Exercise 1
You will hear the names of some British counties. Tick the counties you hear.
1 ◻Berkshire
◻Buckinghamshire
2 ◻Cambridgeshire
◻Cornwall
3 ◻Devon
◻Durham
◻Dorset
4 ◻Gwent
◻Kent
5 ◻Lincolnshire
◻Leicestershire
◻Lancashire
6 ◻Merseyside
◻Tayside
7 ◻Strathclyde
◻Staffordshire
8 ◻West Glamorgan
◻West Midlands
Answers
1 Berkshire 2 Cornwall
3 Durham 4 Gwent
5 Lancashire 6 Tayside
7 Strathclyde 8 West Glamorgan
Exercise 2
These people are American. Where are they from? Listen and tick the correct state.
1 Pueblo
◻Kansas
◻Colorado
◻Utah
2 Wayne
◻Ohio
◻Illinois
◻Indiana
3 Springfield
◻Illinois
◻Indiana
◻Iowa
4 Birmingham
◻Georgia
◻Alabama
◻Mississippi
5 Harrisburg
◻West Virginia
◻Indiana
◻Pennsylvania
6 Prescott
◻Arizona
◻New Mexico
◻California
7 Great Falls
◻North Dakota
◻Montana
◻Wyoming
8 Salem
◻Oregon
◻Washington
◻Idaho
Answers
1 Colorado 2 Indiana
3 Illinois 4 Alabama
5 Pennsylvania 6 Arizona
7 Montana 8 Oregon
Audioscripts
1
A You’re from Pueblo, are you? That’s in Colorado, not Utah, isn’t it?
B That’s right.
2
A I’m from Wayne.
B Oh. Is that in Indiana or Ohio?
A In Indiana.
3
A So you’re from Springfield. Where’s that? In Iowa or Illinois?
B Illinois!
4
A I’m from Birmingham.
B That’s in Alabama, not Georgia, isn’t it?
A Yeah.
5
A Harrisburg? That must be in Pennsylvania or West Virginia.
B Pennsylvania, not West Virginia.
6
A Where is Prescott? New Mexico?
B No, in Arizona.
A Oh, of course.
7
A I’m from Great Falls. Do you know where that is?
B I guess Montana or North Dakota.
A Montana.
8
A I’m from Salem.
B That’s in Idaho, not Washington, isn’t it?
A Neither. It’s in Oregon.
Exercise 3
Where are these people living now? Listen and tick the correct city or country.
1 ◻London
◻Manchester
2 ◻Paris
◻New York
3 ◻Tokyo
◻Hong Kong
4 ◻Dallas
◻St Louis
5 ◻Barcelona
◻Madrid
6 ◻Italy
◻France
7 ◻Mexico
◻Ecuador
8 ◻Cambridge
◻Oxford
Answers
1 Manchester 2 Paris
3 Hong Kong 4 St Louis
5 Barcelona 6 France
7 Ecuador 8 Oxford
Audioscripts
1 I’ve just moved from London to Manchester.
2 Oh, I’m still in Paris. I’m moving to New York next year.
3 Well, I lived in Tokyo before I moved to Hong Kong.
4 Yeah, I just moved from Dallas to St Louis.
5 I’m still living in Barcelona. I decided not to move to Madrid.
6 You know, I used to live in Italy before I moved to France.
7 I don’t live in Mexico any more. I’m in Ecuador.
8 No, I’ve never lived in Cambridge. I’ve always lived here in Oxford.
Exercise 4
Listen to the students in a class introduce themselves. How many students come from each of the areas below?
Answers
Asia – 3
Africa – 2
Europe – 2
South America – 1
Middle East – 1
Pacific - 1
Audioscripts
I’m Claude, from Hawaii.
I’m Azizah. I come from Malaysia.
My name is Celine. I come from Argentina.
I’m Alice. I’m from Tanzania.
I’m Hans, from Holland.
I’m Bashir. I come from Saudi Arabia.
I’m Marie-Hélène. I’m from Switzerland.
I’m Daeng. I come from Thailand.
I come from Kenya. My name is Said.
I’m Su, from Taiwan.