Practice Listening English Exercises for Beginner – Things I like!

1 golf   2 baseball   3 tennis   4 swimming   5 tomatoes

6 chicken   7 strawberries   8 crisps   9 Italian food

10 chocolate   11 tea   12 coffee   13 beer   14 wine

15 water   16 milkshake

1 sports   2 baseball   3 tennis   4 swimming

5 ice cream   6 crisps   7 Italian   8 chicken

9 tomatoes   10 strawberry milkshake

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Hmm. What do I like? I like sports a lot, but not all sports. I like baseball, my daddy likes baseball too. We play baseball on Sunday mornings. I like tennis too. I have lessons at the weekend with my sister! Oh, and I love swimming! I don’t like golf, but my daddy loves it! And food and drink? What do I like? Well, I like ice cream and crisps. I like Italian food a lot. But I don’t like chicken, and I really don’t like tomatoes, Yuk! I like milkshake. I really love strawberry milkshake. It’s delicious!

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I = Interviewer Dex = Dexter D = Daisy

I    Dexter and Daisy. You’re brother and sister. Do you like the same things?

D   Well, I sometimes don’t like Dexter when he’s horrible to me …

I    Well – he is your big brother!

D   Yeah! … But we both really like ice cream. It’s great.

Dex   Yeah!

I    What else do you like?

Dex   Well, we both like chocolate.

D   Mmm. I love chocolate. Chocolate is delicious, ’specially chocolate milkshake!

Dex   Yeah! We both like milkshake. It’s fantastic.

I    So … What don’t you like?

Dex   Well, we definitely don’t like tomatoes, do we, Daisy? Tomatoes are horrible!

D   Yuk! I hate tomatoes. They’re disgusting.

I    Do you both like sports?

Dex   Yes, we do. We like tennis – we play on Saturday mornings.

D   Yes. We like tennis a lot. It’s really exciting.

Dex   And I love baseball, and Daddy loves it, too. It’s really cool!

I    Do you like baseball, Daisy?

D   No, I don’t! Baseball is boring!

Hi! My name’s Alek Brosko. I come from Warsaw in Poland, but now I live and work in Bristol. I live with my wife, Bella, and my six-year-old son, Danek. We have an apartment near the centre. I have my own car wash business, but I’m also a ballroom dancer – my wife is too. We both love ballroom dancing!

I’m Polish and my wife is Italian, so in our home we speak three languages, Polish, Italian and English. We usually speak English because I don’t speak Italian very well! We eat a lot of Italian food and I like French wine and … I love an English cup of tea. I don’t like beer, but all my English friends love it! I don’t like sports very much, but I love football – Danek and I are big Bristol Rovers fans. I want to be a famous dancer one day, with my wife, of course!

I = Interviewer A = Alek

1

I    Good afternoon, Alek. Nice to meet you. Where do you come from?

A   I come from Poland, from Warsaw, but I live in England now.

2

I    Do you live in London?

A   No, I don’t. I live and work in Bristol.

3

I    Do you like Bristol?

A   Yes, I do. I like it a lot. It’s an exciting city.

4

I    Do you live with friends?

A   No, I don’t. I live with my wife and son. My wife’s Italian.

5

I    Oh, that’s interesting. What languages do you speak at home?

A   We usually speak English. I don’t speak Italian very well.

I    And Polish?

A   Well, I sometimes speak Polish with my Polish friends.

6

I    Do you drink English beer?

A   No, I don’t. I don’t like it. But I like English tea.

7

I    And finally, Alek – where do you work?

A   In the city centre. I have my own car wash business.

8

I    Do you like your job?

A   Yes, I do, but my wife and I want to be professional ballroom dancers one day.

I    That’s amazing! Good luck to you both!

1   a   at home; Danek

      b   at home; Alek

2   a   at Alek’s work (the car wash); a customer

      b   at Alek’s work (the car wash); Alek

3   a   at a dance class; dance teacher

      b   at a dance class; Bella

4   a   at a football match; Alek

      b   at a football match; Alek and Danek

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A = Alek D = Danek DT = Dance teacher B = Bella M = Man

1

A   Bye, Bella. Bye, Danek, have a good day at school. I’m off to work now.

D   Bye, Daddy. Have a good day, too.

B   Alek! Your sandwiches!

A   Oh yes! Thanks, honey. See you later.

2

A   Good morning, sir. Do you want the £10 or £20 car wash?

M   What do I get for £10?

A   We wash the outside but we don’t clean the inside.

M   OK, I see – and for £20 – inside and out?

A   Yes, sir. We do a good job!

M   Fine. £20 it is.

3

DT   Good evening, class. Today I want you to dance the salsa. Your partners please.

B   Come on, Alek!

DT   Are you all ready? Good. Now left turn.

A   Ouch! Bella – my foot!!!

B   Oops! Sorry, Alek.

4

A   Brrr! It’s cold today.

D   I don’t care! Come on Bristol Rovers!

A   Oh no! A goal for Chelsea.

D   Come on, Bristol Rovers! Come on! They have the ball now, Dad!

A and D   Hooray. Fantastic! A great goal!

1   In Switzerland they speak French and German.

2   In the United States they speak English.

3   In Brazil they speak Portuguese.

4   In Mexico they speak Spanish.

5   In Ireland they speak English and Gaelic.

6   In Egypt they speak Arabic.

7   In Canada they speak English and French.

8   In Japan they speak Japanese.

9   In Turkey they speak Turkish. 

1   It’s Turkish coffee.

2   It’s Mexican food.

3   They’re American jeans.

4   It’s French bread.

5   It’s Scottish whisky.

6   It’s German beer.

7   It’s a Japanese car.

8   It’s an English dictionary.

9   They’re Italian shoes.

1   I think I know you.

2   You speak English very well.

3   I come to London two or three times a year.

4   I know New York well.

5   I don’t know Berlin or Paris.

6   I don’t know any foreign languages!

7   I don’t usually like parties.

8   I like it too but I don’t dance very well.

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D = Daniel T= Tam

D   Hi there! Er, I think I know you? Oh – you’re Tam, is that right?

T   Hi! Yes I am, and you’re … er … oh yes – Daniel! Hello again, Daniel.

D   Hi! Good to see you again, Tam.

T   You too.

D   Now, I know you’re not English, but you speak English very well. Where do you come from?

T   Thank you. I’m from Korea, from Seoul. And you, Daniel, where are you from? London?

D   No, I’m American. I live in Boston. I don’t live in London, but I often come to London on business.

T   I’m here on business too. I come to London two or three times a year, but I also work in America, usually in New York.

D   Really? I know New York well. Do you like it there?

T   I do, I love working there – it’s an exciting city. My company has offices all over the world so I often work in Berlin and Paris too.

D   What an interesting job! I don’t know Berlin or Paris. So, do you speak French and German?

T   I speak French but I don’t speak it very well.

D   I don’t know any foreign languages!

T   Oh dear!

D   This is a great party … and I don’t usually like parties. Great music! Do you like dancing, Tam?

T   I love parties and I love dancing!

D   Yeah, I like it too, but I don’t dance very well.

T   That doesn’t matter! Come on! I want to dance!

1   The cheese sandwich is £2.90.

2   The bag of crisps is 60p.

3   The shoes are £75.

4   The bottle of wine is £7.15.

5   The phone is £200.

6   The chocolate is €3.20.

7   The beer is €4.50.

8   The jeans are $75.99.