Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Match Pictures with Illustrated Words or Name Test #7

1   Alex – B – airport

2   Fred – A – chemist’s shop

3   Lucy – E – theatre

4   Katy – D – home

5   Paul – H – factory

Audioscript

MAN:   Here are my old school photos. Look – this was my class, 25 years ago! I still see some of these people.

GIRL:   What do they do now?

MAN:   Well, this boy here (he’s a man now, of course!) is called Michael. I see him every day because he works with me at the bank.

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GIRL:   What about this girl here?

MAN:   Alex? Mm. She was very clever and she studied Science. Now she has a very good job at the city airport. I still see her sometimes because we play tennis together.

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GIRL:   Who’s the boy with the red hair?

MAN:   His name’s Fred. He was very funny. At school he often said to us, “One day, I’m going to be a clown and work in a circus.” Well, I met him again two months ago, and he does something very different from that. He sells medicines to people, in a chemist’s shop. He hasn’t got much red hair now, but he still makes me laugh!

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GIRL:   What’s this girl’s name? I know her face, I think.

MAN:   Ah, yes. You might do. She’s a famous actor now. She’s called Lucy Wood. She can sing and dance very well and she usually works in the theatre.

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GIRL:   Who’s that other girl?

MAN:   That’s Katy. We were good friends at school, but I don’t see her very often now. She was a nurse for many years and worked in a large hospital near here. But three or four years ago she left, and now she works at home. She looks after small children for parents who go out to work.

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GIRL:   Who was your best friend?

MAN:   This boy here. His name’s Paul. He’s a businessman now, and he’s very rich. He makes and sells fridges. We play golf sometimes but I don’t see him very often because he’s so busy. He’s always at his factory. He works all the time.

GIRL:   Oh dear.

1   letter – D – behind computer

2   white gloves – E – on shelf

3   ring – G – under leaves

4   glasses – H – in fridge

5   keys – C – in jacket pocket

Audioscript

GIRL:   Why do you always lose things, Grandpa?

MAN:   Because I have too many things and because I put them somewhere and then I forget where I put them, Betty! I couldn’t find my nice new torch the other day – the one which you gave me. But when I played golf, I found it in my bag.

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GIRL:   Have you ever lost anything that was very important?

MAN:   Oh, yes. About three months ago, I lost a very old letter. It was very important to me because Grandma wrote it to me 40 years ago! I was very sad when I couldn’t find it. But then I found it behind the computer in the dining room so it was all right.

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GIRL:   I lose a lot of things too.

MAN:   We all do. When I was a policeman, I lost my white policeman’s gloves one day. About a year later, I was standing on a chair. I was looking for something else on a high shelf when I found them!

GIRL:   That was good!

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MAN:   And another time, I lost my ring. The gold one which I wear sometimes.

GIRL:   I know …

MAN:   Well, I took it off to wash the dog outside in the garden, then couldn’t find it again. It was too dark to see very well. The next day I looked for it again. It was under some leaves. I was happy to find it!

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MAN:   I lost my glasses too one day last week but I found them in the evening. I wanted a drink and opened the door of the fridge and there they were … inside! It was good to find them. I put them on and watched television after that.

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GIRL:   Grandpa! You are funny!

MAN:   It’s not always funny, Betty. One day, I couldn’t find the keys to my car. I looked everywhere for them. In the end I decided to go to the shops on the bus! But they were in my jacket pocket all the time!

1   pizzas – G – factory

2   vegetables – E – flats

3   flour – A – museum

4   chocolates – B – airport

5   jam – F – chemist’s

Audioscript

WOMAN:   Fred, is the truck outside? You’ve got all this food to take today.

MAN:   Yes. I’m going to leave in a minute. I’ll take these biscuits to the circus first. It’s not far away. Perhaps I’ll see some lions and tigers there!

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WOMAN:   Drive very carefully. There’s a lot of traffic today.

MAN:   I know. I’ll take that box of pizzas next … but where must I take it? Oh, I remember! They’re for the man who works at the factory – the one in Salt Street. Where is that?

WOMAN:   The map’s in the back of the truck.

MAN:   OK.

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MAN:   And then I’ll take these vegetables to Mrs Cook. She lives in an apartment on that busy corner in town. You know, the one opposite the hospital. I’ll have to carry them up a lot of stairs. The lift there doesn’t work!

WOMAN:   Oh dear!

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WOMAN:   And where must you take this? Have you written all this down?

MAN:   Yes! The big bag of flour? Oh, that’s for Mr Card at the old science museum. He likes making bread so he uses a lot of it each month. He phoned me yesterday. He said he needs it this afternoon. Can you make bread, Lucy?

WOMAN:   No, I’ve never tried. I just buy mine.

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MAN:   Now who’s this for?

WOMAN:   What?

MAN:   This big box of chocolates! Someone’s going to be very happy to get this. Oh, here’s the address … I’ve got to take it to the airport. Oh dear! That’s a long way away. Well, I can have my lunch there too in the restaurant.

WOMAN:   That’s a good idea, Fred.

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WOMAN:   And here’s the last box.

MAN:   Oh, yes, the pineapple jam. I mustn’t drop that. The glass will break and it took hours to make it. That’s for Mrs Hide at the chemist’s. It’s her favourite so she buys a lot of it. Now, is there anything else to take today, Lucy?

WOMAN:   No, that’s everything.

MAN:   Good!