The listener knows we want to bring something. We are asking if it is the salad or the dessert that we should bring. If we say it like this,

Do you want me to bring a salad or a dessert?

This means “Do you want me to bring anything, for example, a salad or a dessert?” This question can be answered by Yes or No.

You will sentences like this. Check whether each sentence is the first type (Choose one) or the second type (Yes or no).

Choose one Yes or No

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UNIT V. Tactics: Identifying Speaker’s Attitude from Intonation: Interested/Uninterested, Listening for Key Words in a Sentence.

Vocabulary

disco, exciting, raquet ball

1. Sometimes the same words can have different meanings depending on how they are said. For example, in answer to,

Do you want to go to the movies?

a person could show interest with the word: OK! Or a lack of interest with the same word: OK.

Listen to these dialogs and decide whether the second speaker is

interested or not very interested.

Interested Not Interested

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2. ------------ -------------------

3. ------------ -------------------

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5. ------------ -------------------

2. You will hear sentences with the words below. Number the words 1,2, and 3 in the order in which you hear them. You will hear each sentence twice. For example:

They went to a disco called “Anna’s”

[3] Anna’s [2] went [1] went

1. [ ] out [ ] don’t [ ] weekends

2. [ ] often [ ] city [ ] piano

3. [ ] museum [ ] movies [ ] interesting

4. [ ] early [ ] Sundays [ ] get

5. [ ] world [ ] exciting [ ] football’s

6. [ ] always [ ] late [ ] weekends

7. [ ] great [ ] pool [ ] meet

UNIT VI. Tactics: Identifying Whether Time or Place is Being Stressed, Recognizing Question Tags, Distinguishing Reduced Forms of Past and Present in WH Questions.

Vocabulary

downtown, to eat out, store = shop

1. In the following questions we can put the stress in two different places. If we say it like this,

Are you going to the library on Sunday?

the most information is where you are going. Now listen to this example,

Are you going to the library on Sunday?

This time the important information is when you are going.

Listen to each question and decide if the person is asking about where and when something is happening. Check the correct column.

WHERE WHEN

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2.

3.

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5.

6.

7.

8.

2. You will hear statements that can be changed into questions by adding a question tag, such as, is he? isn’t she? can she? or doesn’t she? For example, if you hear,

John isn’t coming to the party,

you would choose is he? Listen to the sentences. Decide which one

of the question tags below is correct and circle it.

1. Is she? Does she?

2. Isn’t he? Is he?

3. Do they? Aren’t they?

4. Is she? Can’t she?

5. Will he? Does he?

6. Can’t it? Isn’t it?

7. Won’t we? Aren’t we?

8. Is she? Does she?

3. You will hear one of the sentences below. Circle the letter of the sentence you hear.

1. a. What are you doing on Saturday?

b. What’d you do on Saturday?

2. a. Where are going on Sunday?

b. Where’d you go on Sunday?

3. a. Who are you going with to the movie?

b. Who’d you go with to the movie?

4. a. When are you going to the disco?

b. When did you go to the disco?

5. a. Why are you going to the doctor?

b. Why’d you go to the doctor?

6. a. Who are you going to the party with?

b. Who’d you go to the party with?

7. a. Where are you going for dinner on Friday?

b. Where’d you go for dinner on Friday?

8. a. Where are you going fishing on Sunday?

b. Where’d you go fishing on Sunday?

UNIT VII. Tactics: Distinguishing Positive and Negative Questions, Identifying Meaning from Intonation: Checking/Confirming, Identifying the Information Focus in Question from Intonation.

Vocabulary

to accept credit cards, driver’s license

1. We can say either I think so or I don’t think so when agreeing to a question. When the question is affirmative, we usually say I think so. For example:

A: You are going shopping soon, aren’t you?

B: I think so.

When the question is negative, we say I don’t think so. For example:

A: You aren’t going shopping soon, are you?

B: I don’t think so.

Listen to each question and place a mark (+) under the response that shows agreement.

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I think so I don’t think so

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7.

8.

2. Listen to this statement.

That’s $14.40, please.

