Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Match Pictures with Illustrated Words or Name Test #2

1   policewoman – G – 6:55

2   nurse – E – 7:10

3   mechanic – H – 8:20

4   astronaut – B – 6:30

5   student – F – 8:05

Audioscript

WOMAN:   Oh! I had to set up so early this morning!

MAN:   Me too. But the person who lives in the flat next to ours gets up very late. He’s a businessman but he often works at home. He’s got an office there. He gets up at a quarter past nine.

WOMAN:   Wow! That is late.

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MAN:   The policewoman who lives in the downstairs flat goes running before she goes to work. She gets up at five to seven every morning. I hear her in her kitchen sometimes.

WOMAN:   Making coffee?

MAN:   I don’t know.

2

MAN:   There’s another person who gets up earlier than me. She’s a nurse so she has to be at the hospital at a quarter to eight. She gets out of bed at ten past seven. She told me.

WOMAN:   Is she nice?

MAN:   Yes, I like her a lot.

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WOMAN:   Who else do you know in the flats?

MAN:   There’s a mechanic who lives on the first floor. He gets up at about twenty past eight, then has a shower every day. I hear him in the bathroom. He catches the bus at ten to nine like me.

4

MAN:   Do you know … one of the people there is an astronaut!

WOMAN:   No!

MAN:   Well, he says he is. We don’t know. He gets up the earliest. I hear his clock sometimes at half past six. I couldn’t get up that early. On most days, I’m still dreaming then!

WOMAN:   Me too!

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WOMAN:   Doesn’t someone from the university live there too?

MAN:   You mean Lucy. She’s a student there.

WOMAN:   What time does she get up?

MAN:   At about eight o’clock or five past … something like that. I’m not sure; she lives at the top of the house. All we hear is her music!

WOMAN:   Oh.

1   uncle – A – farmer

2   mother – E – painter

3   cousin – D – singer

4   sister – H – pilot

5   brother – B – photographer

Audioscript

GIRL:   I’m going to study hard this evening, like you. It’s important, then you can get a good job.

BOY:   What does your dad do, Emma?

GIRL:   He’s a mechanic. He looks after all the cars in the family! He loves his job.

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GIRL:   My uncle came to see us last week. He works very hard and has to be outside all the time. He’s a farmer so he lives in the country but he doesn’t have any animals. He grows beans and other vegetables there.

BOY:   I couldn’t do that kind of work.

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GIRL:   My mum works hard too.

BOY:   Does she?

GIRL:   Yes. She paints pictures for all kinds of books. She enjoys her job because she has to draw so many different things. She’s just done all the pictures for a story about a dentist with funny teeth. They talk when he doesn’t want to! I can read it to you if you like …

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GIRL:   And I’ve got a famous cousin. He’s got a good job!

BOY:   What does he do?

GIRL:   He sings in a group. He’s very rich. He’s just bought a new guitar and a new car. He drove me to college in it last week. All the girls were shouting his name when I got out!

4

GIRL:   My sister’s just started an interesting job.

BOY:   What does she do?

GIRL:   She flies planes. It took five years for her to learn but she loves being a pilot because it’s so exciting. There aren’t many women who do her job so she feels important, too.

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GIRL:   My brother’s good at his job. He works for a newspaper but he doesn’t have to write. That’s good because he can’t spell!

BOY:   Writing and spelling is hard for me, too!

GIRL:   I know. He takes photos of famous people He has to go to lots of football matches, concerts and other things like that. I go with him sometimes.

BOY:   Wow!

1   Betty – C – scarf

2   Richard – F – dictionary

3   Sarah – G – gloves

4   Robert – B – CD

5   Lucy – D – torch

Audioscript

BOY:   Where did you go today, Mum?

WOMAN:   I went shopping in town, Jim. I wanted to buy some presents for my friends at work. You know Tony?

BOY:   Yes.

WOMAN:   Well, I got him a belt. He’ll like that. It wasn’t expensive but it’s very nice.

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WOMAN:   It was difficult to choose something for Betty.

BOY:   So, did you buy her something?

WOMAN:   Yes, I found a nice scarf in the big shop next to the park. She’ll like that, I’m sure. She likes going to football matches at the weekends. She can wear it there.

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WOMAN:   Then I went to the bookshop to find something for Richard. He helps me a lot at work.

BOY:   Does he?

WOMAN:   Yes. I wanted to get him a new diary but they didn’t have any nice ones. Then I found this dictionary and thought, that’s a good idea! So I bought that.

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WOMAN:   And you met Sarah last week.

BOY:   Yes. Did you get something for her too?

WOMAN:   Yes. She loves skiing so I found some great gloves for her. They’re a lovely dark blue colour.

4

WOMAN:   Then I went to the music shop.

BOY:   What did you buy there?

WOMAN:   Well, I wanted to get Robert a CD of some guitar music. He loves that. But I couldn’t find one that I liked. I was going out of the door when I saw another one. I stopped to look at it, then decided to listen to it. It was great, so I bought that one for him.

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BOY:   What else did you buy?

WOMAN:   I needed something for Lucy. I got a torch. It’s not very exciting, but I couldn’t find anything else. I thought about a video before that, but I don’t think she watches those now.

BOY:   But why are you buying all these presents, Mum?

WOMAN:   Because on Monday I’m starting a new job and I have to leave all my friends at work.