Practice English Listening Test for Starters – Listening for Words, Colours and Prepositions Test #6

1   Colour the fish in front of the camera – yellow

2   Colour the fish in the box – purple

3   Colour the fish next to the radio – green

4   Colour the fish under the ducks – pink

5   Colour the fish on the boat – red

Audioscript

BOY:   I love this picture. Look at all the fish!

WOMAN:   Yes. You can colour them for me …

BOY:   OK. Can I colour the fish on the mirror? Can I colour it blue?

WOMAN:   The fish on the mirror, blue? Yes!

BOY:   Good!

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WOMAN:   Now, can you see the fish next to the camera?

BOY:   Yes. It’s swimming in front of it.

WOMAN:   That’s right. Colour the fish in front of the camera yellow.

BOY:   Yellow. OK. I’m doing it now.

WOMAN:   Great!

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WOMAN:   And there’s a fish in the box.

BOY:   Oh, yes!

WOMAN:   Colour it purple.

BOY:   The fish in the box? Purple?

WOMAN:   Yes. That’s right.

BOY:   OK.

3 

WOMAN:   One fish is next to the radio. Can you see it?

BOY:   Yes. It’s listening to it! Can I colour that fish green?

WOMAN:   Yes. Colour the fish next to the radio green.

BOY:   That’s my favourite colour!

WOMAN:   Good!

4 

BOY:   Look at the fish in the water under the ducks!

WOMAN:   The fish under the ducks?

BOY:   Yes. What colour can I do that fish?

WOMAN:   Pink.

BOY:   Pardon?

WOMAN:   Pink.

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WOMAN:   Now, the fish on the boat. Can you see it?

BOY:   Yes.

WOMAN:   Colour the fish on the boat. Colour it red.

BOY:   Red! Great! I love this picture now.

WOMAN:   Good.

1   Colour the book in the bookcase – pink

2   Colour the book between the dog and the radio – yellow

3   Colour the book under the bed – red

4   Colour the bird’s book – purple

5   Colour the book on the mat – orange

Audioscript

MAN:   Look at this picture.

GIRL:   Yes. The boy’s in his bedroom. He’s playing his guitar.

MAN:   Yes. Now, can you see the big book under his foot?

GIRL:   The big book under his foot? Yes, I can see it. Can I colour it blue?

MAN:   Yes, please. Colour it blue.

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MAN:   OK. There’s a book in the bookcase behind the boy. Can you see it?

GIRL:   Yes, I can see it.

MAN:   Can you colour it pink?

GIRL:   OK. I’m colouring the book in the bookcase pink.

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MAN:   Can you see a book between the dog and the radio?

GIRL:   Oh, yes. Can I colour it yellow?

MAN:   Yes, please. Colour the book between the dog and the radio yellow.

GIRL:   Oh, look, the dog’s singing!

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GIRL:   What now?

MAN:   Well, there’s a book under the bed.

GIRL:   Oh, yes, I can see it.

MAN:   Colour it red, please.

GIRL:   OK, the book under the bed is now red.

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GIRL:   And is that a bird on the bed?

MAN:   Yes, it is. And it’s reading!

GIRL:   It’s reading a big book! Can I colour the bird’s book purple?

MAN:   Yes, please. Colour that book purple.

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MAN:   Now, what is your favourite colour?

GIRL:   Oh, it’s orange.

MAN:   Then colour the book on the mat orange.

GIRL:   The book on the mat? OK.

MAN:   Good. I like this picture now.

1   Colour the swimming monkey – red

2   Colour the monkey sitting on a hippo – yellow

3   Colour the monkey eating a banana – brown

4   Colour the monkey with a ball – blue

5   Colour the monkey pointing to a crocodile – orange

Audioscript

MAN:   Look, here’s a picture of some monkeys. Can you colour them?

GIRL:   Yes, please! I like monkeys.

MAN:   Can you see the monkey under the tree?

GIRL:   Yes. It’s sleeping.

MAN:   Well, colour it pink.

GIRL:   OK, the monkey under the tree is pink.

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MAN:   One monkey is swimming. Can you see it?

GIRL:   Oh, yes, you’re right! A monkey is swimming.

MAN:   Well, colour that monkey red.

GIRL:   OK. It’s red now.

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MAN:   Now find the hippo.

GIRL:   There it is. A monkey’s sitting on it!

MAN:   That’s right. Colour that monkey yellow, please.

GIRL:   OK. I’m colouring the monkey on the hippo yellow now.

3 

MAN:   One monkey is eating a banana.

GIRL:   Oh, yes.

MAN:   Can you colour that monkey brown?

GIRL:   OK. The monkey with the banana is brown.

MAN:   That’s very good!

4 

MAN:   One monkey is throwing a ball. Can you see it?

GIRL:   Yes, there it is.

MAN:   Colour that monkey blue.

GIRL:   Right. The monkey with the ball is blue now.

5 

MAN:   One of the monkeys is pointing to a crocodile.

GIRL:   Pointing to a crocodile? Oh, now I see it!

MAN:   Good.

GIRL:   Can I colour that monkey orange?

MAN:   Orange? Yes.

GIRL:   OK.