IELTS multiple-choice questions are engineered with distractors — wrong options that sound right. The most common trap is the word-match: an option repeats a word you just heard, so your hand reaches for it, but the speaker actually said something different around that word.
Three patterns cover most distractors. The word-match (the option echoes the audio but twists the meaning). The mentioned-but-rejected (the speaker raises an option, then says "but actually…"). And the true-but-not-asked (a correct statement that doesn't answer the specific question).
The defence is a habit: don't commit to an option while the speaker is still talking. Hold all options loosely, listen for the correction words (but, actually, instead, in the end), and choose only when the idea is complete. Distractors rely on you deciding early.
Lisenia's Beat the Traps and Read Between the Lines units drill exactly these patterns, with feedback that names which trap fooled you and how to catch it next time. The free skill check reports your distractor-resistance score.