A.I. Explanation:

Question Focus: Cause of the condition - diagram shows the trigger at the start of the cycle

Correct Answer: eating snacks

Passage Reference: Anyway, once the condition has been triggered, often by constant snacking as you mentioned

Why this is correct: At the start of the flow chart, you see the trigger that begins the cycle. The speaker says the condition is often triggered by constant snacking, which matches eating snacks on the diagram. This is the first step before the problem gets worse.

Common Mistake: Students may write snacking or constant snacking. This breaks the word limit or does not match the diagram wording exactly. This is a word limit trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'constant snacking' = Diagram: 'eating snacks'

Tips: For flow charts, listen carefully to the very beginning where causes are explained.

Key Vocabulary:

• triggered = started
• snacking = eating small amounts

Question Focus: Effect on behaviour after the condition worsens

Correct Answer: loses control

Passage Reference: Over a period of time, the sufferer loses control of their food intake.

Why this is correct: The second box shows what happens next to the sufferer. You hear that the sufferer loses control of their food intake, which matches the diagram exactly.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write loss of control, but the diagram needs a verb phrase. This is a grammar fit trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'loses control of their food intake' = Diagram: 'loses control'

Tips: Do not change word form. Copy the exact verb phrase you hear.

Key Vocabulary:

• sufferer = person with the problem
• intake = amount eaten

Question Focus: Emotional effect following overeating

Correct Answer: embarrassed

Passage Reference: Apart from the physical discomfort that overeating often causes, the sufferer begins to feel embarrassed by their behaviour.

Why this is correct: This stage of the diagram shows how the person feels. The speaker clearly says the sufferer begins to feel embarrassed by their behaviour.

Common Mistake: Some students write embarrassment or ashamed. These are not the exact words from the recording. This is a synonym trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'feel embarrassed' = Diagram: 'embarrassed'

Tips: When the speaker talks about feelings, listen for adjectives like happy, guilty, or embarrassed.

Key Vocabulary:

• discomfort = physical pain
• behaviour = actions

Question Focus: Action taken to compensate for overeating

Correct Answer: extreme diets

Passage Reference: In an attempt to lose weight, compulsive eaters will try extreme diets, skipping meals, or going without any food at all for a day or more.

Why this is correct: The diagram shows the action the sufferer takes next. The speaker explains that compulsive eaters try extreme diets to lose weight.

Common Mistake: Students may write skipping meals or no food, which are also mentioned but do not match this box. This is a distractor trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'try extreme diets' = Diagram: 'extreme diets'

Tips: When several examples are listed, choose the one that best fits the diagram step.

Key Vocabulary:

• compensate = make up for
• drastic = extreme

Question Focus: Return to the start of the vicious cycle

Correct Answer: eating again

Passage Reference: And of course, the person has to start eating again at some point.

Why this is correct: This final box shows how the cycle repeats. You hear that the person has to start eating again, which leads back to binge eating.

Common Mistake: Some students write binge eating again, but the speaker first says eating again. This is a sequence trap.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'start eating again' = Diagram: 'eating again'

Tips: Listen for signpost phrases like 'in other words' that explain the cycle.

Key Vocabulary:

• vicious circle = repeating cycle
• relapse = return to the problem

General Tips:

• Flow chart questions follow the order of the recording - use the previous answer to predict the next one.
• Copy the exact words you hear. Do not change the form or use synonyms.
• Always check the word limit. More than two words is automatically wrong.
• Listen for cause-and-effect language to understand the process.
• When the speaker corrects or explains something again, the later information is usually the answer.