Practice KET (A2) Listening Test 06 with Answers and Audioscripts

1 C   2 B   3 A   4 C   5 A

Audioscripts

1   How did Carrie hurt her leg?

Boy:   Hi, Carrie. Are you OK?

Carrie:   My leg hurts a bit, that’s all.

Boy:   Oh, you were in the running race yesterday and you nearly fell, didn’t you?

Carrie:   Yes, but actually I hurt my leg when I was coming down the stairs at home.

Boy:   Ouch! I hurt mine quite badly when I fell off my bike when we went cycling together.

2   Which backpack has the boy bought?

Girl:   Is that a new backpack?

Boy:   Yes. Remember I was looking at some online with one big pocket on the outside?

Girl:   Yes, and with a picture of a star.

Boy:   Well, I saw this one in the market. It’s the same except it’s got two small pockets instead of one big one.

Girl:   Yeah. I might get one, too.

3   Where will Daisy have her birthday party?

Boy:   Daisy, have you decided to have your birthday party in your garden like last year?

Daisy:   Mum said I should have it at the sports club because I want to invite a lot of my friends.

Boy:   But what about food? There isn’t a restaurant there.

Daisy:   Exactly, so, actually, Mum’s agreed to do the same as last year.

4   Which job does Dylan’s dad do now?

Girl:   I saw your dad at the hospital yesterday, Dylan. He was helping an old lady. Is he a doctor?

Dylan:   He works at the hospital, but he drives an ambulance. He loves his job.

Girl:   Has he always had that job?

Dylan:   He was an office worker before. He did that for a long time, but he said it was boring.

5   What did they both do yesterday?

Boy:   It was great at the beach yesterday, wasn’t it? Why didn’t you come sailing?

Girl:   I didn’t have enough time. I had to be home by four o’clock. But I loved going surfing.

Boy:   That was the best thing for me, too. Shall we play beach volleyball next time?

Girl:   Yes, that’s one of my favourite sports!

6   5.60 (any convention)     7   Sat(urday)

8   9:10 (any convention)     9   camera     10   Modana

Audioscript

Woman:   Please listen because I want to tell you about the next class trip. We’re going to a castle. You read about this one in Tedbury last week in your history lesson. Tell your parents they need to pay for the trip this week. It’s five pounds sixty. That’s three pounds for the ticket and the rest is for transport.

This trip’s on a Saturday. We don’t want you to miss a school day, like a Friday.

We’re going by bus. Please get to school by eight fifty at the latest because the bus will go at ten past nine exactly.

You don’t need to bring paper or a pen, but you’ll need a camera. If you haven’t got one, you can share with a friend.

While we’re there, we’re going to see a special exhibition. The one about cars has just finished and now there’s one about clothes that’s called Modana. That’s M-O-D-A-N-A. It’s very interesting to see what people wore hundreds of years ago.

Now, any questions … (fade)

11 A   12 C   13 C   14 B   15 C

Audioscript

Nadia:   Hi, Tom. We start our new school next week.

Tom:   Yes, how are you going to get there, Nadia?

Nadia:   It’s not far, so I don’t need to take a bus. I’ll cycle because I’ll have too many heavy books to walk there.

Tom:   I’ve got my new uniform.

Nadia:   Me too! My jacket’s fantastic!

Tom:   The blue shirt’s best, I think. Not boring like the trousers!

Nadia:   There are a lot of students in the new school.

Tom:   The blue shirt’s best, I think. Not boring like the trousers!

Nadia:   There are a lot of students in the new school.

Tom:   I know the number exactly. Mum told me: one thousand and fifty-five. Our told school only had around eight hundred.

Nadia:   My first school only had about four hundred and seventy-five children.

Tom:   Chemistry is a new subject for us.

Nadia:   Yes, I don’t know if I’ll like it, but I love maths, so I think I will. Will we study biology?

Tom:   I’m not sure. We’ll find out on our first day.

Nadia:   Oh yeah, we’ll talk to all our teachers before we go to our class. In the second week, they’ll show us how to use the library. There’ll be a quiz about it.

Tom:   Great!

16 A   17 A   18 C   19 A   20 B

Audioscript

16   You will hear a teacher talking about a trip. What has changed?

Man:   Right. You know the museum trip’s next Friday and you have to be at school at eight thirty because the bus departs at eight forty-five. The bus can’t leave any later because the traffic will be bad. I’d asked you all for ten pounds, but our group tickets are cheaper, so you only have to give me eight. OK?

17   You will hear two students talking about a problem. Where’s the boy’s phone?

Girl:   Why didn’t you text me to say you’d be late?

Boy:   Sorry, I couldn’t. I was secretly looking at my phone in chemistry, and Mrs Clements saw me, and took it and put it in her drawer. I can’t have it back until lunchtime.

Girl:   Are you going home for lunch?

Boy:   Yes, because I’ve left my maths books in my brother’s backpack.

18   You will hear a boy talking about buying some boots. Why did he buy the boots?

Boy:   I got some new boots at the weekend. They’re the same as the ones that singer Jason Wright’s wearing in his latest video. How cool is that? The leather’s a bit hard and uncomfortable, but Mum says it’ll get softer when I wear them. They only have them in gold or brown. Mum made me have the brown ones!

19   You will hear a girl talking about playing tennis. How does she feel after playing?

Girl:   You’ll never guess what happened during my tennis match! We played doubles and the girl I was playing with never let me hit the ball. I’m so mad at her. I know I won’t be able to sleep tonight because I’ll be thinking about what to say to her tomorrow. I don’t even want to have supper now!

20   You will hear two friends talking about a new teacher. What do they like about the new teacher?

Girl:   Have you seen our new music teacher, Mr Martinez?

Boy:   He smiles a lot, which is great.

Girl:   And always wants to help you. I think he looks like that guy who plays for Manchester United.

Boy:   Really? I don’t think so. Mr Martinez says he didn’t always get good grades at school and only became a teacher when he was forty.

21 G   22 B   23 D   24 E   25 C

Audioscript

Uncle:   Are you reading that book for school, Jade?

Jade:   Yes, it’s called The Delay. It’s about chemistry and there’s lots of good information I can use for my school project.

Uncle:   Oh, so it isn’t a story?

Jade:   Not really, but the last book we read at school was. It was called Crunch and it was great. I finished it too quickly – in an hour! I wanted to read it for days!

Uncle:   Have you read any more good books?

Jade:   Yes, our teacher gave us My Island. It really made me laugh a lot. I wasn’t bored reading it at all.

Uncle:   Didn’t you read Dangerous Animals?

Jade:   Yes, it’s not scary! But it was difficult to read – there were lots of words I didn’t know.

Uncle:   OK.

Jade:   I also read The Invitation. I cried when I read that, especially the beginning bit.

Uncle:   Did you finish it?

Jade:   Yes, and I finished Skating Star last week.

Uncle:   Was that good?

Jade:   Yes, the first bit was best. But the rest was good, too. There was a short programme about the writer on TV last week.

Uncle:   Interesting.