A1
Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Prices
7 exercícios
1. Getting Ready Can you guess the price of these items in a typical American city? Write the prices in the chart. Then write the prices of the items in your city.
- 75¢ $1500 $9 $20 $140 $500
| American city’s price | Your city’s price | |
| 1 a movie ticket | $9 | |
| 2 a newspaper | ||
| 3 a digital camera | ||
| 4 a DVD | ||
| 5 a pair of sneakers | ||
| 6 a laptop computer |
2. Listening 1 People are asking about prices. Listen and write the price of each item.
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3. Listening 2 Task 1 Listen to cashiers in a store. Write the total amount each person needs to pay and the amount of change each person receives.
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- 1)total:
- change:
- 2)total:
- change:
- 3)total:
- change:
- 4)total:
- change:
- 5)total:
- change:
- 6)total:
- change:
4. Listen again. What two things did each person buy? Check (✓) the correct answers.
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- 1)◻ soup
- ◻ soap
- ◻ apples
- ◻ tomatoes
- ◻ shampoo
- 2)◻ CD
- ◻ DVD
- ◻ batteries
- ◻ cassette
- ◻ poster
- 3)◻ newspapers
- ◻ stamps
- ◻ books
- ◻ magazines
- ◻ notebook
- 4)◻ coat
- ◻ T-shirt
- ◻ shoes
- ◻ socks
- ◻ tie
- 5)◻ chocolates
- ◻ cake
- ◻ soda
- ◻ bread
- ◻ cookies
- 6)◻ stamps
- ◻ magazines
- ◻ newspapers
- ◻ book
- ◻ notebook
5. Listening 3 Task 1 People are talking about prices in the U.S. and prices in their own country. Listen and check (✓) the correct answer.
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| Cheaper in their country | Cheaper in the U.S. | |
| 1 cars | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 rents | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 clothes | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 air travel | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 tuition | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 hospitals | ◻ | ◻ |
6. Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check (✓) the correct answer.
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| True | False | |
| 1 He doesn’t own a car in the U.S. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 She lived in a nicer neighborhood at home than the one she lives in now. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 He bought a lot of clothes before he moved to the U.S. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 She travels by plane a lot in the U.S. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 Public schools in his country are better than those in the U.S. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 Hospital and clinics are expensive in her country. | ◻ | ◻ |
7. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.
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- A: Excuse me. I need a new computer. What’s the price range for your laptops?
- B: Well, our lowest-priced laptop is only Our highest-priced model costs .
- A: That’s ! Can you tell me about the low-priced one?
- B: Well, it’s fine for basic use, if you don’t play games much.
- A: Well, I am a big gamer, but I don’t want to spend over a dollars, though.
- B: This model has a lot of power, and it only costs dollars. It’s very popular.
- A: Hmm, let me take a look.
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- 4Revise quaisquer erros e tente exercícios similares
- 5Passe para o próximo exercício quando estiver pronto