Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Numbers and Missing Words Test #6

1 Beulah   2 91/ninety-one (year(s) (old))   3 brother 

4 (a) photographer   5 computer game(s)

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GIRL:   Can I ask you some questions, Richard? It’s for my school work.

MAN:   Yes, of course. I’m happy to help. Are the questions very difficult?

GIRL:   No, they’re not. Who’s the oldest person in your family?

MAN:   That’s easy. My grandmother.

GIRL:   Right.

GIRL:   What’s her name?

MAN:   It’s Beulah.

GIRL:   I’ve never heard that name before. How do you spell it?

MAN:   B-E-U-L-A-H.

GIRL:   How old is she? Is it OK to ask that?

MAN:   Yes, yes – it’s not a secret! She’s ninety-one.

GIRL:   Wow! That’s great! My grandmother is only sixty. And does your grandmother live with you, Richard?

MAN:   No, she lives with her brother. They have a nice flat near the park.

GIRL:   Did your grandmother have a job when she was younger?

MAN:   Yes, she was a photographer. She worked for a lot of famous newspapers.

GIRL:   What hobbies does she have now?

MAN:   Well, lots of things, but she likes computer games best.

GIRL:   I’d like to meet your grandmother, Richard – she sounds very interesting!

1 Secret   2 400/four hundred (words)   3 computer 

4 (of) July   5 (in) Clifton

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WOMAN:   Tom, there’s something here in the newspaper about a competition. It looks interesting.

BOY:   What kind of competition is it, Mum?

WOMAN:   You have to write a story and send it to the newspaper.

BOY:   I could do that!

BOY:   What do you have to write about?

WOMAN:   It says the story is called ‘My Secret Wish’

BOY:   That’s difficult!

WOMAN:   No, it isn’t! You want to be a famous footballer! It will be easy for you to write about that, won’t it?

BOY:   I can try. And how long must it be? Does it say?

WOMAN:   Yes. You have to write about 400 words. That’s not very much. It’s about two pages, isn’t it? You usually write about 200 words on a page.

BOY:   And if I win …?

WOMAN:   You get a computer!

BOY:   Great! When do you have to send them the story?

WOMAN:   You must post it before 14 July. Is that enough time?

BOY:   I think so … I’ve got three weeks. Where must I send it?

WOMAN:   It says, write your name and address on it, put it in a big envelope and post it to the newspaper office in Clifton Street.

BOY:   Is that C-L-I-F-T-E-N?

WOMAN:   No … C-L-I-F-T-O-N.

BOY:   OK. Great! I’ll begin now!

1 (a/the/their) tent   2 Horris   3 vegetables  

4 brown   5 (the/their/her/Mum’s) garden

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BOY:   Mum, did you have a pet when you were young?

WOMAN:   Yes. Why?

BOY:   Because we have to write about pets for homework.

WOMAN:   Well, when I was about five, my father found a rabbit.

BOY:   And was that your pet, Mum?

WOMAN:   Yes, but all the family loved it.

BOY:   Where did your dad find the rabbit?

WOMAN:   Well, he went camping with my brother one weekend and he found the rabbit in their tent.

BOY:   And didn’t it hop away?

WOMAN:   No, it didn’t.

BOY:   And did your rabbit have a name? Can you remember it?

WOMAN:   Oh, yes, because I chose it. We called it Horris.

BOY:   That’s a strange name. How do you spell it?

WOMAN:   H-O-R-R-I-S. It was the name of a rabbit in a television programme.

BOY:   Oh. And did you give it grass to eat?

WOMAN:   Well, it ate grass, but we gave it vegetables. Rabbits like those best.

BOY:   Oh, yes. And what colour was it?

WOMAN:   It was brown and it had very long ears and a soft coat. It was very good at jumping!

BOY:   And where did it like? In your bedroom?

WOMAN:   No, in the garden. Rabbits don’t like living inside.

BOY:   And did you often play with it?

WOMAN:   Oh, yes. Every day!

BOY:   Well, perhaps one day we could have a rabbit too!

WOMAN:   Hmmm.