Listening Strategy
When you listen in your own language, you ‘listen ahead’ and can often predict how a phrase or sentence will finish. Try to do this when you are listening to English too.
1. Read the Listening Strategy. Try to predict the end of these sentences. Write one word.
1) Harry is eighteen years ____________
2) Write the answers in your exercise ____________
3) There are some pens in pencil ____________
4) I don’t clean the house, but I sometimes unload the ____________
5) Emma has got long, curly ____________
6) I was tired so I went to ____________
7) Joe has got two sisters and one ____________
8) When you get home, send me a text ____________
9) Josh started a hashtag ____________
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1) old 2) book 3) case 4) dishwasher 5) hair 6) bed
7) brother 8) message 9) campaign
2. Listen. Predict the last word of each sentence.
1) _________
2) _________
3) _________
4) _________
5) _________
6) _________
7) _________
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1) shop 2) come 3) home 4) hungry 5) maths 6) bill 7) cinema
Transcript
1) mum works in a clothes xx.
2) I’m having a party on Friday. I hope you can xx.
3) Shall we go to a restaurant or eat at xx?
4) Liam ate an enormous pizza, but he was still xx.
5) I can’t do this calculation. I’m very bad at xx.
6) We’d like to pay. Could we please have the xx?
7) Let’s go and see the new James Bond film at the xx.
3. Try to predict the end of these sentences. You can write more than one word. There is more than one possible answer.
1) She can play the guitar really well, but she can’t ____________
2) grandparents got married in ____________
3) Remember to shut down your ____________
4) After dinner we all watched ____________
5) uncle and aunt live in a large ____________
6) English exam is on the fifteenth of ____________
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your own answers
4. Listen. Try to predict the end of each sentence. You can write more than one word. There is more than one possible answer.
1) _________
2) _________
3) _________
4) _________
5) _________
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Transcript
1) I’m not going out because I’ve got a bad ___
2) He’s wearing jeans and a baggy ___
3) Mum went to the supermarket and ___
4) We’re going to France to ___
5) I want to make a cake. Have we ___
5. Listen to the story of climber Ueli Steck. What record did he set?
The fastest climb to the top of Mont Blanc.
The first person to climb Mont Blanc.
The first person to climb Mont Blanc on his own.
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The fastest climb to the top of Mont Blanc.
6. Listen again. Choose the correct answers.
1) What nationality is Ueli Steck?
a French b Swiss c Austrian
2) How high is the Grandes Jorasses face?
a 2,011 m b 1,220 m c 2,210 m
3) How much weight did he lose before the climb?
a 3 kg b 8 kg c 10 kg
4) Why wasn’t Steck afraid of falling?
a Because he didn’t think about it.
b Because he never feels afraid.
c Because he was more worried about the weather.
5) It tool Steck
a about three hours to reach the top.
b about two hours to reach the top.
c about two and a half hours to reach the top.
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1) b 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) c
Transcript
Ueli Steck is a free solo climber. He climbs mountains on his own, and without ropes! Not only that, Ueli also climbs very fast. In fact, he is the fastest climber in the world. On 28 December 2008, Ueli, who is from Switzerland, decided to try and set a new world record. He planned to climb the Grandes Jorasses face of Mont Blanc in France, in less than three hours. The 1,220 metre climb usually takes three or four days! Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe, and the Grandes Jorasses face is one of the most difficult routes to the top. He trained a lot before the climb and he also lost eight kilogrammes, so that he was much lighter. The amazing thing is that he didn’t use ropes. So a fall meant certain death. But for Ueli, there was no fear ‘I was too busy with goal of reaching the top,’ he explained. Another danger was the weather. It is very dangerous if the weather changes and it suddenly becomes windy and rainy. But luckily, the weather stayed fine. After climbing for just 2 hours and 21 minutes, Steck arrived at the top. That’s an average of nine metres per minute! The story appeared in newspapers and on the TV all around the world. Ueli Steck is now probably the most famous free solo climber in the world!