Listening Exercises - Elementary Level

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1L1 World Of Movies

Recorded message giving cinema information.

Times of films being shown, plot outlines given using present simple

British 1m 57s A2
1L2 A Musician's Day

Rock star describes day's routine.

Present simple to talk about daily routine of a famous musician

International 2m 01s A2
1L3 The New Class

A woman tells her male friend about her new Spanish class.

Present Simple and present continuous. Description of people and places

American / British 2m 55s A2
1L4 Making Apple Pie

Two friends discuss what is needed to make an apple pie.

Quantifiers - few, many, enough, a lot, etc

American / British 1m 59s A2
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1L5 Bookworms

Woman carrying out survey about reading habits and book-buying habits. Male respondant.

Present simple questions, some past simple

American / British 1m 49s A2
1L6 Leaving On A Jet Plane

Two friends have a conversation during a flight to Los Angeles.

Mainly present simple and past simple

American 2m 05s A2

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1L7 Coming To Town

Two friends have a conversation about a family member coming to visit.

Expressing the future

American 2m 09s A2
1L8 At The Airport

Two friends at the airport discussing their future vacation plans.

Present simple, going to future, past simple

American 1m 58s A2
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1L9 At The Department Store

Male customer assistant helping female customer with information about where to find things in a department store.

Present and past simple, first conditional, basic modals

American 2m 17s A2
1L10 Better Learning

Four speakers talk about what they do to help themselves learn English better.

Adjectives, how to improve your English learning

Multiple 2m 46s A2
1L11 Knowing Her Majesty

Two friends talk about an assignment one of them has to write about Queen Elizabeth II.

Present simple questions

Australian 2m 41s A2
1L12 Perchance To Dream

Survey about sleeping and dreaming.

Present simple questions, adverbs of frequency

British 2m 37s A2
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