Practice English Listening Test for A2 with answer and audioscript – Test #16

1 C   2 A   3 B   4 C   5 A

Audioscript

1   How much is the car?

Woman:   So which car are you buying?

Man:   The Monarch 2000. It’s lovely but I have to get a thousand pounds more from the bank first because I don’t have enough money.

Woman:   It’s a lot of money … three thousand pounds. I could live on that for a year.

Man:   Well, cars are expensive.

2   What’s Elena going to take to the party?

Man:   Hi, Elena. Are you taking some cans of cola to the party?

Elena:   Of course, and a pizza.

Man:   I’m going to take a big bottle of orange juice and some biscuits.

Elena:   Chocolate ones, I hope.

3   Where will Susan buy her eggs?

Man:   We need some more eggs, Susan.

Susan:   I’ll drive out to the farm and get them tomorrow.

Man:   It’ll be quicker to go to the market or to the little shop across the road.

Susan:   I know, but I prefer to know that they haven’t been on the shelves for a long time.

4   What time does the film begin?

Woman:   Would you like to see a film this afternoon?

Man:   OK. What time?

Woman:   It starts at quarter to two but we need tickets, so let’s meet at the cinema at quarter past one.

Man:   How long is the film?

Woman:   One and a half hours.

5   How will the man travel to London?

Woman:   We drove to London last weekend.

Man:   Really? I’m going to go there for the day tomorrow.

Woman:   Oh yes? Are you going by coach?

Man:   It’s the best way. There’s a fast train but it’s too expensive for me.

6 G   7 H   8 C   9 F   10 D

Audioscripts

Friend:   I like your new T-shirt, Sarah.

Sarah:   Mm. The colours are nice, but the problem is it’s too big. I got it from the shop at the sports centre. I went swimming there because it was a hot day, but it was too noisy for me. There were a lot of people in the pool.

Friend:   So was it difficult to find a space in the car park there?

Sarah:   Yes! It’s not big enough.

Friend:   Did you go to the café?

Sarah:   Yes, for a cold drink. But I didn’t stay. The tables and floor weren’t clean.

Friend:   Ugh! But I hear they have a good football club there.

Sarah:   That’s right. My brother wanted to go but it starts too late in the evening for him. It’s a pity because it’s not an expensive club.

Friend:   Can you learn tennis there?

Sarah:   I called about lessons but they cost too much.

Friend:   I’ll teach you tennis – but not today – it’s too hot. Let’s go for a cold swim in the river.

11 C   12 B   13 C   14 A   15 C

Audioscript

Friend:   Hello, Philip. Are you doing a photography course?

Philip:   Yes, there wasn’t one at my college, Park College, so I go to City College in South Road.

Friend:   Are your classes in the evening?

Philip:   Yes, I finish at Park College at quarter past five and get home about six. The lessons start at quarter to seven. I have just enough time to eat.

Friend:   How much are they?

Philip:   My ten-week course is usually ninety-five pounds. But it costs me seventy-five pounds because I’m a student. There’s also a five-week course for fifty-five pounds.

Friend:   Is it a good course?

Philip:   Yes, great. The cameras are rather old, but my photos are much better now, so I’m really pleased. I’ll never be a famous photographer though.

Friend:   I think taking photographs is difficult.

Philip:   Well, we did animals first and they’re certainly not easy. But then we took pictures of trees, and that wasn’t difficult. We’ll photograph children next.

Friend:   And after the course?

Philip:   There aren’t many jobs for photographers. It’ll be my hobby. I can use my father’s camera but I’ll have to buy a lot of film.

16 September   17 Jarvis   18 78 / seventy-eight (pounds)

19 223   23 bookshop / book shop

Audioscript

Woman:   Westwood English School.

Man:   Hello, I want to ask about evening classes, please.

Woman:   Yes, they’re on Thursdays. But this term will finish at the end of August. We’ll start again on the twenty-second of September, but you can book your place now.

Man:   It’s for a Chinese friend. He wants an easy class.

Woman:   Well, there’s a two-hour class for beginners.

Man:   Mmm. My friend would like something shorter.

Woman:   Well, we have a fifty-minute speaking class. That would be good for him. The teacher is Miss Jarvis. That’s J A R V I S. The students all like her.

Man:   How much does that class cost?

Woman:   It’s seven pounds fifty per class or if you pay for all twelve classes now, it’s only seventy-eight pounds – it’s cheaper that way.

Man:   Right.

Woman:   Can your friend come to the school soon and book his place? The address is two hundred and twenty-three, Fitzroy Square.

Man:   Is that in the centre of town?

Woman:   Well, it’s about twenty minutes’ walk from the station. We’re just by the bookshop.

Man:   Right. Thank you.

Woman:   Goodbye.

21 9.30 / 21.30 / nine thirty / half past nine

22 (the) entrance   23 (the) lions

24 games   25 4.65 / four (pounds) (and) sixty-five (p/pence)

Audioscript

Woman:   Thank you for calling Finchester Zoo. The zoo is open on six days and closed on Mondays. The opening hours are from ten a.m. until it gets dark. This is half past nine in the summer and four o’clock in the winter.

There is a guided tour of the zoo every hour. Visitors for the tour should wait at the entrance which is where the tour begins. Our guide will meet you there. The tour finishes at the café.

You should not feed the animals but you can watch when we give them something to eat. Every day at two o’clock the lions are given their food and the elephants get theirs at three o’clock.

There is a shop in the zoo where you can buy books and games. All the family will like playing these. There is also a café which sells snacks.

Tickets for adults cost six pounds eighty-five and children’s tickets are four pounds sixty-five. A family ticket, for two adults and three children, is eighteen pounds seventy-five.

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