Missing sounds: A1 Listening Exercise with Audio

5 A1 Listening exercises on “Missing sounds”, with answers. Complete each task and check it straight away. Free, no account needed.

SkillListening
LevelA1 Beginner
Exercises5
Gaps13
Topic8 of 112

Before you start. 5 exercises · 2 audio tracks · 3:06. Play each track, answer as you listen, then check your answers.

Exercise 1. Complete the brochure about Northfield Safari Park. Use the words below.

7 gaps
  • climb      feed      hold      leave      look      run      watch
NORTHFIELD SAFARI PARK
Look what’s happening today!
10) 00   Kangaroo Breakfast             Come and help us to 1 the kangaroos. They’re always hungry and they’re funny!
11) 00   Monkey Games             At the ape house watch the monkeys and gorillas jump and 2 the trees.
12) 00   Water Show3 our wonderful, intelligent dolphins do amazing tricks for you in the pool!
13) 00   Baby Wolves’ Playtime4 at our cute new babies in the Park. Watch them 5 and play.
15) 00   Snake Talk             Visit the reptile house and you can 6 a beautiful snake in your hands!
16) 00   Elephant Bath Time             Don’t 7 before you see the elephants in their huge bath!

Exercise 2. Read the Listening Strategy. Read the sentences and find the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear. (They don’t all disappear.)

Listening Strategy

In connected speech, some sounds disappear when we join words together. This is especially true of /d/ and /t/ sounds at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a consonant. The more you listen, the more you will get used to this.

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    The elephants moved slowly by.
  • 2
    Jim walked into the living room.
  • 3
    Stella liked watching the birds in her garden.
  • 4
    Tom studied drama at school.
  • 5
    My parents watched the news.
  • 6
    The cat climbed up the tree.

Exercise 3. Listen. Decide if the webs in the sentences are past simple, or present simple. Write Past, Present, or DK (don’t know) if you cannot tell the tense just be listening.

Audio · 6 gaps
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Exercise 4. Listen to four people describing their experiences with wild animals. Match the speakers (1-4) with the sentences (a-e). There is one extra sentence.

Audio
Audio
  • The speaker ...
  • a)
    explains how this wild animal lives.
  • b)
    describes a scary experience.
  • c)
    explains how a friend lost something.
  • d)
    explains why he doesn’t have a photo of a wild animal he watched.
  • e)
    describes an experience with some wildlife on holiday.

Exercise 5. Read these sentences from the recording in exercise 4. Find the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear.

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    We were too surprised to remember our cameras!
  • 2
    Mum carried the shopping bags in.
  • 3
    Mum closed the bad and called the vet.
  • 4
    My friends and I visited the zoo last weekend.
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    But the funniest bit was at the monkey house.
  • 6
    My family and I were in the north of Scotland last summer.
  • 7
    On our last day we travelled by boat back to the airport.

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Listen to a recording and type it, one sentence at a time

How to Practice

  1. 1Read each question carefully
  2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
  3. 3Click “Check answers” to mark your gaps, or “Show answers” to see the answer key
  4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
  5. 5Move to the next exercise when ready