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English Listening Exercises for A1 – University accommodation

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1. Match the words below with the way they are pronounced in connected speech.

  • can you want to lots of going to can I do you
  • don’t know are you have to kind of did you there are
  • 1)
    kinda kind of
  • 2)
    wonna
  • 3)
    havta
  • 4)
    lotsa
  • 5)
    gunna
  • 6)
    cunya
  • 7)
    dunno
  • 8)
    ah-ya
  • 9)
    didya
  • 10)
    dya
  • 11)
    cuna
  • 12)
    thera

Listening Strategy

In connected speech, auxiliary and modal verbs (have, can, want, do, ect.), prepositions (to, for, ect.) and pronouns (you, he, etc.) are usually unstressed, and the sounds sometimes change. It isn’t necessary to copy this pronunciation when speaking, but it is important to be able to recognise these words in connected speech.

2. Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen and tick the words you hear.

Audio
  • 1)
    a going to b want to
  • 2)
    a are you b do you
  • 3)
    a do you b did you
  • 4)
    a want to b have to
  • 5)
    a can I b can you
  • 6)
    a don’t know b going to

3. Listen and complete the sentences.

Audio
  • 1)
    What do?
  • 2)
    What car got?
  • 3)
    cups in the cupboard.
  • 4)
    go out this evening?
  • 5)
    Where go this evening?
  • 6)
    I don’t do homework at the weekend.
  • 7)
    put your jacket in the wardrobe?
  • 8)
    get up early tomorrow?
  • 9)
    tidy your bedroom?

4. Listen to a dialogue. Choose the correct answers.

Audio
  • 1)
    She going to move to York in
  • ◻ October. ◻ November.
  • 2)
    The girl is looking for
  • ◻ a house. ◻ a flat.
  • 3)
    She wants to live
  • ◻ in the centre. ◻ further out.
  • 4)
    She wants to live
  • ◻ on her own. ◻ with other students.
  • 5)
    They agree to meet again tomorrow at
  • ◻ ten o’clock. ◻ eleven o’clock.

5. Listen again and complete the sentences.

Audio
  • 1)
    How help you?
  • 2)
    I’m move to York.
  • 3)
    We’ve got flats. live in the town centre?
  • 4)
    show me some flats that are further out?
  • 5)
    share or looking for your own flat?
  • 6)
    come to the office at ten?

Extra exercises

6. Read the Strategy. Then read the task in exercise 2 and match gaps 1-8 in the summary with questions a-h below.

Strategy

Before you listen, read the task and look at the gaps. Ask yourself questions about the missing words. This will help you identify the information you need from the recording to complete the gaps.

  • a)
    Which other sport can you do in the house?
  • b)
    What has the house got that is high?
  • c)
    What is behind the house?
  • d)
    How much is the house?
  • e)
    When did the builders finish the house?
  • f)
    Which company built something?
  • g)
    What is there in many of the rooms?
  • h)
    What does the house have?

7. Listen to part of a radio report. Add one or two words or numbers in each gap.

Audio
  • Four houses for sports fans
  • Summerlin, Nevada
  • House with indoor basketball court, glass wall and 1) in many of the rooms.
  • Price: over $2) million.
  • Ankara, Turkey
  • House with a high 3) with the appearance of natural rock, built by an 4) company.
  • Castle Rock, Colorado
  • House with a 5) Surrounded by a fence and with 6) behind it.
  • Updown, near London
  • $150 million house completed in 7) Has a gym and facilities for bowling, horse-riding, squash and 8)

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