Listening 1
Listen and write. There is one example.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Day: Saturday
1 Place: The ……………………. Café
2 Number of children: ……………………………….
3 Where they sat: table ………………………
4 Food: cake, ………………………
and ice cream ……………………
5 Drinks: lemonade and ……………………juice
Answer & Audioscript
1 Paris 2 18/eighteen (children) 3 outside
4 sandwiches 5 line
Audioscript
MAN: Did you have a good birthday party?
GIRL: Yes, it was great!
MAN: When was the party?
GIRL: It was last Saturday.
MAN: Saturday?
GIRL: That’s right.
1
MAN: Where was the party?
GIRL: It was in the Paris Café.
MAN: Oh! How do you spell that?
GIRL: P-A-R-I-S.
2
MAN: How many children were there?
GIRL: Eighteen.
MAN: Eighteen! That’s a lot!
GIRL: Yes. There were ten boys …
MAN: … and eight girls?
GIRL: Right!
3
MAN: Where did you all sit?
GIRL: We had a big table outside.
MAN: Outside? Oh, weren’t you cold?
GIRL: No. It was hot and sunny that day.
4
MAN: What did you eat?
GIRL: A lot!
MAN: Birthday cake?
GIRL: Yes.
MAN: And did you have burgers and fries?
GIRL: No. We had sandwiches and ice cream.
5
MAN: What drinks did you have?
GIRL: Some people had lemonade and some had lime juice.
MAN: Lime juice? Did you like it?
GIRL: Yes, I did.
Listening 2
Listen and write. There is one example.
MR SNOW’S PARROT
Colour: red and green
1 Age: ……………………………….
2 Favourite food: ……………………………….
3 Can say: ……………………………….
4 Where it lives: on ………………………….
5 Name: ……………………………….
Answer & Audioscript
1 (It’s) 19/nineteen (years (old)) 2 (It loves) bananas/banana
2 (only (says)) hello 4 (the) balcony 5 Polly
Audioscript
GIRL: Mr Snow, can I ask you some questions about your parrot?
MAN: Yes, Ann. What do you want to know?
GIRL: What colour is it? That’s my first question.
MAN: It’s red and green.
GIRL: Red and green?
MAN: That’s right.
1
GIRL: How old’s your parrot, Mr Snow?
MAN: It’s nineteen.
GIRL: Nineteen! That’s old.
MAN: No, it isn’t. Parrots live longer than that.
2
GIRL: And what does it like to eat?
MAN: It likes all kinds of food, but it loves bananas.
GIRL: Are bananas it favourite food?
MAN: Yes.
3
GIRL: And what can it say?
MAN: Well, all parrots can talk, but ours only says ‘hello’.
GIRL: Does it say hello to you every day?
MAN: Yes. Every morning.
4
GIRL: And does it live in your garden?
MAN: No. It doesn’t like the rain. It lives on the balcony.
GIRL: Does it like being on the balcony?
MAN: Yes, because it can watch all the people in the street.
5
GIRL: And has your parrot got a name?
MAN: Yes. We call it Polly.
GIRL: Is that P-O-L-Y?
MAN: No, it’s P-O-double L-Y.
GIRL: Great! Thank you for your answers!
MAN: That’s OK.
Listening 3
Listen and write. There is one example.
HOMEWORK – Shopping in town
Favourite shop: the supermarket
1 Always buys: ……………………………….
2 How she goes: by ………………………….
3 Goes with: her …………………………
4 When she goes: in the …………………….
5 Name: Mrs …………………………
Answer & Audioscript
1 vegetables 2 bus 3 daughter
4 afternoon 5 Rich
Audioscript
BOY: Excuse me. Can you answer some questions for me, please? It’s for my school homework.
WOMAN: Yes, all right.
BOY: Thanks. Right, what’s your favourite shop in this town?
WOMAN: Oh! The supermarket, I think.
BOY: The supermarket. OK.
1
BOY: What do you buy there?
WOMAN: Well, I always buy vegetables because we eat them every day in our family.
BOY: Do you all like vegetables, then?
WOMAN: Yes, we do.
2
BOY: And how do you go to the supermarket? Do you go on your bike?
WOMAN: No, I take the bus because I always have a lot of things to carry.
BOY: So, the bus is better?
WOMAN: Yes, it is.
3
BOY: And who goes with you?
WOMAN: My daughter.
BOY: Right. Does she help you?
WOMAN: My daughter’s only four, but she likes to choose some of our food.
4
BOY: And do you go in the morning?
WOMAN: No, I go in the afternoon.
BOY: Is the shop quieter in the afternoons, then?
WOMAN: No. There are always a lot of people there because it’s a very good supermarket.
5
BOY: Well, thank you. And one last thing … what’s your name? I have to write it down.
WOMAN: It’s Mrs Rich.
BOY: How do you spell that?
WOMAN: R-I-C-H.
BOY: OK. Thank you.
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