You can reply to this statement in two ways. If you are not sure what the speaker said, you will need to check the price, so you reply like this,

Fourteen forty?

But to show that you do understand, you reply like this,

Fourteen forty.

Now listen to these conversations. Is the second speaker checking the number, or showing that he or she understands?

Checking Understands

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2.

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6.

7.

3. These three speakers are all checking that they have heard the price $3.55 correctly. What part of the price are they checking?

Three fifty-five?

This speaker is not sure if the price is three fifty-five, or six fifty-five.

Three fifty-five?

This speaker is not sure if the price is three fifty-five, or maybe three

sixty-five.

Three fifty-five?

This speaker is not sure if the price is three fifty-five, or maybe three fifty

-three.

Circle below the part of the number that each of these speakers is

checking.

1. two seventy-one

2. thirteen forty-two

3. nineteen seventy-five

4. two twenty-eight

5. thirty-two twenty-seven

6. six fifty-four

7. seventeen thirty-six

UNIT VIII. Tactics: Listening for Sequence Markers, Distinguishing Similar-Sounding Words.

Vocabulary

to go past smth., intersection, to reach smth., traffic lights

1. You will hear directions that mention two things or places. Write 1 next to the first thing you will see and 2 next to the second thing you will see.

For example:

Before you cross the bridge you’ll see a bank.

1 bank 2 bridge

1. supermarket bridge

2. park museum

3. hotel road

4. corner theater

5. shopping center theater

6. hospital intersection

7. traffic lights bridge

2. You will hear one of the sentences below. Circle the letter of the sentence you hear.

1. a. It’s the building next to the bank.

b. It’s the building near the bank.

2. a. It’s two blocks past Smith Street.

b. It’s two blocks from Smith Street.

3. a. It’s the first street on the right.

b. It’s the third street on the right.

4. a. It’s not far after the bridge.

b. It’s not as far as the bridge.

5. a. Take Dole up to 41^st Street.

b. Take Dole after 41^st Street.

6. a. It’s just after the bank next to the station.

2. It’s just opposite the bank next to the station.

7. a. There’s a post office a few blocks down on the left.

2. There’s a post office five blocks down on the left.

UNIT IX. Tactics: Listening for Key Words in a Sentence, Recognizing Whether a Speaker is Finished on the Basis of Intonation.

Vocabulary

band, boring, to keep doing, to miss smth., stupid

1. You will hear sentences with the words below. Number the words 1,2, and 3 in the order in which you hear them.

For example:

The movie starts at six this evening.

[3] six [1] movie [2] starts

1. [ ] Saturday [ ] football [ ] Sunday

2. [ ] exciting [ ]really [ ] concert

3. [ ] Wednesday [ ] fireworks [ ] don’t

4. [ ] disco [ ] noisy [ ] much

5. [ ] keep [ ] this [ ]win

6. [ ] don’t [ ] want [ ] here

7. [ ]prepare [ ]easy [ ] pie

8. [ ]say [ ]started [ ]what

3. It is possible to say the following sentence in two ways. If the speaker says it like this,

There will be dancing and singing and games!

he has finished what he wants to say. If he says it like this,

There will be dancing and singing and games…,

he has not finished what he wants to say. He wishes to continue.

You will hear a number of statements. If you think the speaker has

finished the statement, check Finished. If you think the speaker wishes

to continue speaking, check Not Finished.

Finished Not Finished

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2.

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7.

8.

UNIT X. Tactics: Distinguishing Positive and Negative Statements, Good and Bad News, Similar-Sounding Words.

Vocabulary

beach, to feel sick/well, fever, to get sunburned, tablespoon, teaspoon

1. We can say me too or me neither when we want to respond to a statement that we feel the same way about. We use me too if the statement is positive. For example:

A: I’m feeling sick today.

B: Me too.

We use me neither when the statement is negative. For example:

A: I don’t feel well today.

B: Me neither.

Agree with the statement you will hear. Circle me too if the statement is positive. Circle me neither if the statement is negative.

