Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening to Colours and Describing Things Test #1

1   Colour the sailing boat – red

2   Colour one fish near the sunken wreck – blue

3   Colour the octopus – green

4   Draw two birds in the sky between the dolphin and the boat

5   Draw a yellow sun in the sky on the right

Audioscript

MAN:   Do you want to help me with this picture?

GIRL:   All right. What can I do?

MAN:   Can you see the lovely dolphin? Colour it black.

1

MAN:   Can you see the boat?

GIRL:   Which one? The new one or the old, broken one?

MAN:   The nice, new one. Colour it red.

GIRL:   OK.

2

MAN:   Now look at the fish which are swimming under the water.

GIRL:   Near the old beat?

MAN:   Yes, that’s right. Can you colour the fish?

GIRL:   Shall I colour all of them?

MAN:   No. Why don’t you colour one fish?

GIRL:   OK. Yellow?

MAN:   No … blue.

3

MAN:   What can you see under the water near the rocks?

GIRL:   A shark and an octopus.

MAN:   Good, now colour the octopus a nice green.

GIRL:   OK.

4

MAN:   I think the sky looks empty, don’t you?

GIRL:   Yes. Shall I draw some birds?

MAN:   That would be nice. Draw two birds in the sky.

GIRL:   Where shall I put them?

MAN:   Between the dolphin and the sailing boat.

GIRL:   Here?

MAN:   That looks good.

5

MAN:   What else do we need in the picture?

GIRL:   Well, we haven’t got any clouds or sun.

MAN:   That’s right. Why don’t you draw a lovely sun and colour it yellow?

GIRL:   OK. Where shall I draw it, on the left or on the right?

MAN:   On the right.

GIRL:   OK. I’ll put it here.

MAN:   That’s good.

1   Colour the small kite – blue

2   Colour the dress of the woman wearing a hat – red

3   Colour the big dog – brown, the small dog – black

4   Draw a plane above the tree

5   Colour the fattest man’s T-shirt – green

Audioscript

MAN:   I’m drawing a picture of the park.

GIRL:   That’s nice. Can I help?

MAN:   Yes, if you like. Can you see the ball which the boy is kicking?

GIRL:   Yes.

MAN:   Well, colour it black.

1

MAN:   Can you see the kite?

GIRL:   Which one? The kite which the boy is flying?

MAN:   No, the small kite which the girl is playing with. Colour it blue.

GIRL:   OK.

2

MAN:   Now look at the two women.

GIRL:   The women who are sitting down?

MAN:   Yes, that’s right. Look at the one in the hat.

GIRL:   Yes, I can see her.

MAN:   Now, colour her dress red.

GIRL:   OK.

3

MAN:   Can you see the two dogs?

GIRL:   Yes, one is big and one is small.

MAN:   That’s right. Now colour the bigger one brown and the smaller one black.

GIRL:   OK. I like dogs.

4

MAN:   Now, what about the sky?

GIRL:   Shall I draw something in it?

MAN:   That’s nice. Draw a plane.

GIRL:   Where shall I put it?

MAN:   Above the tree.

GIRL:   OK.

5

MAN:   Now look at the three men who are running.

GIRL:   Yes, I can see them.

MAN:   All right. Why don’t you colour one of their T-shirts?

GIRL:   OK. Which one shall I colour?

MAN:   What about the fattest man? Colour his T-shirt green.

GIRL:   OK. That’s a good colour.

1   Colour the 3 plates on the table – 2 yellow, 1 pink

2   Colour the curtains – blue

3   Colour the cake – brown

4   Draw some purple flowers on the table under the window

5   Colour the parrot – green

Audioscript

MAN:   Do you want to help me? I’m making a picture to put outside my café so a lot of people will come in and have tea.

GIRL:   All right. What can I do?

MAN:   Can you see the woman who’s sitting at the table? Colour her dress black.

1

MAN:   Can you see the plates?

GIRL:   Which plates? The little ones on the table or the big ones on the wall?

MAN:   The three little ones on the table. Colour two of them yellow and one of them pink.

GIRL:   OK.

2

MAN:   Now look at the curtains.

GIRL:   In the window?

MAN:   Yes, that’s right. Can you colour them blue, please?

3

MAN:   What shall we do now?

GIRL:   Shall I colour the cake on the table?

MAN:   Yes, please. You choose a colour.

GIRL:   OK. I like chocolate cake best so I’ll colour it brown.

4

MAN:   Would you like to draw something now?

GIRL:   Yes, but what shall I draw?

MAN:   Something nice.

GIRL:   I know, I’ll draw some flowers.

MAN:   Where are you going to put them?

GIRL:   Here on the table under the window. I’ll colour them purple.

MAN:   Oh, they look lovely.

5

MAN:   What else do we need in the picture?

GIRL:   I know one thing which we need!

MAN:   What’s that?

GIRL:   Your café is called ‘The Green Parrot’, isn’t it?

MAN:   Yes, I know. You want to colour the parrot at the top of the picture green.

GIRL:   Yes.

MAN:   That’s lovely. I’m sure a lot of people will come to my café now!