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A Workaholic A Pain in The Neck A Team Player A People Person A Tyrant A Pain in The Neck A Tyrant A Pain in The Neck A Workaholic

The document contains instructions and content for multiple listening exercises. It includes examples of listening for grammar, classifying descriptions of people, identifying main topics of conversations, circling true/false/not given statements, and understanding meanings of quotes in conversations by selecting responses. The conversations are about crime prevention, a disease and vaccine, and terrorism. The exercises are meant to test listening comprehension on different levels including grammar, classification, main ideas, details, and implied meanings.

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A Workaholic A Pain in The Neck A Team Player A People Person A Tyrant A Pain in The Neck A Tyrant A Pain in The Neck A Workaholic

The document contains instructions and content for multiple listening exercises. It includes examples of listening for grammar, classifying descriptions of people, identifying main topics of conversations, circling true/false/not given statements, and understanding meanings of quotes in conversations by selecting responses. The conversations are about crime prevention, a disease and vaccine, and terrorism. The exercises are meant to test listening comprehension on different levels including grammar, classification, main ideas, details, and implied meanings.

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1. D. Listen to activate grammar, listen to the conversation.

Then complete each


statement with the gerund or infinitive form of one of the verbs from list 1 and a
word from list 2.
1- He’s going to come home early to pain the bedroom.
2- She’s worried about telling Jack about her keyboard.
3- He says it’s too late to watch a movie.
4- She doesn’t mind working in an office.
5- She’s apologizing for being rude to him the night before.
6- He’s a little down about have to work late on Friday.
2. C. Listen to classify, listen to people describe other’s behavior, using noun and
pronoun objects before infinitives. Check the descriotion(s) of each person,
according to the opinions expressed.
1- Margert is
A workaholic
A pain in the neck
A team player
2- Peter is
A people person
A tyrant
A pain In the neck
3- Tim is
A tyrant
A pain in the neck
A workaholic
3. Listen for main ideas, listen. Write the problem discussed in each conversation.
Conversation 1: they’re talking about crime and how they can avoid it.
Conversation 2: they’re talking about a disease and a vaccine.
Conversation 3: they’re talking about terrorism.
4. Listen for details, listen again, circle T or ND.

a. She says there aren’t a lot of newspaper articles about T F ND


crime. T F ND
b. He thinks there’s nothing anyone can do about crime.
a. She thinks breathing the air on planes can be dangerous. T F ND
b. He thinks international travel will spread the disease all T f ND
over the world.
a. He worries about terrorism in crowded places. T F ND
b. She thinks terrorism is caused by poverty. T F ND
5. Understand meaning from context, read each quotation. Then listen again and
complete each statement.
Conversation 1
1. When the woman says, “Crime is just out of control,” she means…
a. There’s a huge amount of crime
b. We have to control crime
2. When the man says, “What is the world coming to?” he is asking
a. “Where in the world can we go to avoid crime?”
b. “What is the future of the world?”
3. When he says, “Better safe than sorry,” he is saying…
a. Don’t tempt criminals by wearing jewelry
b. Just stay home where it’s safe.
Conversation 2
4. When the man says, “I think I’m getting a little obsessed,” he means,…
a. “I am thinking about this way too much.”
b. “I’m afraid I’m getting sick.”
5. When she says, “well, I don’t think crazy,” she means…
a. He’s right to be worried
b. The disease is extremely bad
6. When the woman says, “it’s even more contagious,” she worries….
a. It could cause an epidemic
b. It won’t last for long

Conversation 3

7. When the man says, “I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little freaked out
about terrorism,” he’s really saying…
a. “Are you as scared as I am about terrorism?”
b. “I don’t know how to stop terrorism, do you?”
8. When the woman says, “Well, that’s no way to live,” she means…
a. “You are going to die.”
b. “It’s impossible to live normally with that outlook.”
9. When she says, “it is what it is,” she means…
a. “What is it?”
b. “There’s nothing anyone can do about it.”
10. When the man says, “I guess I’m going a little overboard” he means…
a. “I’m making this too important.”
b. “I’m not interested in this issue.”

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