Listen carefully is a book of listening practice activities for adult and young adult students of English at elementary level. It can be used either in the classroom with guidance from the teacher or as a self-study book for the student working alone. It is also suitable for use in a language laboratory. | Food Activity 1 Put these words into the table under the correct headings. mango tuna beef salmon chicken apple grapefruit broccoli wheat rice sole turkey orange corn pear cucumber onion lobster lamb pineapple cabbage mushroom cauliflower meat fish vegetables fruit cereals fl os cp Now listen to how some of the words are pronounced and underline the stressed syllable for example mango. Activity 2 You will hear sentences containing the phrase a or the . Listen and tick the one you hear. 1 a cauliflower 7 the cauliflower 2 a grapefruit the grapefruit 3 a cabbage the cabbage 4 a salmon the salmon 5 a lobster the lobster 6 a pineapple the pineapple 7 a cucumber the cucumber Activity 3 Tim is going to the supermarket. Listen and tick the things he needs to buy. cucumber bread sweetcorn lamb cabbage onions broccoli rice 14 4 e d ne rned urn rate - 33 potatoes O vegetabtes 33 tea --- Qcottee fJ trutt iu ce Beef Price well done - medium rare . _ chicken fish . . i 1 rice potatoes vegetables L tea Z coffee fruit juice . Total 15 U hl IT 4 Activity 2 Listen to people talking about their meals. Did they enjoy their food Tick the correct response for each speaker. Yes they liked it a lot. 2 . Yes they quite liked it. No they didn t like it at all. 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . Activity 3 Listen to people talking about their food. What do they mean Tick the correct explanation. 1 too hot. . not hot enough 2 . undercooked. overcooked 3 . too salty enough 4 . too tough. too salty 5 .undercooked. overcooked 6 . too spicy. not spicy enough 7 .too much enough sugar Activity 4 Listen to the waitress and choose the best response. 4 __Yes please. 2 __ Yes it is. __ Fine thanks. 3 __No thanks. Not at all. No thanks. Yes it is. 5 __ Yes I do. Just a little. 6 __ Yes please. Yes it s great. 7 -__J Not just now. No it isn t. .
