ABRSM - aural component

[rhapsody in orange]

Hi!
Don't know if this topic has already been posted somewhere but I've currently a problem with one of the aural components of the ABRSM examination. I'm currently preparing a 7-year-old student for an exam, and I can't seem to get her to tell the difference between a piece in duple time and a piece in triple time. I've tried with accenting the first beat of each bar, but that does not seem to work. Any suggestions?

[thalberg]

HMMMMM.... I'm just totally shooting from  the hip here, but.....

How about words?  Have the student say "Strawberry" over and over again for triple time--three syllables.

"Watermelon" for 4/4

"apple" for 2/4

You don't have to use this suggestion if you think it's too.....I dunno....fruity?

[rhapsody in orange]

Mm was trying to get her to listen out to how many unaccented beats are there in between the accented beats (duple time if there's one and triple if there's 2 since we're not really concerned about whether the piece is in 2/4 or 4/4). Think this is pretty much what you're trying to get them to do with the 'strawberry' and the 'apple'. However, I think she's got difficulties trying to determine how many unaccented beats there are between the accented beats.
Thanks for your speedy reply anyway =)