A1
Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Family
5 esercizi
1. Exercise 1
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- A. Listen to Part 1. Greg talks about his family. Tick (✓) the people he talks about.
- aunt
- sister
- grandmother
- grandparents
- granddaughter
- cousin
- uncle
- brother
- grandfather
- grandchildren
- grandson
- parents
- B. Listen again and complete Greg’s family tree. Whose parents were born in India?
C. Listen to Part 2. Greg talks more about his family. Tick (✓) the people he talks about.
his grandparents in India
D. Put the life events in the correct order on the timeline. Listen again and check your answers.
2 grandfather was born
3 grandmother finished work
4 photographer took the picture
6 grandmother was born
2. Exercise 2
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- A. Listen to Hannah and Charlie. What were their childhood hobbies?
- B. Listen again and complete the notes about Hannah and Charlie.
| Hannah | Charlie | |
| hobby details | basketball | cakes |
| parents’ problem | ||
| now |
3. Exercise 3
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- A. Listen to Part 1. Which two people leave messages?
- B. Listen to Part 1 again. Are the sentences true or false?
- 1)Annie tells Dan to only call her on her mobile.
- 2)Dan tells Annie where he is.
C. Put events a—e in the order they happened. Listen to Part 2 and check your answers.
…… a Annie chats to Leo.
..1.. b Dan goes to make coffee.
…… c Leo answers the phone.
…… d Dan brings some coffee.
…… e Dan talks to Annie.
1 What do Leo and Annie talk about?
4. Exercise 4
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- A. Listen and complete the phone conversation.
- SUE Hello, Sue Parker.
- NICK Hi, Sue. 1) Nick. Is Melanie there, please?
- SUE No, sorry. She’s not 2) just now. She’s at her English class. Do you want to leave a 3) ?
- NICK No, it’s OK. Can she call me 4) ?
- SUE OK, I’ll tell her.
- NICK Thanks. She can 5) me on my mobile.
- SUE OK.Just a 6) . I need to find a pen to write the number.
- NICK It’s OK, she knows my number.
- MELANIE Hi, Nick. 7) Melanie.
- NICK Hi, Melanie!
- MELANIE Sue says you 8) .
- NICK Yes, that’s right. Do you want to meet on Friday? We can go for a meal.
- MELANIE Yes, I’d love to.
5. Exercise 5
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- A. The years below were important in Eva’s life. What do you think happened? Match the phrases with the years. Listen and check.
- a)got a job as a teacher
- b)went to live in the USA
- c)moved to Germany
- d)was born
- e)met her husband
- 19821995200020072010
- B. Underline the correct answers. Listen again and check.
- 1)She was born in a small / large town in Colombia.
- 2)She went to the USA alone / with her parents.
- 3)She taught young children / teenagers
- 4)She went to Germany to get a job / to be near Niko
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