Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Elementary Listening practice




Four Conversations


A - verbs

 

Prepared

Did

Asked

Weren’t

went


 


Man: How did it go?

Woman: Umm, I think it _________ quite well. I did a lot of research and _________ a lot. I was in there for ... I don't know ... half an hour?

Man: And? What _______ they say?

Woman: Nothing much. At the end I _________ them, 'What happens now?', and the woman said, 'We'll call you back with news in three or four days.'

Man: Really?

Woman: Yeah, I think I've got the job. There _________ a lot of other people there. I was the only interview that day, you know?

Man: Well, good luck with it.


B - nouns

 


Room

It

Photos

flash

Photographs

Museum

things


 

Man: Anyway, you were saying ...

Woman: Oh, yeah, um ... let's see. Yes, so I was in the _________ and there were, I don't know, a hundred people waiting to get into the________. Finally, I got in, and I tried to see the Mona Lisa but I couldn't look at ________ .

Man: Why not?

Woman: Because the room was filled with people taking ___________ of it!

Man: Oh, right.

Woman: Yes! And selfies.

Man: Wait a minute. You can take _________ while you're in there?

Woman: Yes, but you can't use ________. I don't know ... Why do we take photos of everything we see when we travel?

Man: I know. And we never look at the photos after.

Woman: Exactly! I'm tired of always taking photos. I don't feel I'm enjoying ________.


C- adjectives

 


Young

funny

long

nice

nice

polite


 

Man: Who took this?

Woman: I can't remember. Hmmm ...

Man: What am I doing?

Woman: You're sitting on the sofa, watching TV and eating chocolates. Nothing changes!

Man: Ha! Very_________ . You look very _______, though.

Woman: I know. Look at my hair – it was so________!

Man: Mine too, look at me! Hey … I think I know who took this photo.

Woman: Umm … who? Was it Dad?

Man: No, it wasn’t Dad or Mum. Do you remember Barry?

Woman: No.

Man: Yes, YES! You do remember. Barry, your boyfriend at high school. You were seventeen and he was sixteen and he was so very________: 'Hello, I'm Barry. It's very ________ to meet you ...'

Woman: Stop it! He was_________.

Man: Yeah, well, he took the photo.


D- prepositions


About

In

To

of

of

with


 

Woman: Let's see. OK. I'm glad we could talk ________ this. It's not easy to say.

Man: What?

Woman: Well, you're not _______ our group – for the class project.

Man: What do you mean? You know I'm always in a group ______ you.

Woman: I know. It's just that this time … this time we made the group differently and because you were late ...

Man: I see. You don't want me in the group?

Woman: No, no. It isn't that. It's that we've already made the group, see? There's four ______ us already.

Man: So? We can't be a group _______ five?

Woman: Well, the teacher said four people per group.

Man: Oh.

Woman: It's not about you or your work or anything like that. It's ... errrr ... well, we already have the group.

Man: So I have _______ find another group.

Woman: I'm sorry.







Maths and numbers

  1. Do you like maths? Why / why not?
  2. Which is easier for you: numbers or words?
  3. Do you ever use maths when shopping?
  4. What is you favourite number?

 

 

Number patterns

  1. Look at these numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8. What comes next?
  2. Look at these numbers: 5, 10, 15, 20. What is the pattern?

3.      1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ___, ___

4.      100, 50, 25, 12.5, ___, ___

5.      1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___,_____

 

 

Following an explanation

  1. Is it easy or difficult for you to follow explanations in English?
  2. What can you do if you don't understand?
  3. Which questions can you ask when you need clarification?
  4. Which is easier: reading an explanation or listening to one?

 

 

Useful questions

 


Can

do

don't

understand

give

say

does

 


 

  • _____ you explain?
  • I ______ understand.
  • What _____ “depressed” mean?
  • Could you ______ an example?
  • Can you ______ that again?
  • What _____ you mean?
  • I'm not sure I ________.

 

 


continue

understand

want

bring

hope

explain

mean

were

Is

get

give

See

see

works

go


 

Professor: OK, before we_________, does anybody have a question? Oh, lots of questions, I see. OK, we'll ________one at a time. Yes?

Student: Thank you. You talked about Fibonacci numbers in the lecture. Sorry, I don't_________. Can you explain?

Professor: Of course. What do you __________to know?

Student: OK … I __________ this isn't a silly question, but what does Fibonacci actually___________?

Professor: No question _________ ever silly – it's always good to ask. OK, it's the name of a person. Fibonacci was a European mathematician in the Middle Ages.

Student: Ah, OK. Thanks. So, we know he was a person, but what are the Fibonacci numbers? I don't __________ it.

Professor: The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers. They go 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and so on. Do you see the sequence? Do you _________ how it works?

Student: I'm not sure.

Professor: OK. This is how it_________. The first number is 1, then 1 again, then 2. The third number is the first number plus the second number. The fourth number is the second number plus the third number: 1 plus 2 is 3. The fifth number is the third number, 2, plus the fourth number, 3. So the fifth number in a Fibonacci sequence is 5.

Student: Ah! I think I understand now. But what about their importance? You said these __________ very important.

Professor: Yes, let me__________. This sequence of numbers is important because we see it in many things. Fibonacci numbers are common in geometry, they are common in nature, for example in plants. We __________ the sequence everywhere.

Student: Could you _________ us some more examples?

Professor: OK ... well, we don't have time right now but I can _________ more examples in for next class, OK?


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