Listening Activities

Paper 4: LISTENING
Part 1 : 8 short listening texts with 1 multiple-choice question fo each.

Part 2: a longer listening text with 10sentence completion question.

Part 3: 5 short listening texts to match to a series of statements.

Part 4: a longer listening text with 7 multiple-choice questions.

Time: 40 minutes

Paper 4: LISTENING

Part 1 multiple-choice
How much do you knowabout Part 1 of the Listening paper?
The following questions are about listening part 1. For questions 1–5, choose the best answer A, B or C. 1. How many questions are there in Part 1? A five B seven C eight 2. How long are the extracts that the candidates listen to? A 30 seconds B 45 seconds C one minute 3. How many times do candidates hear each extract? A once B twice C as many times as they like4. What do the candidates have to do? A answer all the questions for each extract B choose more than one option for each question C answer one question per extract by choosing just one of the three options 5. Which of these listening skills are tested? A the ability to spell correctly B the ability to listen and make notes C the ability to recognise distracting words and phrases

Part 1multiple-choice
Pre – listening
a. Read the instructions for the listening task. How many extracts are you going to hear? Remember that the extracts are not related.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8 choose the best answer A, B, or C. 1. You are sitting in a restaurant when you hear this conversation. Why does the woman have to change tables? A. She iseating herself. B. She has no reservation. 1 C. She wants a window table. 2. Listen to this boy talking about a film. What kind of film has he seen? A. a space fantasy B. an historical drama 2 C. a war film 3. Listen to this woman talking to her friend. Why can’t they meet? A. She forgot about their arrangement B. She is expected to go to a party. C. She has confused the dates. 3 4. Listen to this manintroducing himself. Why might people not recognise him? A. He’s got much fatter B. He’s much older C. He’s now the boss 4 5. Listen to two friends talking about Jon. What do they say about him? A. He’s very well-qualified B. He’s still studying C. He’s no to be trusted 5 6. You will hear a secretary interrupt a meeting. What’s the problem? A. The director is busy B. The office has closed C. Thephone is broken. 6 7. A friend phones with a request. What does he want? A. to borrow a notebook B. to buy a textbook C. to copy some notes 7 8. You will hear a woman talking on the phone. Who is she talking to? A. the bus station ticket office B. the lost property office C. the tourism information office 8

b. For questions 1-8, read the

context, the question and the three options A-C.Underline the main points in each question (but not the options).

c. Think about the situation, who will be talking and what they will be talking about

While listening
a. Focus on the speaker’s main idea – you don’t need to understand every single word. b. Choose one of the options after listening the first time. c. Check your answer during the second listening. Make sure the other options arewrong.

d. If you can’t find out the answer,
guess!

Sample answers
Dialogues In listening part 1 you will find short dialogues. Make sure you listen for the right person. All the options may be mentioned, but not necessarily by the person in the question. You may have to listen for this person’s attitude or opinion. Here is the question 1 of the task above. 1. You are sitting in arestaurant when you hear this conversation. Why does the woman

have to change tables? A. She is eating by herself. B. She has no reservation. C. She wants a window table.
Waiter: Excuse me, madam; I’m afraid I must ask you to move. Woman: But his table was reserved and I’ve already ordered and … Waiter: I do apologise – your table reservation was in fact for the single table by the window, and the...