Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Match Pictures with Illustrated Words or Name Test #3

1   camera – H – hill

2   dictionary – E – library

3   torch – D – kitchen

4   scarf – A – lake

5   diary – C – museum

Audioscript

MAN:   Oh, no! Where’s my umbrella?

WOMAN:   I don’t know!

MAN:   I took it to London with me the other day and now I can’t find it anywhere. And it’s going to rain soon! Oh, I know … I left it at the station. I’ll phone them now.

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MAN:   I lost my camera on Friday. Did I tell you about it?

WOMAN:   No. What happened?

MAN:   We walked up a hill and when we got to the top, I put it down on the grass there. When we left, I forgot to pick it up …

WOMAN:   Oh, dear!

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MAN:   And now I can’t find my dictionary. I was using it in the library this morning when someone came to speak to me. I can’t remember bringing it home. Oh, I think I left it on the desk there.

WOMAN:   David! You’re terrible!

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WOMAN:   Have you lost anything else this week?

MAN:   My torch. I had it with me when I was at Harry and Sally’s house last night. I needed it because I walked there in the dark. But I didn’t need it on the way back because I caught a bus. Oh … I remember. I left it in their kitchen on the table.

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MAN:   And do you remember my old red scarf?

WOMAN:   Yes, I do. I gave it to you for your birthday, remember?!

MAN:   Oh, yes! Sorry! It was a good one – very soft and warm. And now I’ve lost that, too. We had a picnic by the lake last week and I left it there that afternoon.

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MAN:   But the worst thing …

WOMAN:   Yes?

MAN:   … is I’ve lost my diary!

WOMAN:   David!

MAN:   I know. When I was in the café yesterday, it was in my pocket with my money. But then I took it out of my pocket when I visited the dinosaur museum after lunch. That’s where it is …

1   men – F – balcony

2   swan – A – river

3   parrot – E – bridge

4   bats – B – cave

5   insect – H – waterfall

Audioscript

MAN:   Look at these, Alex. They’re some photos that I took with my new camera!

GIRL:   Oh! They look great. You are clever!

MAN:   I took this photo of these flowers when we were having a picnic by the lake. We walked there on Sunday. We were on holiday there.

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GIRL:   Where did you take this one?

MAN:   The one of the two men? Well, I met them last week. I went with them to visit an old village in the mountains. This is a photo of them back at our hotel in the city – they were on their balcony there.

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MAN:   And look at this lovely swan, Alex!

GIRL:   It’s great!

MAN:   Your aunt and I were sitting by the river in town when I took this photo. It was very hot and sunny that day. We had lunch there. I enjoyed that day.

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MAN:   I love this one!

GIRL:   Why?

MAN:   Well, I’ll tell you the story about this one. We were walking over a bridge on Thursday when suddenly this parrot shouted out ‘Hello!’ I quickly took a picture of it before it flew back into the trees! It had a very long tail.

GIRL:   Wow! How exciting!

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MAN:   You’ll like this one, too. All the others wanted to stay on the beach at the weekend but I wanted to do something more interesting. I found a dark cave there and went inside. There were lots of bats there. Here’s the photo that I took of them.

GIRL:   Weren’t you afraid?

MAN:   No!

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GIRL:   And what about this one?

MAN:   Mmm. I saw these strange insects on the rocks near a waterfall. Perhaps they liked the lovely cold water. It was another very hot day. I don’t know what kind they are. Do you?

GIRL:   No. But it’s a great photo. They all are.

MAN:   Thanks, Alex.

1   toy box – H – dolphin

2   address book – E – octopus

3   socks – B – hippo

4   gloves – F – dinosaur

5   umbrella – C – butterfly

Audioscript

MAN:   My son, Robert, loves animals.

WOMAN:   Does he? Has he always liked them?

MAN:   Yes. He’s got pictures of them everywhere. I bought this jacket for him. It’s got a panda on the front. He thinks it’s great.

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MAN:   It was Robert’s eighth birthday last week. We bought him this toy box to go in his bedroom. Can you see the dolphin on it?

WOMAN:   Oh, yes, it’s very nice.

MAN:   I know. I like it too!

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MAN:   And Robert bought that address book in a little shop when we were on holiday last summer. There was a nice book with a camel on the front but he chose this one in the end. It’s got an octopus on the front page. That’s his favourite sea animal, I think.

WOMAN:   I like them, too. But I like eating them more!

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WOMAN:   And which other animals does Robert like?

MAN:   He likes them all. Have you ever seen anything like these before? They’re Robert’s new socks. We got them for him at the market last Wednesday. Look! They’ve got little white hippos all over them. I haven’t given them to him yet. He’ll be surprised.

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MAN:   And I got him these new gloves there, too.

WOMAN:   They’re nice. And you bought those at the same market?

MAN:   Yes. I got them because they’ve got a dinosaur on each hand. But they look very friendly, don’t they?

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WOMAN:   Doesn’t Robert have anything without an animal on it somewhere?

MAN:   No! Even his umbrella has got an animal on it, too. He got it when he went to the museum with the school.

WOMAN:   What’s that on it? It’s difficult to see.

MAN:   It looks a lot like a bat, but it’s a kind of butterfly. When I first saw it, I wasn’t sure, but it is. Look!

WOMAN:   Oh, yes.