Do this exercise while you listen complete the gaps with the correct word that

New York Athens Amsterdam
Rome Tokyo

Listening skills practice: Travelling abroad – exercises

Listen to the five airport announcements and do the exercises to practice and improve your listening skills.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you listen. Write a number (1-6) to put these sentences in order.

…… 4 ….
…… 2 …
…… 5 ….
…… 3 …..
…… 6 …
…… 1 ….

Wait at the boarding gate
Go to the checking-in desk.
Board the plane.
Go through immigration.
The plane takes off.
Arrive at the airport.

1. Check your understanding: gap fill

Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

1. Speaker A: The plane is going to Rome ___________.
2. Speaker B: The plane is going to Tokio _.
3. Speaker C: The plane is going to Athens _________.
4. Speaker D: The plane is going to Amsterdam _.
5. Speaker E: The plane is going to New York _.

Did you have a good journey? Why?/ Why not?

How long was the flight?

Where did you go?

Write about the last time you took a flight somewhere.

Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

2. Check your understanding: gap fill

Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps.

1. The 9 flight to Rome is delayed by 2 hours.
2. Passengers going to Tokyo should go to boarding gate 21
3. Passengers going to Athens should go to boarding gate 14
4. The flight number of the plane going to Amsterdam is _______________. KL 1050 _. It will leave from gate 64
5. The time in New York is 18.
6. The temperature in New York is 76 ºF.

Yes, I had a good trip, because we went to Pal north and it was a lot of fun.

I went to Monterrey

The flight laste done hour.

Hope

José Roberto Osornio Ch.

A01209911

23/09/16

Homework

Listen to
the teacher giving students advice for exams and do the exercises to practise
and improve your listening skills.

Preparation:
matching

Match the
vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.

1…E..
advice                                                                                     a.
very worried

2…H.. last
but not least                                                               
b. be attracted to doing something

3…B.. be
tempted to                                                                     c.
a good or full amount of

4…A..
anxious                                                                                  d.
the act of doing something again

5…C..
plenty of                                                                               
e. an opinion or recommendation about                                                                                                            what
someone should do

6…D..
repetition                                                                            
f. a short walk around your small section                                                                                                           of
the city

7…F.. a
stroll around the block                                                  g.
to put something over something so that                                                                                                       you
can’t see it

8…G.. to
cover something up                                                     h.
an expression used before the last thing                                                                                                        in
a list, to say that it is as equally as                                                                                                                    important

 Check your understanding: multiple choice  Circle the best answer to these questions.

1. The
teacher wants the students to …

a. take notes after she has finished speaking.

b. take notes while she is speaking.

c. forget about taking notes.

2. The
teacher suggests eating …

a. sugary snacks.

b. only apples.

c. fruit and cereals.

3. The
teacher suggests finding a study place with a lot of …

a. light.

b. space.

c. books.

4. If
students feel stressed they should …

a. go to bed.

b. go out for a walk.

c. drink some water.

5. Students
are advised to …

a. select the important things to learn.

b. read through everything once.

c. make notes about every topic.

6. The
teacher understands that repeating things can be …

a. difficult.

b. uninteresting.

c. tiring.

7. Students
can do past exam papers …

a. in the library only.

b. at home if they take photocopies.

c. in the after-school study group.

8. The
teacher recommends a break of five minutes every …

a. hour.

b. two hours.

c. thirty minutes.

9. It’s
important to …

a. eat regularly.

b. sleep when you feel tired.

c. keep hydrated.

10. The
teacher is sure that the students will …

a. pass their exams.

b. fail their exams.

c. do their best.

Conversation
2

Listen to
the people discussing different problems and do the exercises to practise and
improve your listening skills.

1.
Preparation

Match the
two parts of the sentence to describe difficult situations. Write a – f next to
the numbers 1 – 6.

1…E.. Your
bus breaks                                                                                                 
a. dies.

2…C….. You
fail                                                                                                               b.
up with her.

3…A.. Your
dog                                                                                                c.
an exam.

4…B.. Your
friend’s boyfriend

breaks                                                                                                                                d.
your phone.

5…F.. You
leave your                                                                                                    e.
down and you are late                                                                                                                                           for
school.

6…D..
Someone steals                                                                                                
f. keys inside the house.

2. Check your understanding: gap fill

Complete
the gaps with a word or phrase from the box.

Friend	he failed his exam
Dad	mum
her dog got hit by a car	the mobile phone he borrowed got stolen

1. The boy
is telling his ___mum________ that ____he failed his exam____________.

2. The girl
is telling her ___friend____ that _______her dog got hit by a car___.

3. The boy
is telling his ___dad_____ that ____the mobile phone her borrowed got stolen__.

3. Check your understanding: true or false

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. A — The
boy revised all week for his Economics exam.                                True False

2. A — It
wasn’t an important exam.                                                                         True
False

3. A — His
mum is worried about the cost of retaking the course.                True False

4. B — The
girl and the dog were playing in the park.                                       
True False

5. B — She
took Bonzo to the vet’s straight away.                                               True False

6. B — She
had only had Bonzo for a short time.                                                 True False

7. C — The
boy was using the phone when someone stole it.                       
True False

8. C — The
boy thinks he would recognise the thief.                                          True False

9. C — The
dad will see if the phone is insured.                                                    True False

Conversation
three

Listen to
the conversation about the human body and do the exercises to practise and
improve your listening skills.

