closed, and two are open till noon.

It might seem like a lot of random information, but don't worry, be sure to practice reading it and noticing the similarities and differences.

The more you practice, the easier this will get.

But once that's done, we're on to the questions.

Let's take a look at question one.

So here we have a simple question that you'll hear followed by a beep.

What stores are open on New Year's Day?

Great.

So if we go back to the slide, we can see that it's Annandale and Barry.

Great.

But we need to talk for 15 seconds.

So we can look at their opening hours.

Great.

7am until noon.

And we can go just beyond the question by highlighting that the other shops are closed.

Do not invent any details.

Keep it simple and focus on the information in front of you.

Let's listen to a sample answer.

Only two shops will be open on New Year's Day.

The Annandale and Barry branches will both be open from 7am until noon.

Our other shops will remain closed.

Great.

Now let's take a closer look at this answer to see what makes it a great answer.

So first I answer the question quickly and clearly.

Annandale and Barry.

Then I give a bit more info, the time.

Then I highlight the point by mentioning that the other shops will be closed.

That's as far as I want to go in terms of adding more details.

The question doesn't ask about the ones that are closed.

But I can highlight the purpose and give clarity to my answer by mentioning them.

So it's fine.

Don't add any other details.

If you're not sure whether you should add something or not, it's better to just leave it out.

Also notice that the grammar is pretty simple.

No fancy vocabulary or grammatical structures.

I'm focused on accurate information.

Let's have a look at our second question.

I'm also hoping to make the Boxing Day sales.

What are the hours like on that day?

So again, I look at my information, and I can see that all of them are open.

But I can see a difference in the times.

Anadale is closed at 3pm.

And the other three at midnight, pretty big difference.

So again, I might highlight this information in my answer.

Let's have a listen.

All of our shops are open for the Boxing Day sales.

They all open at 8am.

Anadale will be closing early at 3pm.

But the others will remain open until midnight.

Now here we have again, simple sentences focused on the information.

But notice one thing.

Notice how I start with all of our shops, and then they all open.

Notice how I've linked the two sentences.

And again later, Anadale will be closing early.

But the others will.

Again, the simple words they and the others clearly link ideas, no ifs, all those or any other complex sentences.

In this part of the test, don't stress out about complexity.

Let's take a look at question three.

Great.

One more thing.

My husband needs to do some shopping on Christmas Eve and early on Christmas Day.

Is anything open on the 24th and 25th?

Okay, so here we have a bit more that we can sink our teeth into in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure.

Have a look at the information.

See what information will be needed.

So it looks like everything is closed on Christmas Day.

And here are the hours for Christmas Eve.

Also notice here, Summer Hill is open until 1am, which is technically Christmas Day.

So you could work that into your answer.

Now you don't have to do this.

But again, if you're aiming for a higher score, this kind of embellishment might be good for your answer.

But again, don't worry if you don't see anything that fits that.

Let's have a listen to the answer.

Everything will be closed on Christmas Day, unfortunately.

And the Newton branch will also be closed the day before Christmas Eve.

The other shops will be open though.

Annandale and Berry will both be open from 7.30am through to midnight, while Summer Hill opens at 6am and will remain open until 1am the next morning.

In fact, yes, that's Christmas morning, isn't it?

So I suppose we will have one shop open for one hour on Christmas Day.

We can see we started with the clearest piece of info.

Everything is closed on Christmas Day.

And we've added the word unfortunately to embellish that.

Great.

Then we go into details about Christmas Eve.

Newton is closed and the other shops notice the linking.

And then we finish by providing the rest of the information and the opening hours.

And finally, I noted that one store is open till 1am.

This allows me to extend slightly and add a bit of information.

Now you're probably thinking, "Yyeah, but I doubt the man is asking if he'll be able to go shopping between midnight and 1am."

That's true.

Again, this isn't a necessary part of the answer.

It's just a nice embellishment.

And that's it.

That's the TOEIC Respond to Questions with Information speaking test question.

I'll see you in the next video.