Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Match Pictures with Illustrated Words or Name Test #4

1   pizza – E – businessman

2   camels – D – tennis player

3   butterflies – F – doctor

4   airport – H – policewoman

5   space – C – mechanic

Audioscript

MAN:   Would you like to look at these photos? My friends and I took them. We all go to the same evening class.

WOMAN:   Oh, yes, please. Wow! I like that one …

MAN:   Yes, the picture of the sea in a storm is excellent, isn’t it? Peter took it. He’s an actor but he loves sailing, too. He knows a lot about different kinds of weather. Yes … I love that one, too.

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MAN:   There’s a businessman in my class, too. I don’t know his name, but he takes some very strange photos. This is one of his – look!

WOMAN:   Oh, yes … it is ermmm different …

MAN:   Yes. It’s just a plate of pizza and some salad. It’s not very interesting, is it?

WOMAN:   No. But I still like it.

2

MAN:   The best photographer in the class is Kim. She’s a tennis player now, but she wants to work for a newspaper in the future. She took this picture of some camels by a pyramid. It’s lovely, isn’t it?

WOMAN:   Yes. When did she take it?

MAN:   When she was on holiday.

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MAN:   This photo of the butterflies on flowers is Jane’s. Do you like it?

WOMAN:   Mmm. I think I do.

MAN:   She studied medicine at university and she’s a doctor now. Her pictures are always about the environment. She took this one in her garden last year.

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WOMAN:   And what about this one?

MAN:   Oh, that’s good, too. I like it a lot. Katy’s a policewoman and she took this picture when she was working at the airport one day. You can see the pilot, too. Look! He’s walking to the plane.

WOMAN:   Oh, yes!

5

WOMAN:   Is this the last one?

MAN:   Yes. It’s Bill’s – he’s a car mechanic. His favourite hobby is space. You know – studying the moon and stars. Well, you can guess that this is his picture, can’t you!

1   cousin – E – helicopter

2   brother – C – boat

3   uncle – H – motorbike

4   sister – B – train

5   mother – F – taxi

Audioscript

MAN:   Oh! I was late for college this morning. The traffic was terrible.

WOMAN:   I know. But it’s easy for my aunt to get to work in the mornings. She’s a nurse and the hospital isn’t far from her flat so she goes to work by bicycle each day.

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WOMAN:   My cousin is a footballer.

MAN:   Wow! Which team does he play for?

WOMAN:   I don’t know. I think football’s boring: But I know it’s a famous one. He just bought a helicopter and he uses it to go to all the matches. He’s very rich!

2

WOMAN:   My brother’s an engineer. Have you met him yet?

MAN:   No. Where does he work?

WOMAN:   He’s working on an island this month. You can only get there by boat so it’s exciting for him to go there every day. I think he wants to work there in the future, too, if he can.

3

WOMAN:   My uncle’s a journalist and he works for a newspaper in the city. He loves his job but there’s always a lot of traffic there, too. But he’s got a motorbike and uses that to get to work. It’s better than a car.

MAN:   I agree!

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MAN:   What about your sister? I met her once, I think …

WOMAN:   Alex? Oh she’s got a very good job in town now. She’s a dentist. She takes the eight o’clock train to work. There is a bus, but it’s too slow for her.

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WOMAN:   My mother is living with us now, but she still goes to work, too. She never stops!

MAN:   What does she do?

WOMAN:   She’s an actress so she has to work at different theatres. When she goes to work, she prefers to take taxis. They’re much quicker and easier for her and she likes talking to the drivers!

1   brush – D – mirror

2   umbrella – H – bath

3   torch – F – fridge

4   diary – B – table

5   chocolate – E – cooker

Audioscript

MAN:   What’s the matter, Mary?

WOMAN:   Oh! John … when we go camping, I always forget to bring something. I can’t find my soap and I want to wash my hands. I’ve left it in the shower at home.

MAN:   Are you sure?

WOMAN:   Yes.

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WOMAN:   My hair is so untidy but I can’t find my brush anywhere in the tent. I think it’s still by the mirror in the bedroom at home.

MAN:   Yes. I remember, I saw it there yesterday.

2

WOMAN:   And it’s started raining again and I haven’t got my umbrella with me. I remember, I used it when I went shopping at the weekend. It was very wet when I got home but I didn’t put it on the balcony … that’s where I usually put it. I put it in the bath this time and it’s still there. Oh, no!

MAN:   It’s not a problem, Mary. The rain will stop soon.

3

WOMAN:   It was very dark in the night and I needed my torch, too. I think I left it on top of the fridge at home. Did you see it there?

MAN:   Yes, I did. I forgot to pick it up, too. But we can buy another one here.

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MAN:   What do you want to do next?

WOMAN:   Ermm … I want to write a few things in my diary. Oh, no! I’ve left that at home, too. I was writing in it yesterday when someone phoned. I left it on the kitchen table and forgot to put it back in my bag.

MAN:   Oh, dear!

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WOMAN:   John … I’m cold and I’m hungry.

MAN:   Well, we can go and get some lunch.

WOMAN:   It’s too early for that, but I’ve got some chocolate somewhere. Oh, no! It isn’t here. I’ve left it next to the cooker in the kitchen. I don’t believe it! How could that happen?

MAN:   Perhaps next time we should camp in our garden!

WOMAN:   John!