Do the
preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check
your understanding.

Preparation

Match the
vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–d next to the numbers 1–4.

1……D. cells
                                                      a.
Very tiny creatures that live on plants or animals.

2…C..
bacteria                                                 
b. The smallest part of a chemical element.

3…A. mites                                                       
c. The simplest and smallest forms of life. They live in air,                                                                          water, soil, as
well as in humans and animals (dead or                                                                                  alive).
They are often the cause of disease.

4……B. atom                                                      d.
The smallest part of an animal or plant that can work

                                                                               independently.
All plants and animals are made of these.

1. Check
your understanding: multiple choice

Do this
exercise while you listen. Circle the best option to complete these sentences.

1. Only
about one tenth of the cells in your body are …

a. alive.                b. really you.                    c. bacteria.

2. Bacteria
are mostly …

a. really helpful.                              b. bad for humans.                        c. neither good or bad.

3. Animals
need bacteria to …

a. fight
diseases.                             b.
provide energy.                         c. digest food.

4. You have
… cells in your body.

a. 7
million                         b. 7
trillion                         c. 7 octillion

5. Most of
the atoms are …

a. tiny cubes.                     b. not used.                                      c. empty space.

6. You
probably have mites in your …

a. hair.                                  b. ears.                                                c. eyelashes.

7. Mites
are very small creatures that are about …

a. 3
millimetres long.                     b. a third of a millimetre long.      c. 0.03 millimetres long.

8. Mites
eat …

a. dead skin.                     
b. your eyelashes.                         c.
tiny insects.

2. Check your understanding: gap fill typing

Do this
exercise while you listen. Complete the sentences with a word or words.

1. Only one
tenth of the cells in your body are really you. The rest are ____bacteria_______.

2. An
experiment found that animals that did not have bacteria ______died_____ or had
to have a

special
diet.

3. There
are ____7___________ octillion cells in the human body.

4. Most of
the atoms in the human body are just empty _____space_______.

5. Without
the empty space, you could fit your body inside a box measuring _____150___ of
a

centimetre
either side.

6. You
would be much too small to ___see________.

7. Mites
are really small creatures, like ____insects_____.

8. They live
in eyelashes and _____eyebrows______.

9. Only
about _______50____ per cent of people have mites.

10. Mites
eat dead ____skin________.

Listen to Mario and Tamara talking about what film they want to see and do the exercises to practise and 

improve your listening skills. 

Preparation 

Do this exercise before you listen. Draw a line to match the pictures with the words below.

historical drama 

cartoon 

romantic comedy 

science fiction 

horror 

action 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice

Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the correct answers. 

Which film are Mario and Tamara going to see?

Mr and Mrs Jones 

War Games 

Robot 2075 

King Robert V 

Forever 

Midnight Moon 

 

 

 

What time does the film they want to see start?

12.00 p.m. 

2.30 p.m. 

5.20 p.m. 

7.00 p.m. 

7.15 p.m. 

7.30 p.m. 

 

 

 

What time are Mario and Tamara going to meet?

12.00 p.m. 

2.30 p.m. 

5.20 p.m. 

7.00 p.m. 

7.15 p.m. 

7.30 p.m. 

 

 

 

 

Listening skills practice: Going to the cinema 

– exercises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Check your understanding: gap fill 

Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with the correct word. 

1. 

Mario_:_Mmm,_I’m_not_sure._Are_there_any_________________films_on_Tamara’>Mario’>Tamara’>Tamara: Hi, Mario. Do you want to go and watch a _______________? 

Mario: Hi, Tamara. 

Sure, what’s _______________? 

2. 

Tamara: Well there are two action films, Mr and Mrs Jones and War Games

, and they’re both in 

_______________. 

3. 

Mario

: I’ve already seen Mr and Mrs Jones. I haven’t seen War _______________ but I don’t 

really want to see an _______________ film. What else is _______________? 

4. 

Tamara

: There’s that science fiction film, Robot 2075, but I’ve already _______________ it. 

Mario: Is it _______________? 

5. 

Tamara: Yes, 

it is, but I don’t want to see it _______________. There’s a _______________ 

comedy called Forever. 

6. 

Mario

: Mmm, I’m not sure. Are there any _______________ films on?

Tamara

: Yes, there’s Midnight Moon. It’s got _______________ in it. 

7.

Mario: OK, sounds 

good. Let’s go and watch Midnight Moon. What _______________ is it on? 

Tamara

: It’s on at 12 o’clock or at half past _______________. 

Mario: Is it on this _______________? 

Yes, at 7.30. 

Mario: Perfect. Let _______________ at 7.30. 

8.

Tamara: OK, shall we _______________ at the cinema at 7.00? 

Mario: Great! See you _______________. 

Tamara: Bye. 

 

 

 

 

 

What type of films do you like? What was the last film you saw at the cinema? 

I like action / romantic / horror / science fiction films. 

I saw …