School Life – A1 English Listening Exercise
Listening 1
Listen to the conversation in a classroom and choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).
1 Who is sick today?
(A) Anna
(B) David
(C) Sarah
2 How do you spell the name of the sick student?
(A) S-A-R-A
(B) S-A-R-A-H
(C) Z-A-R-A-H
3 Who tells the teacher about the sick student?
(A) Anna
(B) David
(C) The teacher
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 Correct Answer: (C) Sarah
- Explanation: Anna clearly says, “Sarah is not here. She is sick today.” Options (A) and (B) are traps because Anna and David are in the classroom and answer the teacher.
2 Correct Answer: (B) S-A-R-A-H
- Explanation: The teacher spells the name clearly: “S-A-R-A-H.” Option (A) is missing a letter, and option (C) uses “Z” instead of “S”, which are common A1 phonics traps.
3 Correct Answer: (A) Anna
- Explanation: When the teacher asks about Sarah, the girl named Anna answers: “No, Mr. Brown. Sarah is not here.” Option (B) is incorrect because David only says “Here!” for himself.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Teacher (Mr. Brown): Good morning, class. Let’s check attendance. Anna?
Girl (Anna): Yes, Mr. Brown. I am here.
Teacher (Mr. Brown): Thank you, Anna. Next, David? Is David here?
Boy (David): Here!
Teacher (Mr. Brown): Good. How about Sarah? S-A-R-A-H. Is Sarah here today?
Girl (Anna): No, Mr. Brown. Sarah is not here. She is sick today.
Teacher (Mr. Brown): Oh, I see. Thank you, Anna.
Listening 2
Listen to the teacher’s instructions in class and choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).
1 What are the students going to do today?
(A) Write
(B) Read
(C) Sing
2 What page do the students need to open?
(A) Page 12
(B) Page 10
(C) Page 20
3 What word do the students repeat?
(A) Book
(B) Picture
(C) Apple
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 Correct Answer: (B) Read
- Explanation: The teacher clearly states, “We are going to read.” Option (A) is the trap because the teacher mentions “write” but rejects it (“we are not going to write”). Option (C) is a plausible classroom activity but is not mentioned in the audio.
2 Correct Answer: (B) Page 10
- Explanation: The teacher corrects herself by saying, “Oh, sorry, no. Page ten. One-zero.” Option (A) is the trap because “page twelve” was mentioned first but then rejected as a mistake. Option (C) is a phonetic trap (twenty vs. ten) and is not mentioned.
3 Correct Answer: (C) Apple
- Explanation: The teacher asks the class to listen and repeat, and then says “Apple”. The whole class repeats the word “Apple!”. Option (A) and (B) are traps; the words “books” and “picture” are mentioned by the teacher earlier, but they are not the words the students are asked to repeat.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Teacher (Ms. Davis): Good morning, class. Please sit down.
Class (in unison): Good morning, Ms. Davis.
Teacher (Ms. Davis): Today, we are not going to write. We are going to read. Please open your books to page twelve… Oh, sorry, no. Page ten. One-zero. Page ten.
Teacher (Ms. Davis): Good. Now, look at the picture. Listen and repeat after me. “Apple”.
Class (in unison): Apple!
Teacher (Ms. Davis): Very good!
Listening 3
Listen to the teacher and choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).
1 Which exercises do the students need to do?
(A) Exercise 1 and 2
(B) Exercise 1 and 3
(C) Exercise 2 and 3
2 What page is the homework on?
(A) Page 50
(B) Page 5
(C) Page 15
3 What does the teacher say at the end?
(A) See you tomorrow.
(B) Have a good weekend.
(C) Good afternoon.
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 Correct Answer: (A) Exercise 1 and 2
- Explanation: The teacher clearly says, “For your homework, do exercise one and exercise two.” Option (B) and (C) are traps because he explicitly tells them: “Not exercise three!”.
