Practice English Listening Test for A2 with answer and audioscript – Test #23

1 C   2 A   3 B   4 B   5 C

Audioscript

1   Where is the photograph now?

Man:   Where’s our photograph gone?

Woman:   I put it on the wall next to the window. It didn’t look good where you put it above the cupboard.

Man:   But you can’t see it by the window. Shall I put it next to the phone?

Woman:   It’ll fall off there. Let’s leave it where it is.

Man:   OK then.

2   When can Suzy come to dinner?

Diane:   Hello, Suzy. It’s Diane. I’m just calling to see if you’re free for dinner next Saturday, the ninth, or the Saturday after, the sixteenth.

Suzy:   The ninth is fine. We’re away from the sixteenth until the twenty-third.

Diane:   So, next weekend then.

Suzy:   Yes, that will be lovely. What time …

3   Where did Jane go on holiday?

Boy:   Did you go camping again this year, Jane?

Jane:   Our tent is too old so we stayed with my Aunt Vera. She lives in an apartment by the beach. I don’t like swimming but we went walking and horse riding a lot. It was great!

Boy:   Doesn’t your aunt live in the mountains?

Jane:   She moved last year.

4   What has Maria hurt?

Man:   Are you all right, Maria? What’s wrong with your neck?

Maria:   Ah, I’ve just fallen over in the snow and I’ve got a terrible pain in my arm, not my neck.

Man:   Give me your hand and I’ll help you up.

Maria:   OK. Thanks.

5   What time will Clare meet Jack at the station?

Clare:   What time will you arrive at the station, Jack? I’ll come and meet you.

Jack:   Well, Clare, the train leaves London at half past four.

Clare:   So you should be here at quarter to six.

Jack:   That’s right. It takes one hour and fifteen minutes.

6 C   7 D   8 A   9 H   10 G

Audioscript

Man:   Hello, Diana. I’ve just got this information about some new evening courses. On Monday evenings, they’ve got some guitar classes.

Diana:   I’m busy on Mondays. What can you do on Tuesdays?

Man:   Well, there’s a course to teach you how to make easy meals from different parts of the world. The teacher’s Terry Wood. He’s in the restaurant business.

Diana:   That sounds good. What about Wednesdays?

Man:   That class is about the cinema in Italy and France.

Diana:   Oh, I’d like that. Is there a course for you – something on business perhaps?

Man:   Well, on Thursdays, there’s one looking at different companies around the world. If you do it, you spend a lot of time on the college computers, which is good.

Diana:   Oh.

Man:   There’s another interesting course on Friday. You learn about the moon and all the different stars.

Diana:   Really? Is there anything on Saturday?

Man:   Yes, then you can learn about the lives and work of the world’s greatest painters.

Diana:   I think the Wednesday course sounds best.

11 B   12 A   13 B   14 C   15 C

Audioscript

Girl:   Good morning. Can I book a coach trip to Edinburgh?

Man:   Yes, there are two every day, morning and afternoon.

Girl:   Tomorrow morning, please. It’s my free day. How much is it?

Man:   It’s nine pounds for adults, five for children, and seven for students.

Girl:   That’s good. I’m at the university. Here’s the money and my student card.

Man:   Thanks. Here’s your ticket.

Girl:   Where can I catch the coach?

Man:   In Bridge Street or outside the Grand Hotel, or there’s a stop at the library if you want to wait there.

Girl:   Good idea, I’ll do that. What time does it leave?

Man:   It leaves Bridge Street at quarter to nine and gets to you at five to nine. It takes ten minutes going through town.

Girl:   Is there time to see the castle in Edinburgh?

Man:   Yes, we go there after the cathedral. We don’t visit the shops or museums, I’m afraid.

Girl:   Fine. How long is the trip?

Man:   The journey there and back is about two and a quarter hours and you spend two hours in Edinburgh. So that four hours and fifteen minutes. You’ll be back by lunchtime.

Girl:   Great!

16 FORSTER(‘)S   17 38 / thirty(-)eight   18 green

19 (£) 65(.00) / sixty(-)five (pounds)

20 2(.00) / 14.00 / two (o’clock) (pm)

Audioscript

Bob Watson:   Hello, can I speak to Anna Jones, please?

Mrs Jones:   I’m afraid she’s out but you can leave a message with me – I’m her mother.

Bob Watson:   Thanks. This is Bob Watson from the shoe shop Forsters.

Mrs Jones:   How do you spell that?

Bob Watson:   It’s F O R S T E R S.

Mrs Jones:   OK, I’ve got that.

Bob Watson:   Can you tell her that we now have the boots she wanted in size thirty-eight? We only had size forty when she came into the shop last week. And she’ll be pleased to know that they’re also in the colour she liked – green. Before we only had black ones.

Mrs Jones:   That’s good news.

Bob Watson:   Yes, and there’s even more good news. We’re having a sale, so they’re forty pounds cheaper. Now they’re sixty-five pounds, which is a good price. They’re made of very good leather.

Mrs Jones:   Well, she’ll be really pleased. Can she come and get them tomorrow at around five o’clock?

Bob Watson:   She’ll have to come before two o’clock, I’m afraid, because that’s when we shut tomorrow.

Mrs Jones:   OK, I’ll tell her.

21 Oct(ober)  

22 10.15 (am) / (a) quarter past ten / ten fifteen

23 (J.P.) HAYWARD

24 (£)8.70 / eight (pounds) (and) seventy (p/pence)

25 4497 6390

Audioscript

Next week is Family Learning Week and there will be special activities at colleges and schools all over town.

There is a very interesting art class at Hadley College called ‘Paint with your Parents’. It’s on Saturday, October the ninth, and is for anyone with children under the age of sixteen. It’s a two-hour class. It begins at ten fifteen in the morning and finishes at twelve fifteen.

The most interesting thing about this class is the special guest, a famous writer called J.P. Hayward – that’s H A Y W A R D. She will read from her latest book, Dark Lake. Listening to her will give you ideas to use in your paintings.

The class is not expensive. A family ticket costs eight pounds seventy. That’s for four people. Anyone extra has to pay three pounds.

This class will be very popular, so book early. The number you need to call is double four nine seven, six three nine oh. I hope you all enjoy Family Learning Week.