Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 - Feeling good

Exercise 1

1. Listen to Joelle, Paolo and Rosa talking about their sport project photos 1-3. Write the names.

1 ………….’s photo

2 ………….’s photo

3 ………….’s photo

2. Listen again and complete the sentences. Then match the sentences to the pictures.

1 Joelle: I’m not very good at …………… .

2 Rosa: I’m good at …………… .

Answer & Audioscript

1 1 Paolo’s photo 2 Joelle’s photo 3 Rosa’s photo

2 1 playing basketball – picture A

2 running – picture B

Audioscript

Paolo: Let’s look at our sport project photos. Rosa, you first.

Rosa: Here’s my sport photo. It’s a basketball game in the new sports centre.

Joelle: Good photo, Rosa! I’m not very good at playing basketball, but I like watching basketball games.

Paolo: Here’s my sport photo. It’s a football game in the park.

Rosa: Hmm, I like your photo. You’re good at taking photos of people.

Paolo: Thanks! I like taking photos of ball games, but I’m not very good at playing them.

Joelle: Here’s my sport photo. It’s a game of tennis.

Rosa: Nice photo! I don’t like playing tennis. I’m not very good at it, but I’m good at running.

Paolo: Hey, look Joelle. Here, in your picture. It’s José with his camera. His photo for the sports photo project is a game of tennis, too!

Joelle: Oh yes. We can look at his photo on Wednesday evening at the photo club.

Rosa: Yeah!

Paolo: Hmm. I guess he likes watching sport and taking photos!

Exercise 2

1. Listen to four students talking. What are they talking about?

2. Listen again. Tick the things the students are good at.

1 Charlie

A dancing B football

2 Anna

A hockey B running

3 Ed

A swimming B baseball

4 Dana

A hockey B baseball

3. Listen again. Which sentence is right (✓)?

1 A Charlie likes table tennis.

B Charlie likes hockey.

2 A Anna likes badminton.

B Anna likes swimming.

3 A Ed sometimes goes running.

B Ed goes running every week.

4 A Dana likes table tennis.

B Dana likes football.

5 A Dana sometimes plays hockey.

B Dana never plays hockey.

Answer & Audioscript

1 activities they like / don’t like / are good at

2 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B

3 1 A 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 A

Audioscript

Charlie: Hello. I’m Charlie. I like table tennis and baseball. Oh, I like playing football with my friends too – I’m very good at it! I don’t like hockey or dancing – I’m not very good at them!

Anna: Hi. My name’s Anna. I like lots of sports – badminton and hockey are my favourites. I’m very good at hockey. I don’t like running or swimming. I’m not very good at them.

Ed: Hello. I’m Ed. I like swimming and running. I go swimming and running five days a week. I’m very good at swimming. But please don’t ask me to play baseball. I don’t like playing it because I’m not very good at it! My friends like baseball, but I never play it with them.

Dana: Hi. I’m Dana. I like baseball. I play it at school with my friends. I think it’s my favourite sport and I’m very good at it. I like football too, but I don’t play it very often. I don’t like table tennis and I don’t like hockey. I sometimes play hockey at school, but I’m not very good at it.