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Listening Materials

(A) Listening – two models


Model 1
1. When did Bill give his first vote of thanks?
a) Some time in the 1920s.
b) When he was in the local history society.
c) About 12 years ago.
d) After he had been to the club for some time.

2. Bill was really worried at first because…


a) He knew nothing about the subject.
b) Miss Bligh was such a famous expert.
c) He also had to set up the slide projector.
d) He had never given a vote of thanks before.

3. Why was the lecture embarrassing?


a) The speaker didn’t know her subject.
b) The slide projector blew up in the middle.
c) Miss Bligh was very shy and nervous.
d) People at the back kept asking awkward questions.

4. What did Bill do that made him feel terrible?


a) He forgot to thank the speaker.
b) He mixed up the speaker’s name and another word.
c) He started giggling while he was speaking.
d) He wrote down what he wanted to say then lost it.

Model 2
1. John had this experience when he was…
a) Touring in France.
b) On his own in Germany.
c) A student in Germany.
d) On holiday with his family.

2. Why should he have stopped?


a) Because it began to get misty.
b) Because the road was twisty.
c) Because he got very tired.
d) Because the sun was in his eyes.

3. What was so strange was that


a) The headlights wouldn’t work.
b) The fog got thicker and thicker.
c) There was no traffic coming down.
d) Julie slept right through the whole thing.

4. What had happened?


a) The police had closed the road to all traffic.
b) There had been a bad accident on the road ahead.
c) A landslide had swept the road away.
d) The roads had been blocked by a heavy fall of snow.

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(B) Activities

Listen and Colour

Listen and identify and colour

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Listen and stick

Listen and follow


Younger learners
1. Set the scene: '2 sailors are shipwrecked on a desert island. They each go off to explore on their own and
they find different things. You will hear them telling where they went and what they found.'

2. Give each pupil a copy of the map, and use it to preteach vocabulary such as: coves, swamp, volcano,
north, south,east, west and past participles like swam, turned, climbed, etc.

3a. Pupils listen and follow on the map with their fingers.

Older learners
3b. Split the class into 2 groups (A and B). Group A listen to I woke up on a sandy beach; Group B listen to I
swam to the rocks

4. Let them listen again and this time they mark the route taken by the sailor on their map. If necessary let
them listen a third time to check.

5. Put a pupil from Group A with one from Group B. Together they compare information and decide on the
best location to build their camp, taking into account the good and bad features of the island. They mark the
camp with an X.

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Follow-up
The pupils can:
a) join with other pairs to compare their ideas;
b) explain to the teacher and other people why they chose their camp site;
c) write lists of 'good' and 'bad' features of the island (e.g. good = fresh water, firewood; bad = wild
animals, volcano);
d) draw a picture or make a model of their own island;
e) pretend they are one of the sailors and write about the island

(A) (B)

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Listen and write

Strawberry Chocolate Banana Orange


Alan
Bridget
Charles
Dena
Edward

Total

Listen and match

Billy lives with his parents and


his little sister in a block of flats
in the town centre. He hasn’t
got any pets because the flat is
small. He loves playing footie in
his spare time and bla bla bla

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Listen and Tick

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Correct the sentences

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Find the Differences

Fill in the Grid

Tapescript

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F: Hello This is Radio Five-Star. And on the programme today we have a young man who’s going to tell us
about his job. Hello. Now, first tell me your name.
M: It’s Martyn
F : And how do you spell that ?
M: M-A-R-T-Y-N.
F: You look very young Martyn. How old are you?
M: I’m 22
F: Are you? Now you have a very interesting job, I know and a lot of the children who are listening would like
to be you. Tell us about your job
M: I’m a footballer
F: And which club do you play for?
M: Wensley
How do you spell that
M: W-E-N-S-L-E-Y
F: Oh right, that’s not very far away is it?
M: No it’s about 50 kilometres from here.
F: Now you don’t play all year do you?
M: No we don’t. We start in August and usually finish some time in May.
F: Then you have a summer holiday?
M: Yes I like to go to the beach for a few weeks.
F: So are you a rich footballer, Martyn?
M: Not yet, because I'm not famous ... I get two hundred pounds a week. It’s a great job, I love it.
F: lt's good to hear that, Martyn. Thank you for talking to me today.

Listen and draw lines

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Group A: Timmy Goes Shopping

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Group B: Complete a Grid

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Group C: The Pied Piper

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