IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Mermaids

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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