1. me too me neither 6. me too me neither

2. me too me neither 7. me too me neither

3. me too me neither 8. me too me neither

4. me too me neither 9. me too me neither

5. me too me neither 10. me too me neither

2. Check the best response to each statement you hear.

I’m sorry to hear that I’m glad to hear that

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2.

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5.

6.

7.

8.

3. You will hear one of the sentences below. Check the sentence that you will hear.

1. a. Take a teaspoon after breakfast.

b. Take a teaspoon and a half at breakfast.

2. a. Take half a teaspoon in the morning.

b. Take a teaspoon and a half in the morning.

3. a. Take two teaspoons three times a day with meals.

b. Take two teaspoons three times a day before meals.

4. a. Take these pills with meals.

b. Take three pills with meals.

5. a. Take three teaspoons in the morning.

2. Take three tablespoons in the morning.

6. a. Use this cream when it hurts.

b. Use this cream where it hurts.

7. a. Take one teaspoon three times a day.

b. Take one teaspoon three times today.

UNIT XI. Tactics: Recognizing Whether a Speaker is Finished on the Basis of Intonation, Listening for Key Words in a Sentence.

Vocabulary

boat ride, highway, humid, Route 9

1. You will hear a number of statements. If you think the speaker has finished the statement check Finished. If you think the speaker wishes to continue speaking, check Not Finished.

Finished Not Finished

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2.

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6.

7.

8.

2. You will hear sentences with the words below. Number the words 1,2,3 and 4 in the order you hear them.

1. [ ] north [ ] east [ ] thirty-five [ ] then

2. [ ] good [ ] restaurants [ ] shops [ ] expensive

3. [ ] not [ ] September [ ] lot [ ] October

4. [ ] live [ ] exciting [ ] expensive [ ] visit

5. [ ] five [ ] road [ ] nearly [ ] stay

6. [ ] sure [ ] Greenville [ ] river [ ] boat

7. [ ] busy [ ] quiet [ ] summer [ ] winter

8. [ ] rainy [ ] March [ ] July [ ] warm

UNIT XII. Tactics: Distinguishing CAN and CAN’T, Statement and Question Intonation.

Vocabulary

advertising, agency, appointment, to give a ride, male model with a moustache, TV commercial, to weigh 300 pounds

1. Notice the difference in pronunciation between these two sentences.

I can meet you on Monday.

I can’t meet you on Monday.

You will hear statements about things that can and can’t be done. If you hear,You can’t park your car here, you circle can’t. If you hear, You can park your car here, you circle can.

1. can can’t 6. can can’t

2. can can’t 7. can can’t

3. can can’t 8. can can’t

4. can can’t 9. can can’t

5. can can’t 10.can can’t

2. You will hear a sentence. It will be either a statement or a question. Circle the period (.) if you hear a statement, and a question mark (?) if you hear a question.

1. . ? 6. . ?

2. . ? 7. . ?

3. . ? 8. . ?

4. . ? 9. . ?

5. . ? 10. . ?

UNIT XIII. Tactics: Recognizing Speaker’s Attitude from Intonation, Distinguishing Similar-Sounding Words.

Vocabulary

appearance, to get a message, to make a decision

1. Listen to the conversation.

A: Do you like Bill?

B: Mmmm!

Speaker B likes Bill a lot. Now listen to the conversation.

A: Do you like Fred?

C: Mmm.

Speaker C does not like Fred very much. Listen to these conversations, and decide if the second speaker likes what A asks about. Check Likes or Doesn’t like.

Likes Doesn’t like

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2.

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4.

5.

6.

7.

2. You will hear sentences containing one of the words in each pair below. Circle the word you hear.

1. impolite polite

2. uncomfortable comfortable

3. unpleasant pleasant

4. unintelligent intelligent

5. unimportant important

6. impossible possible

7. unhappy happy

8. unfriendly friendly

UNIT XIV. Tactics: Identifying Information Focus In Sentences, Listening for Sequence Markers.

