Operator: Directory Enquiries. What city please? Enquirer: 1.. Operator: Name? Enquirer: 2.. Operator: And her address? Enquirer: 3.. Operator: The number is 4..
Listening activity No.9
You will hear a conversation between a secretary and a student. The secretary is asking the student for information in order to complete an application form for a course. As you listen, fill in the appropriate information on the form below.
Surname 1. (IN CAPITAL LETTERS) First name 2. Country 3. Age 4. Address 5. Telephone No. 6.
Listening activity No.10
You will hear a conversation between a secretary and a student. The secretary is asking the student for information in order to complete an application form for a course. As you listen, fill in the appropriate information on the form below.
Surname 1. (IN CAPITAL LETTERS) First name 2. Country 3. Age 4. Address 5. Telephone No. 6.
Listening activity No.11
You will hear a conversation between a secretary and a student. The secretary is asking the student for information in order to complete an application form for a course. As you listen, fill in the appropriate information on the form below.
Surname 1. (IN CAPITAL LETTERS) First name 2. Country 3. Age 4.
Address 5. Telephone No. 6.
Listening activity No.12A
Listen to some short dialogues. In each dialogue, you will hear someone ask a question about the time. When answer is given, write down the time in the space below.
1. A: Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please?
B: Yes. It?s .
2. A: Do you have the right time, please?
B: I think it?s .
3. A: Do you know what time the next bus is, please?
B: Yes. It?s .
4. A: What time do you finish your work today?
B: .
5. When do the shops open, please?
B: .
6. A: What time does the London train leave, please?
B: .
7. What?s the next train to Birmingham, please?
B: .
8. A: Excuse me, please. What time does the Liverpool train arrive?
B: .
9. A: When does the Paris flight leave, please?
B: .
10. A: What time?s the next flight to Amsterdam, please?
B: .
Listening activity No.12B
You will hear a dialogue. As you listen, fill in the form below.
Time of Dr. Kent?s Lecture
Monday 1. Room No.2. Friday 3. Room No.4. Length of each lecture 5.
Listening activity No.13
Listen to the tape and write down the numbers in the correct column
Undergraduate Students at the University
Men Women
Total Science Social Science Engineering Arts Medicine Dentistry Law Veterinary Science
Listening activity No.14
You are going to practice some percentages. We use percentages when we want to express a number more simply. Percentage means the number of X per hundred. For example, there are 46 students in a class. 23 of them are female students. We can say 50% of the students are female students. “Percentage” is said after the number.
Skip the table below. Then listen to the tape and fill in the missing percentages in the correct column.
British Household Expenditure 1975-1985
Households Car Central heating Television Telephone Home computer Video recorder 1. 3. 94.8% 5. 7. 1975 2. 4. 97.6% 6. 8. 9. 1985
Listening activity No.15
You are going to listen to a talk. Look at the table below first, then listen carefully to the talk and fill in the percentages in the correct column.
Countries China Young people (%) who agree Japan Korea Thailand
A women's place in the home. If a couple both earn money, both should share the housework. Men and women should be paid the same for the same job. Nursing is women's job. Mining is men's job. 12% 1. 2. 3. 90% 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 82% 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Cooking should still be done by 4. women. Washing clothes should still be done 5. by women.
Listening activity No.16
You are going to practice some dates. Dates in Britain can be written in two ways. 1) In
number only : day, month, year. So 6-3-94 is the 6th of March, 1994. 2) In numbers and words. For example, you can read day, month, year, or month, day, year. For example, 21-12-1994, you read 21st of December, 1994, or December the 21st, 1994.
Listen to the following dates. As you listen, tike the correct letter A or B. 1. When?s Lincoln?s birthday? A. February 12th B. February 20th 2. Do you know Valentine?s day? A. February 15th B. February 14th 3. When?s Washington?s Birthday? A. February 23th B. February 21st 4. Do you know when April Fool?s day is? A. April 1st B. April 3rd 5. When is Easter? A. April 3rd B. April 1st 6. When is Mother?s day? A. May 5th B. May 8th 7. What date is Memorial Day? A. May 13th B. May 30th 8. Do you know when Father?s Day is? A. June 19th B. June 9th 9. Do you know when Independence Day is? A. July 5th B. July 4th 10. When is Friendship Day? A. August 17th B. August 7th 11. When is Halloween? A. October 1st B. October 31st 12. When is Thanksgiving Day? A. November 25th