Practice English Listening Test for A1 – Listening for Words, Colours and Describing Things Test #4

1   Colour the bottle next to the cakes – orange

2   Draw a ball next to the tree

3   Colour the dog asleep under the tree – black

4   Colour the big apple at the top of the tree – green

5   Colour the sweater of the woman in the chair – pink

Audioscript

Woman:   Hello, Tom. Do you want to colour this picture?

Boy:   Yes, please. I’d like to climb that tree!

Woman:   Well, in the picture there are two boys who are climbing the tree.

Boy:   One of them has a hat.

Woman:   Right, can you colour that?

Boy:   OK. The boy’s hat. I’m colouring it red.

Woman:   Good.

1

Boy:   What now?

Woman:   Can you see all the picnic things on the blanket?

Boy:   Mmm … the cakes look good.

Woman:   Yes, I know. Well, next to them is a bottle.

Boy:   The bottle next to the cakes?

Woman:   Yes. Colour it orange.

2

Woman:   Would you like to do some drawing now?

Boy:   Well … is it something difficult?

Woman:   No. Can you draw a ball?

Boy:   Yes, that’s easy. But where?

Woman:   Put the ball next to the tree.

3

Woman:   Now some more colouring.

Boy:   Yes. What about the dogs?

Woman:   Which one do you like best?

Boy:   The one that’s sleeping under the tree.

Woman:   Right. The dog that’s sleeping. Colour that one black.

4

Boy:   Can I colour an apple now?

Woman:   OK, but which one? There are a lot of apples on the tree.

Boy:   Well, there’s one very big one there, at the top of the tree.

Woman:   OK. The one at the top of the tree. What colour would you like?

Boy:   Green, I think.

5

Woman:   Last thing now. There’s a woman there.

Boy:   Do you mean the one who’s kicking the ball?

Woman:   No! The older woman. She’s sitting in the chair. She’s wearing a sweater and skirt.

Boy:   OK. Can I colour her sweater? I want to colour it pink.

Woman:   Fine. That looks good now.

1   Colour the rock with the girl standing on it – brown

2   Colour the coat of the girl skating on the lake – green

3   Colour the hat of the boy sitting on the ice – orange

4   Draw a cup of coffee in the hand of the bearded man

5   Colour the scarf of the boy carrying the skates – yellow

Audioscript

Man:   Look at this picture of children playing on a lake.

Girl:   Oh, yes. Can I colour something?

Man:   OK. Can you see the woman who’s standing by the lake?

Girl:   Yes. Shall I colour her sweater?

Man:   Fine. Colour her sweater blue.

1

Man:   Can you see the girl who’s standing on a rock?

Girl:   Yes.

Man:   Would you like to colour the rock?

Girl:   Yes, please.

Man:   OK. Colour it brown.

2

Man:   Now you can colour something different.

Girl:   OK.

Man:   Can you see the girl who’s skating on the lake?

Girl:   Yes, she’s wearing a coat.

Man:   That’s right. Well, colour her coat green.

3

Man:   Now find the boy who’s sitting down.

Girl:   Right. He’s not very good at skating.

Man:   No, he isn’t!

Girl:   Shall I colour his hat?

Man:   OK. Colour his hat orange, please.

4

Man:   Now for some drawing.

Girl:   Good.

Man:   Find the man who’s watching the children on the lake.

Girl:   The man with the beard?

Man:   That’s right. Draw a cup of coffee in his hand.

Girl:   A cup of coffee? OK. It’s a cold day. He needs a hot drink.

5

Girl:   What shall I do now?

Man:   Can you see the boy with his skates in his hand?

Girl:   Yes. He’s wearing a scarf.

Man:   Right. Now, colour his scarf yellow.

Girl:   Good! It’s a beautiful picture now.

1   Colour the square robot – red

2   Draw rain under the cloud which is above the flowers

3   Colour the round moon between the two stars – blue

4   Colour the plane flying in the sky – yellow

5   Colour the tallest tree – pink

Audioscript

Man:   Hello, Ann. Look at this picture! Would you like to live here?

Girl:   No, because it isn’t our world. But I like looking at it.

Man:   Shall we colour it?

Girl:   OK. Can I colour the monster with four arms?

Man:   Yes. Colour the monster with four arms green.

1

Girl:   I can see two robots in this picture.

Man:   That’s right. Now, I want you to colour the square one.

Girl:   OK. What colour?

Man:   Colour the square robot red.

2

Man:   Now I want you to draw something.

Girl:   Is it difficult?

Man:   No, but listen carefully. Can you see a cloud?

Girl:   I can see two of them.

Man:   Good. Find the one which is above the flowers, and draw rain under that cloud.

Girl:   I understand. It’s raining on the flowers!

3

Man:   Now look at the stars.

Girl:   I can see some stars and two different moons.

Man:   That’s right. Find the round moon which is between two stars.

Girl:   Can I colour the round one blue?

Man:   Yes. That’s a good colour for it.

4

Girl:   I like the planes. Can I colour one of them?

Man:   OK. Which one do you want to colour?

Girl:   I’d like to colour the one that’s flying.

Man:   Right. Colour the plane that’s flying yellow.

5

Man:   There are trees in this world. Can you see them?

Girl:   Yes, I can see them, but they are not like the ones in our world.

Man:   Well, I want you to colour the tallest tree in the picture.

Girl:   OK. I’m colouring the tallest one. I’m colouring it pink.

Man:   Very good! I like that!