English Listening Exercises for A1 – life

1. Listen and answer the questions.

1) What floor do John and Stella live on?

     __They live on the fourth floor. ____

2) What is John’s favourite subject at school?

______________

3) What time does his piano lesson start?

______________

4) What time does his piano lesson finish?

______________

5) What does John do on Fridays?

______________

6) When do John and his friends play music together?

______________

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2) His favourite subject is History.

3) It starts at six o’clock.

4) It finishes at quarter to seven.

5) He goes swimming.

6) They play music together on Saturdays.

Transcript

John name’s John Phillips. I’m Stella’s brother. We live on the fourth floor of a block of flats in Brighton. favourite subject at school is History. I don’t like Maths. On Mondays I have a piano lesson. The lesson starts at six o’clock and finishes at quarter to seven. On Fridays I go swimming with friends. On Saturdays we play music together. We are in a band.

2. Listen to five people and write the dates of their birthdays. Write sentences.

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1) Elaine’s birthday is on 14 May.

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2) Ralph’s birthday is on 12 April.

3) Iza’s birthday is on 8 August.

4) Chris’s birthday is on 29 February.

5) Samantha’s birthday is on 26 December.

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1)

Elaine name’s Elaine. I’m twelve. birthday is on the fourteenth of May.

2)

Ralph I’m Ralph. Today is the twelfth of April. It’s birthday today. I’m thirteen.

3)

Iza name’s Iza. favourite month is August. birthday is in August. It’s on the eighth.

4)

Chris I’m Chris. I don’t have a birthday every year. Why? Because birthday is on the twenty-ninth of February.

5)

Samantha name’s Samantha. birthday is one day after Christmas Day. Christmas Day is on the twenty-fifth of December and birthday is on the twenty-sixth.

3. Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

1) Lisa / does / live / Where

     Where does Lisa live?

2) get up / time / does / What / she

 ________?

3) go to / time / work / parents / do / What / her

 ________?

4) play / does / sports / What / Lisa

 ________?

5) Maths / Lisa / Does / like

 ________?

6) do / do / on Saturdays / Lisa / What / and her friends

__________________?

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2) What time does she get up?

3) What time do her parents go to work?

4) What sports does Lisa play?

5) Does Lisa like Maths?

6) What do Lisa and her friends do on Saturdays?

4. Listen to Lisa and answer the questions from exercise 3.

1) She lives in __Leeds__ .

2) She gets up at ________ .

3) They go to work at ________ .

4) She plays ________ .

5) _____ .

6) They ________ .

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2) She gets up at half past seven.

3) They go to work at eight o’clock.

4) She plays tennis and football.

5) No, she doesn’t.

6) They go shopping.

Transcript

Lisa Hi. name’s Lisa. I’m twelve years old. I live in Leeds. I get up at half past seven. parents go to work at eight o’clock. brother and I walk to school. School starts at nine o’clock. I like sports. I play tennis and football. brother doesn’t like sports. He likes Maths. I don’t! favourite lesson is History. On Saturdays I go shopping with friends.

5. Listen and write what jobs Toby does and doesn’t do in the house.

Things Toby does:

1) He sets the table.

2) ___________

3) ___________

4) ___________

Things Toby doesn’t do:

5) He doesn’t cook dinner.

6) ___________

7) ___________

8) ___________

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2) He loads the dishwasher.

3) He tidies his room.

4) He makes his bed.

6) He doesn’t feed the dog.

7) He doesn’t take the dog for a walk.

8) He doesn’t vacuum the floor.

Transcript

Interviewer Toby, can I ask you a few questions about jobs you do in the house?

Toby Yes, of course.

Interviewer Do you cook dinner?

Toby No, I can’t cook. mum usually cooks. Sometimes dad helps her. I set the table before dinner and after dinner I load the dishwasher.

Interviewer Do you tidy your room?

Toby Yes, I do. I tidy it every Saturday and I make bed every day in the morning.

Interviewer Have you got a pet?

Toby Yes, we’ve got a dog.

Interviewer Do you feed it?

Toby No, I don’t. sister feeds her every day and dad takes her for a walk.

Interviewer Do you vacuum the floor?

Toby No, I don’t. I never vacuum the floor.

Interviewer Thank you.

6. a Listen. Are the statements true or false?

1) Luke and his friends are in the same class.

2) Luke plays the drums.

3) The teachers don’t like the band’s music.

4) Ed often cooks at Luke’s house.

5) Luke always sets the table.

b   Complete the questions about Luke and his friends. Then listen again and answer them.

1) What school __do__ they all go to?

  They __all go to Northview Secondary School__

2) How ______ they get to school?

  They ______________

3) What instrument ______ Sarah play?

  She ______________

4) Where ______ they practise?

 They ______________

5) ____ the teachers like Luke’s Maths?

______________

6) ____ Luke like PE and Geography?

______________

7) What subject ______ Ed know everything about?

 He ______________

8) What ______ they all love eating?

     They ______________

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a

2) True   3) False   4) True

5) False   6) True

b

2) do; They take the bus.

3) does; She plays the guitar.

4) do; They practise in the school gym.

5) Do; No, they don’t.

6) Does; Yes, he does.

7) does; He knows everything about History.

8) do; They all love eating Ed’s food.

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Luke I’m Luke. This is a picture of me and friends. We go to the same school – Northview Secondary School. We take the bus together. Ed and I are in Year 7 and Sarah is in Year 8. We all play in a band. Sarah plays the guitar, Ed sings and I play the drums. We always play at school parties and we sometimes practise after school in the gym. Everyone watches us. The teachers like our music. But they don’t like Maths! I’m not good at it. I enjoy PE and Geography.

Sarah is good at French – she speaks it well. And Ed knows everything about History! He likes cooking, too. He often cooks dinner for us at his house. I never cook, but I always set the table and load the dishwasher. And we all love eating Ed’s food!

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