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Listening Exercises A1 – Seminars and expressing opinions

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Practice A1 (Beginner) English listening with "Listening Exercises A1 – Seminars and expressing opinions". 7 audio comprehension exercises with instant answers. Free, no signup.

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  • 1)
    Philip and Ana are undergraduate students at college. They are taking part in a seminar. Listen and tick the topic of the seminar.
  • crime education sport science politics

2. Listen again and tick True or False for each statement.

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TrueFalse
a   EFA is programme run by the United Nations.
b   EFA stands for Education For Anyone.
c   EFA aims to make sure education is free for everyone.
d   The report Ana read is for countries in Africa and Asia.
e   There are 10 million more primary students than 10 year ago.

3. Listen to Teresa, Kate and Sam discuss the future of computers in education. Match each person with their opinion(s).

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Sam ……Teresa ……Kate ……a   everyone will learn at home, on a computerb   computers will become more important in educationc   computers will one day replace teachersd   children need to learn from each othere   there will always be schools

4. Listen again and complete the expressions for agreeing and disagreeing.

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  • Agreeing
  • I
  • Disagreeing
  • I don’t
  • I’m not I agree.

5. Listen to this discussion and complete the expressions you can use to interrupt someone.

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  • a)
    Sorry, do you if I interrupt?
  • b)
    Can I say here?
  • c)
    Sorry, but can I make a ?

6. Listen again and complete these responses.

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  • a)
    Can you while I finish?
  • b Sure, go
  • c)
    Yes, of

7. Which response in Exercise 2 does not allow someone to interrupt? …………………

  • 3)
    Which response in Exercise 2 does not allow someone to interrupt?

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