Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Numbers and Missing Words Test #3

1. (on) (an/a) (beautiful) island 2. (by) plane 3. (her) cousins 4. volleyball 5. geography Audioscript MAN: OK, children, today is the last day of school. I want to ask you some questions about the holidays. Katy, what are you going to do? GIRL: Well, first we’re going to go shopping. I need a lot of new clothes for my holiday! MAN: Where are you going for your holiday? GIRL: We’re going to a beautiful island. We go there every year. It’s hot, and there are banana trees everywhere. MAN: How are you going to get there? By boat? GIRL: No, it’s too far. We’re going by plane. MAN: Well, that will be quicker. Are you going with your mum and dad? GIRL: No, I’m going with my cousins. MAN: What are you going to do on the island? GIRL: Well, swim, and I want to play a lot of volleyball. MAN: And are you going to take any homework with you? GIRL: Oh, yes! Geography, of course! MAN: Excellent, Katy! Enjoy your holiday! GIRL: Thank you.

1. 57/fifty-seven 2. rice 3. village 4. climbing 5. husband

Audioscript WOMAN: Hello, young man. Do you want to ask me some questions? BOY: Yes, I’ve got to write some things about you for my homework. WOMAN: Well? BOY: When I see you on TV, everyone just calls you Betty. Do you have another name? WOMAN: Yes, it’s Betty Fountain. That’s F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N. BOY: Right, now I know. But I don’t know how old you are. WOMAN: You guess. BOY: Mmmm. Forty-three? WOMAN: No! Fifty-seven. BOY: But you look so young! WOMAN: Well, I try to eat the right things. BOY: Like what? WOMAN: I usually eat salad, rice and fish. BOY: Mmm. Do you like in a big house near the beach, like all the other actors and singers? WOMAN: No, I have a flat in the city and a little house in a village. BOY: Oh. What do you do in your holidays? WOMAN: We love sports, so in winter we go skiing and in the summer we go climbing. BOY: Who do you go with? WOMAN: I always go on holiday with my husband.

1. engineer 2. London 3. (by) train 4. half-past six/6.30/six thirty 5. golf

Audioscript GIRL: Hello. Can I ask you some questions about your job? It’s for my English homework. MAN: Yes, of course you can. GIRL: Thank you. First, what’s your surname? MAN: It’s Powers. GIRL: Is that P-O-W-E-R-S? MAN: That’s right. GIRL: And what do you do, Mr Powers? What’s your job? MAN: I’m an engineer. GIRL: Oh. Do you like your job? MAN: Yes. It’s very interesting. GIRL: Where do you work? MAN: At London Airport. GIRL: That’s a very big place, isn’t it? MAN: Yes, a plane arrives there every minute. GIRL: And how do you get to work every day? Do you go by car? MAN: Oh, no, it’s too far. I take the train every morning. GIRL: Do you have to start work very early? MAN: Well, usually I start work at half past eight, but on Saturdays, I begin at half past six. I’m always tired after that, but I don’t have to work on Sundays or Mondays. GIRL: Right. My last question. What do you like doing when you’re not working? I mean, do you play a sport, like football or tennis …? MAN: Well, I prefer golf. That’s my favourite sport, but I’m not very good at it. GIRL: Thank you, Mr Powers. That’s everything.