Practice English Listening A1 Exercises – Places

1 Berkshire   2 Cornwall

3 Durham   4 Gwent

5 Lancashire   6 Tayside

7 Strathclyde   8 West Glamorgan

1 Colorado   2 Indiana

3 Illinois   4 Alabama

5 Pennsylvania   6 Arizona

7 Montana   8 Oregon

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.

1 Manchester   2 Paris

3 Hong Kong   4 St Louis

5 Barcelona   6 France

7 Ecuador   8 Oxford

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.

Asia – 3

Africa – 2

Europe – 2

South America – 1

Middle East – 1

Pacific – 1

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.