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English Listening Exercises for A1 – Spelling and pronunciation

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1. Complete the housework activities with the verbs below.

  • clean cook do (x2) go load / unload set tidy wash
  • 1)
    my bedroom
  • 2)
    dinner
  • 3)
    the dishes
  • 4)
    the washing
  • 5)
    to the supermarket
  • 6)
    the table
  • 7)
    the dishwasher
  • 8)
    the house
  • 9)
    the ironing

Listening Strategy 1

In English, you cannot always predict how a word sounds by looking at the spelling. Learning how words are pronounced will allow you to understand them when you hear them.

2. Read Listening Strategy 1. Look at the underlined letters in the words in the table. Put the words below in the correct group.

  • at break bus can cool find foot France good in
  • jeans June know month mother music park pool
  • print right run so steak teach
SpellingSounds likeSounds like
ooschoollook
1234
afathergrandson
5678
iwifeItaly
9101112
ogoson
13141516
eaeatgreat
17181920
uuniversitymum
21222324

3. Circle the word with the different vowel sound.

  • d

Listening Strategy 2

Some words sound similar, but have very different meanings. Being able to detect the small difference in pronunciation will help you to understand them when you hear them. Use the context to help you too.

4. Read Listening Strategy 2. Circle the word you hear.

Audio
  • 1)
    a and b end
  • 2)
    a match b much
  • 3)
    a park b pack
  • 4)
    a let b late
  • 5)
    a eat b it

5. Listen to a dialogue between a teenager and her mother. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

Audio
  • 1)
    Anna is happy to unload the dishwasher.
  • 2)
    Anna’s brother loads the dishwasher every evening.
  • 3)
    Anna thinks her brother isn’t tidy.
  • 4)
    Anna’s mum wants her to cook dinner.
  • 5)
    Anna’s mum can’t help Anna with maths.
  • 6)
    Anna’s brother isn’t at home.

6. Look at the pairs of words. Are the underlined sounds the same or different? Tick the correct answers.

SameDifferent
1pleaseclean◻◻
2unloadsupermarket ◻◻
3bedroomcook◻◻
4bathroommaths◻◻
5nicetired◻◻
6worriedclothes◻◻

Extra exercises

7. Read the Strategy. Then read the exam task in exercise 2 and underline the key words in the questions (A-G). Match A-G with the examples 1-7 below.

Strategy

Before you listen, underline the key words in the questions and think about what the speakers might say about these things.

  • 1)
    music, sport, cinema
  • 2)
    how to cook, play the guitar, speak French
  • 3)
    slowly, quickly, in a rush
  • 4)
    teacher, doctor, journalist
  • 5)
    Candy Crush, chess, Fallout 4
  • 6)
    straight, wavy, curly
  • 7)
    friendly, patient, sensible

8. Listen to six people talking about who they are like in their family. Match speakers 1-6 with A-G. There is one extra sentence.

Audio
  • Speaker 1 ◻
  • Speaker 2 ◻
  • Speaker 3 ◻
  • Speaker 4 ◻
  • Speaker 5 ◻
  • Speaker 6 ◻
  • A enjoys playing the same game as someone else in their family.
  • B has the same hair as someone else in their family.
  • C moves like someone else in their family.
  • D has the same job as someone else in their family.
  • E looks like someone else in their family, but they have different interests.
  • F has a similar personality to someone else in their family.
  • G learns from someone else in their family.

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