Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Places (3)

7 esercizi

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A. Listen to a radio program about good and bad vacations. Write good (G) or bad (B) next to the vacations.
a) a camping vacation with your family
b) a beach vacation with a friend in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia
c) a group sightseeing weekend in Paris, France
d) two months in China alone
e) a walking vacation in Perú with a friend
B. Underline the correct information. Then listen again and check.
1)
He went camping in Canda/Cambodia.
2)
The didn’t have tea/television
3)
He lost his passport/girlfriend
4)
He had some bad food/water
5)
She got/didn’t get to Paris.
6)
She ate lunch/dinner on the train.
7)
She met English/Chinese people.
8)
She spoke/didn’t speak Chinese.

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A. Listen to three conversations. What does the person what to find? Write the number of the conversation next to the food.
vegetables bread fish
fruit _1) _ cereal cakes
snacks meat
B. Listen again. Match places a)—f) below with the food. Do not use two of the places.
fruit _f_ bread
cereal cakes

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A. Look at the pictures. Why did the man have a bad vacation? Use the words/phrases in the box below.
B. Listen to the man tell the story. Which picture is different from his story?

bored – it rained – noisy – expensive – missed the plane

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A. Listen to five people at the Adolfi Hotel and complete the times in the table.
B. Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1)
Mr. Black came back to the hotel alone. F
2)
A man and a woman danced for half an hour in the restaurant.
3)
Two people went out of the hotel at 10:15 p.m.
4)
The other person was Mr. Brown.
5)
The other person was a woman.

Name	Information	Time
1 Receptionist	a) Mr. Black and Mr. Brown went out.	1:45
b) They went back to their hotel rooms.
2 Waiter	Two men and a woman left the restaurant.
3 Hotel guest	The radio was on in the Blacks’ room.
4 Night receptionist	a) Mr. Black went out.
b) Another man went out.
5 Hotel guest	I came back to the hotel

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Who…	Jocelyn	Clare	Andreas	Raji
1 studied together?	✓	✓
2 wasn’t very good at Italian?
3 didn’t have any friends in Canberra?
4 loved Indian food?
5 met on the Internet?
6 talked on the bus?
7 moved from Sydney?
8 wrote an email to the other person?

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A. Listen and complete the conversations.
1)
A: Oh, you’re a teacher. And what’s your husband’s 1) job?
B: What’s that?
A: You 2) – doctor, teacher, secretary.
B: Oh! He’s a pilot.
2)
A: What 3) do they have in the supermarket today?
B: I don’t understand.
A: Like do they have apples, bananas, oranges?
B: Oh, OK. They have apples and oranges.
3)
A: Do you know another 4) for ‘good’?
B: Another what?
A: For 5) , good, bad, hot, cold, happy
B: Oh, I understand. I know another word for ‘very good’. Fantastic!
B. Listen and underline the correct alternatives in the conversations.
Conversation 1)
A: (1) ) Is there/Is it a good restaurant near here?
B: (2) ) There’s/Is a good Chinese restaurant over there.
A: Where?
B: (3) ) On the left of/Across from the bank.
A: I see it. Is the food good?
B: Well, I think it’s (4) ) delicious/awful
Conversation 2
A: Do you know the Chinese restaurant (5) ) near/in front here?
C: Yes.
A: Is it good?
C: It’s (6) ) right/all right, but I like Italian food. (8) ) There’s/There are a great Italian restaurant (9) ) across from/on right the school.
A: Where?
C: (9) ) Behind/Between the bus over there. (10) ) Next to/Next the newsstand.
A: Oh, right. Yes. (11) ) How’s/Who’s the food there?
C: We ate there last night. It was (12) ) boring/fantastic

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