Practice English Listening Test for Starters – Listening for Words, Colours and Prepositions Test #8

1   Colour the plane behind the helicopter – yellow

2   Colour the plane in the water – green

3   Colour the plane in the boy’s hand – blue

4   Colour the plane in the tree – orange

5   Colour the plane between the babies, on the mat – red

Audioscript

MAN:   Can you see the girl with the long hair? She’s painting a picture of a plane.

GIRL:   Yes.

MAN:   Well, colour that plane pink.

GIRL:   Pardon?

MAN:   The plane in the painting. Colour it pink.

1 

MAN:   There’s a plane behind the helicopter.

GIRL:   Yes, can I colour it?

MAN:   Yes, colour it yellow.

GIRL:   OK. The plane behind the helicopter, I’m colouring it yellow.

2 

MAN:   Find the plane in the water.

GIRL:   Sorry?

MAN:   The plane in the water. Colour it green.

GIRL:   Green?

MAN:   Yes.

3 

MAN:   Can you see the boy? He’s got a plane in his hand.

GIRL:   Yes.

MAN:   Colour the plane in the boy’s hand. Colour it blue.

GIRL:   OK. I’m colouring that plane blue.

4 

MAN:   Now find the tree.

GIRL:   Yes?

MAN:   There’s a plane in it. Colour it orange.

GIRL:   Orange?

MAN:   Yes, the plane in the tree.

5 

MAN:   Look at the plane on the mat.

GIRL:   Yes, it’s between the two babies.

MAN:   Yes. Colour that plane red.

GIRL:   OK. There’s a red plane between the babies.

MAN:   Yes, they love their toy plane!

1   Colour the head of the monster on the horse – pink

2   Colour the head of the monster wearing a dress – yellow

3   Colour the head of the monster kicking a football – red

4   Colour the head of the monster sleeping next to the flowers – purple

5   Colour the head of the flying monster – orange

     (Accept if colouring overlaps beyond the head, but not if the whole monster is coloured.)

Audioscript

WOMAN:   Look at this picture.

BOY:   Mmm. There are some monsters in a garden!

WOMAN:   Now, can you see the monster with a dog?

BOY:   Yes, I can see him. Can I colour his head blue?

WOMAN:   Yes, please. The monster with the dog. Colour his head blue.

1 

WOMAN:   OK. There’s a monster on a horse. Can you see him?

BOY:   Yes, I can see him.

WOMAN:   Can you colour that monster’s head pink?

BOY:   OK. The monster on the horse. His head is pink now.

2 

BOY:   Look at that monster! She’s wearing a dress!

WOMAN:   Oh, yes! I like her dress.

BOY:   Can I colour her head yellow?

WOMAN:   Mmm. Yellow is a good colour for her head.

3 

BOY:   What now?

WOMAN:   Can you see the monster with the football?

BOY:   Oh, yes. I can see him. He’s kicking the football.

WOMAN:   Colour his head red.

BOY:   OK. His head is red now.

4 

BOY:   Is that monster sleeping next to the flowers?

WOMAN:   Yes.

BOY:   Can I colour her head purple?

WOMAN:   Yes, please. Colour the head of the monster next to the flowers purple.

5 

BOY:   That monster is flying. Can I colour his head?

WOMAN:   Yes. What colour?

BOY:   My favourite colour is orange.

WOMAN:   OK.

BOY:   He’s flying with an orange head now!

1   Colour the woman’s hat – purple

2   Colour the hat of the boy on the bike – orange

3   Colour the hat in the tree – blue

4   Colour the hat under the baby’s feet – red

5   Colour the hat on the duck’s head – yellow

Audioscript

WOMAN:   Look at the picture. Can you see the girl with a kite?

BOY:   Yes. Can I colour her hat?

WOMAN:   Yes. Colour it green.

BOY:   Pardon?

WOMAN:   The girl with the kite. Make her hat green.

1 

BOY:   And the woman’s wearing a hat too.

WOMAN:   Oh, yes. Colour that hat purple.

BOY:   OK. I’m colouring the woman’s hat purple now.

WOMAN:   Good.

2 

WOMAN:   Can you see the boy on the bike? He’s wearing a hat. Colour his hat orange.

BOY:   Orange? That’s a nice colour!

WOMAN:   Yes, and the boy on the bike likes it.

3 

BOY:   And why is there a hat in the tree?

WOMAN:   I don’t know. Would you like to colour it?

BOY:   OK.

WOMAN:   Colour it blue.

BOY:   Right. The hat in the tree is blue now.

4 

BOY:   Is that baby standing on a hat?

WOMAN:   Yes. That’s not very nice!

BOY:   Can I colour that hat?

WOMAN:   Yes, please. Colour the hat under the baby’s feet, red.

BOY:   OK. I’m doing it red now.

5 

BOY:   Look at the duck! It’s got a big hat on its head!

WOMAN:   Yes.

BOY:   Can I make its hat yellow? That’s my favourite colour.

WOMAN:   Yes, please. Colour the hat on the duck’s head, yellow.