Practice English Listening Test for A1 – Listening for Names, Spellings and Other Information Test #8

1 (it’s) black   2 (a/the) playground  

3 (her/Gill’s) lunch 4 Bold   5 (class) 11/eleven

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GIRL:   Hello! Can you help me? I can’t find my school bag.

MAN:   Oh dear!

GIRL:   Yes. I put it on the floor and now I can’t find it.

MAN:   OK, Jill. I must write this down … your school bag and you lost it here.

1

MAN:   OK. What colour is your bag?

GIRL:   It’s black.

MAN:   Black? And was it new?

GIRL:   Yes. My grandma bought it for me last week.

2

MAN:   And where did you lose it? In the classroom?

GIRL:   No. It was in the playground.

MAN:   In the playground … and it’s not there now?

GIRL:   No!

3

MAN:   And what was inside it?

GIRL:   My lunch. That’s all.

MAN:   Only your lunch?

GIRL:   Yes.

MAN:   Not your books, or any pens and pencils?

GIRL:   No. They’re all on my desk.

4

MAN:   OK. Now, what’s your family name, Jill?

GIRL:   It’s Bold.

MAN:   Right! Do you spell that B-O-L-D?

GIRL:   Yes, B-O-L-D.

5

MAN:   OK. Now, what class are you in?

GIRL:   Class 11.

MAN:   OK. Well, go back to class 11 now, Jill.

GIRL:   All right, but can you find my bag, please?

MAN:   Yes, I think we can, but you must be more careful with your things, Jill.

GIRL:   I know!

1 10/ten   2 (on) Monday(s)   3 Caris

4 (some) (new) shoes   5 (Daisy’s/my/your/her) bike

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GIRL:   Dad? Can I have some dance lessons? We can go to dance lessons at school now.

MAN:   I don’t know, Daisy.

GIRL:   Please? There’s a new teacher at school who can dance well.

MAN:   Hmm … I don’t know.

1

MAN:   Tell me about the dance lessons.

GIRL:   They aren’t in my classroom.

MAN:   Which classroom are they in, then?

GIRL:   They’re in classroom ten. The one next to the playground.

MAN:   Classroom ten. OK.

2

MAN:   And which day are these lessons? Do you know?

GIRL:   Yes. They’re on Monday.

MAN:   On Monday … hmm. That’s OK, I think.

GIRL:   So can I, Dad?

3

MAN:   Well, what’s the name of the teacher who can give you these lessons?

GIRL:   It’s Mrs Caris.

MAN:   Let me write this down. Mrs Caris: C-A-R-I-S.

GIRL:   Yes. She’s our English teacher too.

MAN:   Oh!

4

GIRL:   But you have to buy me something.

MAN:   What? A new dress?

GIRL:   No. Some shoes. We have to take them to the first lesson.

MAN:   Do they have to be new shoes?

GIRL:   Yes, please!

5

MAN:   But how can you come home after the lesson? On the bus?

GIRL:   No. There isn’t a bus then. I can take my bike that day and ride home.

MAN:   On your bike – that’s a good idea! All right. You can go to the dance lessons.

GIRL:   Great!

1 (by) car   2 (in the) evening(s)   3 (his) son

4 (the) shower(s) (here/there)  

5 38/thirty eight (years (old))

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GIRL:   Excuse me, Pat! Can I ask you some questions? It’s about this sports centre.

MAN:   Yes! What kind of questions?

GIRL:   It’s for my homework. Which sport do you play here?

MAN:   Tennis.

GIRL:   Tennis, OK. Thanks.

1

GIRL:   And when you come, do you drive here?

MAN:   Yes. It’s quicker and easier for us.

GIRL:   So, you come in your car?

MAN:   Yes, that’s right.

2

GIRL:   When do you come here to the sports centre?

MAN:   I come here in the evenings.

GIRL:   Not in the afternoons?

MAN:   No. I’m at work then.

3

GIRL:   And do you come here with your friends?

MAN:   No, not with my friends, with my son.

GIRL:   With your son? Oh, where is he now?

MAN:   He went to buy a bottle of water.

4

GIRL:   And what don’t you like about the sports centre?

MAN:   I think it’s all OK.

GIRL:   Oh?

MAN:   Well … I don’t like the showers here.

GIRL:   The showers. You don’t like those, OK.

MAN:   No, I don’t.

5

GIRL:   And my last question. How old are you?

MAN:   I’m 38.

GIRL:   Sorry? 38?

MAN:   Yes.

GIRL:   OK. Thank you.