Vocabulary

according to the local sources, to approach, engine problem, explosion, to hit the coast, long-lost twin brother, mail delivery, out-of-court agreement, plane’s wheel (wing), protective skin cream, to take off

1. In the following sentence we can put the stress in two different places. If we say like this,

They went on vacation yesterday,

the most important information is what happened. If we say it like this,

They went on vacation yesterday, the most important information is

when something happened.

Decide if the speaker is emphasizing what or when something

happened. Check the table below.

What When

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

2. Listen to these sentences.

After lunch, the two presidents had a long discussion.

Following the meeting, there was a dinner.

Before the meeting, there was an interview for reporters.

These sentences refer to things that happened at different times. Now

listen to these sentences.

As the car drove up, the van drove away.

While the bus was leaving, someone ran onto the road.

During the trip, several passengers became ill.

These sentences refer to things that happened at the same time. Now

listen to the following sentences, and check Different times or Same time.

Different times Same time

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CHAPTER II. A TASK-BASED LISTENING

UNIT 1. Meeting People.

Vocabulary

amazing, to take a message, to dial the wrong number, to expect, to be a bit cold, to be pleased, to be adopted, to take smth. well, I’d prefer a beer.

1. You will hear a statement or a question. Listen carefully, and then choose the best response of the three provided.

1. A. Good afternoon. B. Fine, thanks. C. How do you do?

2. A. No, I don’t. B. Fine. C. Nice to meet you.

3. A. No, I haven’t. B. No, I don’t. C. That’s right.

4. A. One moment, please. B. Fine, thank you. C. How do you do?

5. A. Yes, you should. B. It’s been nice talking to you. C. Yes, thanks.

6. A. she isn’t. B. I’ll call back later. C. Yes, just a moment, please.

7. A. No, I’m sorry. He’s not here at the moment. B. Can I take a message? C. I’m sorry, I dialed the wrong number.

2. Penny and Robin are at a party. Robin has not met some of the people at the party. Listen to the conversations and mark on the list of names the people Robin is introduced to.

Kevin Willis----, Karen James----, Jillian Smith----, Larry Neil----, Adam Huang----, Wendy Lawton----, Tom Trauger----, Hilary Rogerson----.

3. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

1. Is Jill expecting Simon?

2. a. What would Simon like to drink? b. What does he get?

3. Did Simon see the report about Joanne in the newspaper?

4. Is Joanne:

a. an actress? c. a journalist? b. an architect? d. a student?

5. Is Joanne good at her work?

6. Who will be pleased about what has happened to Joanne?

7. How does Joanne feel about Louisa? a. She likes her. b. She doesn't

like her. c. We don't know.

8. How does Louisa feel about Joanne? a. She likes her. b. She doesn't

like her. c. We don't know.

9. Is Simon:

a. tired? d. thirsty? b. cold? e. hungry? c. ill?

10. Does Simon take sugar in his tea?

11. What does Simon want to talk to Jill about? a. His problems at work,

b. Joanne and Louisa, c. We don't know.

UNIT 2. Tell Me about Yourself.

Vocabulary

to open a savings account, bank teller, downtown

1. You will hear a conversation between two people at a bank. A man wants to open a savings account and he is talking to the bank teller. Complete the information on the form below.

First name_______________________

Last name_______________________

Nationality_______________________

Address__________________________

Telephone number_________________

2. You will hear a number of people talking at a party. Listen to each conversation, then draw a line on the list below showing each person’s nationality and occupation.

__________________________________________

Name Nationality Occupation

Alison British doctor

Henry American teller

David German student

Susan Canadian teacher

French nurse

Australian chemist

3. You will hear two girls (1- Jane, 2- Margaret) talking about their families. Listen to their conversation and complete the information in the table below.

Number of people in the family	Number of brothers	Number of sisters	Father’s job	Mother’s job
Jane
Margaret

UNIT 3. Who’s Who?

Vocabulary

spy, average, moustache, to recognize, disco, to wear a T-shirt, boring, sense of humor, handsome, actually, on the one hand/on the other hand, intelligent

Anna Jake Peter Polly Rob Sally

1. Listen to the recordings and answer the questions.

.