2 Correct Answer: (C) Page 15
- Explanation: The teacher says the homework is on “page fifteen” and clarifies by spelling out the numbers “One-five.” Option (A) is a very common A1 phonetic trap (fifteen vs. fifty).
3 Correct Answer: (B) Have a good weekend.
- Explanation: At the very end of the recording, the teacher says, “Have a good weekend, everyone!”. Options (A) and (C) are common teacher greetings/farewells but are not mentioned in this audio.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Teacher (Mr. Clark): Okay, class. We are finished for today. Please listen carefully. For your homework, do exercise one and exercise two. Not exercise three! Only one and two. They are on page fifteen. One-five. Page fifteen. Have a good weekend, everyone!
Listening 4
Listen to the conversation between a student and a teacher. Choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).
1 What does the girl want to do at first?
(A) Go to the bathroom
(B) Drink some water
(C) Read a book
2 How does the girl spell the word “water”?
(A) W-A-T-E-R
(B) W-A-T-A-R
(C) W-O-T-E-R
3 Where does the girl go in the end?
(A) To the bathroom
(B) To get some water
(C) To the playground
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 Correct Answer: (B) Drink some water
- Explanation: The girl clearly asks first: “May I go out to drink some water?”. Option (A) is the trap because she asks for it later. Option (C) is a plausible classroom activity but is not mentioned at all.
2 Correct Answer: (A) W-A-T-E-R
- Explanation: The girl spells the word out loudly and clearly: “W-A-T-E-R.” Options (B) and (C) are common phonetic spelling traps for A1 learners.
3 Correct Answer: (A) To the bathroom
- Explanation: The teacher rejects the first request but agrees to the second one by saying, “The bathroom? Yes, you may go.” Option (B) is the trap because the teacher explicitly said “No” to it. Option (C) is not mentioned.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Girl (Lily): Excuse me, Mr. Smith.
Teacher (Mr. Smith): Yes, Lily?
Girl (Lily): May I go out to drink some water? W-A-T-E-R. Water.
Teacher (Mr. Smith): No, Lily. Not right now. We are doing a test.
Girl (Lily): Oh. May I go to the bathroom, then?
Teacher (Mr. Smith): The bathroom? Yes, you may go.
Girl (Lily): Thank you, Mr. Smith.
Listening 5
Listen to the conversation between a student and his teacher. Choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).
1 Which test does the boy want to know about?
(A) The Math test
(B) The Science test
(C) The Music test
2 What day is the test?
(A) Friday
(B) Thursday
(C) Monday
3 What time is the test?
(A) 9:00
(B) 10:00
(C) 1:00
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 Correct Answer: (B) The Science test
- Explanation: The teacher asks if he means the “Math test”, but the boy says “No”. He clearly says he is asking about the “Science test”. Option (A) is the trap (mentioned but rejected). Option (C) is not mentioned.
2 Correct Answer: (A) Friday
- Explanation: The teacher clearly says the test is on Friday. Option (B) is a common A1 phonetic trap (Friday vs. Thursday).
3 Correct Answer: (B) 10:00
- Explanation: The boy asks if the test is at 9:00, but the teacher says, “No, not nine o’clock. It is at ten o’clock.” Option (A) is the trap because it was mentioned but rejected. Option (C) is a phonetic trap because the teacher says “one-zero”.
AUDIO SCRIPT
Boy (Tom): Excuse me, Ms. Baker. When is our test?
Teacher (Ms. Baker): Which test, Tom? The Math test?
Boy (Tom): No, the Science test.
Teacher (Ms. Baker): Oh, the Science test is on Friday. Friday morning.
Boy (Tom): Friday morning. Okay. Is it at nine o’clock?
Teacher (Ms. Baker): No, not nine o’clock. It is at ten o’clock. One-zero. Ten o’clock.
Boy (Tom): Ten o’clock on Friday. Thank you, Ms. Baker!