Category: IELTS Listening

We are living in times when we are surrounded by technology and within the effects of technology. Gone are the days when people expressed themselves using letters or through calls, we are in an era where people use emoji’s to showcase their emotions. This time let us listen to a BBC 6 minute English audio that talks about emoji’s and how they came into existence.

Listen to the audio below and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. In which year did the first emoticon used?
2. What are the images made using normal keys on a keyboard called?
3. How many hours do people spend on average online in UK?
4. What is the ability to show you understand someone else’s feeling called?
5. When people or things communicate with each other, what is it called?
6. What is a signal that you need to do something called?
7. Which word describes something that is done without using spoken language?
8. Which word describes a person who is physically awkward and so keeps falling here and there?
9. What word is for error made when typing too fast or carelessly?

ANSWERS

1. 1862
2. emoticons
3. 22 hours
4. empathy
5. Interaction
6. cue
7. non-verbal
8. clumsy
9. typo

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Lunch time is when we finally stop and do something for ourselves. However, we are living in times when every minute counts. Gone are the days when people sat down calmly had more of quality time with their family. We surely are living in times when most of us have got so busy feeding our kitchen that we have forgotten that we need to feed our souls as well. And more importantly, the later is very crucial. This time let us have a look at what we have in our lunch time says about us.

Lunch Time

Listen to the audio below and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. How long is the average lunch break in the UK?
2. Which word means the same as being a bit hungry?
3. What is the temporary solution of low quality called?
4. Which word means that something is practical and useful rather than attractive?
5. Which phrase means to open up your minds and experience new things?
6. What phrase means getting on well with the team members?
7. What word means to accept a new belief or an idea?

ANSWERS

1. 25 minutes
2. peckish
3. makeshift
4. utilitarian
5. broaden our horizons
6. team spirit
7. embrace

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A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. This time we are listening to a BBC 6 minutes English that talks about whether the mermaids are real or fiction.

Listen to the below audio and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS –

 

 

1. What is a half-human and half-fish called?
2. When did the most recent alleged mermaid sighting take place?
3. What word that means something is said or believed to be true but not proven?
4. What is word for the male counterpart of mermaid?
5. Who is the writer of “The Little Mermaid”?
6. Which year was “The Little Mermaid” published?
7. Which word is used for finding something by accident?
8. Where was the latest sighting of the mermaid done?
9. What word means something that is a deception or a lie?
10. Which word means something that is calm and peaceful?
11. What is a place you go in order to escape from normal life called?
12. Where was the mermaid reported in 2000s?

ANSWERS

1. mermaid
2. 2012
3. alleged
4. mermen
5. Hans Christian Anderson
6. 1837
7. stumbled across
8. Haifa bay
9. hoax
10. serene
11. getaway
12. Zimbabwe

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Life Expectancy

We are living in a world that is improving in seconds. Every moment their is a new invention happening, a new disease getting cured. With so much of advancement some people believe that we will easily breach the 90 year limit for life. This time we are listening to a BBC 6 minute English that talks about life expectancy. You can download the audio from –

Listen to the audio below and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS –

1. What does the expression “dead on your feet” mean?
2. Which phrase reflects the beliefs of an organisation or a person?
3. What phrase refers to the years a person is likely to live?
4. What will be USA life expectancy by 2030?
5. Who according to the world health organisation will be the country with highest longevity?
6. Which word has the same meaning as being fair and impartial?
7. Which western country has the lowest obesity rates?
8. What word is used to refer to the fact that you have been consuming lot of alcohol in short time?

ANSWERS

1. extremely tired
2. motto
3. life expectancy
4. the bottom third
5. Korea
6. equitable
7. France
8. Binging

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