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Words in Context: Growing Up

Listening for Context

The general context is ‘growing up’, but the people in the listening below answer specific questions.

Read the questions carefully before you listen.

  1. What was it like having so many cousins around you?
  2. Do you think you gave your children a good upbringing?
  3. Would you say that responsibility lies at the door of parents?
  4. How would you respond to someone saying they still have issues after all these years?
  5. Was marriage something you ever considered?
  6. Looking back, was home schooling something that benefitted you?
  7. What was it like as an outsider, meeting such a famous star?
  8. Did the kids adapt quickly to their new life on the farm?

What language would you expect to hear in each answer?

Now listen, and decide which question each person was asked.

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Answer

A4, B6, C1, D7, E3, F2, G8, H5

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In Summary…

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Words in Context: Adjectives 1

Definitions Matching

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Game: Identify the Word

  1. Click on ‘START GAME’.
  2. (Click ‘PLAY WORD’ to listen if you don’t hear anything.)
  3. Select the defined word from the options below.
  4. Click “PLAY WORD” again after you have selected a word.
  5. You may hear the definition repeated., so click on the same word again to score another point!

How many words can you score in 1 minute?

6-7 words: GOOD   8-9 words: GREAT!   10+ words: AMAZING!!

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Words in Context: People, Phrases 1

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Words in Context: 4 Listening Extracts

1. Look at the words below for this topic. Decide which words could be used to describe each scene in the picture above.

activeecologyhabitaticeberglog
palmrockysettlespringstate
strawstretchtobaccovine

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Money Words in Context: Headlines

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Words in Context: Mini Dialogues

Listen to 3 short dialogues and match them to the pictures.
Click “Answer” when you’ve decided.

Answer

  1. Right
  2. Left
  3. Middle

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The Prince’s Last Feast

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New Term at Uni

Listen to two friends who bump into each other at university.
Who’s studying arts, and who’s doing science?
Which one is getting financial support from the university?

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Answer

Jamie’s doing English literature (arts) and Alix is doing physics (science)

Jamie is on a scholarship from the university.

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Communication Words in Context

The Appeal

Scene: A large courtroom filled with members of the public and media. The judge, a serious yet fair figure, sits at the bench, while the defense solicitor and prosecutor sit at their respective tables. The atmosphere is tense as the appeal hearing begins. The defendant, a middle-aged man, sits nervously beside his solicitor.

Listen to a short dialogue between the judge, defense solicitor and prosecutor. Which words and expressions from the Wordlist do you hear?

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Clothes & Appearance: Words in Context

Read the following extracts from a description, and decide which words from the Wordlist could replace the words in bold.

“a woman whose style captivates every stranger she passes by.”

“she looks like someone famous”

“Though her clothes may be simple – trainers, shorts, stockings…”

“a simple (sleeveless) running top

“her confidence flows like an invisible head covering

“transcending ethnic grouping, culture and creed”

“Her appearance is the rhythm of a poem”

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