Vera 8 interaktiv/Englisch Test A 2009

Listening comprehension

Aufgabe 1 Steve

Listen to a radio spot and tick the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice. You will have 15 seconds between each recording and 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your answers.

You now have 20 seconds to look at the task.

1. Who is this?

(!Cleive) (!Peter) (!Andy) (Steve)

2. Where does he come from?

(!Idaho) (!Alabama) (Ohio) (!Iowa)

3. Where does he spend his holidays?

(The Bahamas) (!Fiji Islands) (!Canary Islands) (!The Caribbean)

4. What did he do on one of the islands?

() (!) (!) (!)

5. What are he and his friends doing at the moment?

(!) (!) (!) ()

Aufgabe 2 Pizza

Listen to an advertisement for pizza and tick the correct answer (a, b, c or d). You will hear the recording twice. You will have 10 seconds at the end of the second recording to complete your answers. You have now 40 seconds to look at the task.

1. How big is the pizza?

(!14 inches) (!21 inches) (24 inches) (!40 inches)

2. How many pieces are there?

(!8 pieces) (!12 pieces) (!16 pieces) (20 pieces)

3. How long is each piece?

(!1/2 foot) (1 foot) (!1 ½ foot) (!2 feet)

4. How many pepperonis are there?

(!There are over 10.) (!There are over 50.) (There are over 100.) (!There are over 200.)

Aufgabe 3: Nesting

Listen to a radio recording and tick the correct answer. You will hear the recording only once. You will have 5 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your answers. You now have 10 seconds to look at the pictures.

What does the speaker describe?

(!) (!) (!) ()

Aufgabe 4: Holiday II

Listen to a man talking and tick the correct answer. You will hear the recording once only. You will have 15 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your answer.

You now have 15 seconds to look at the tasks.

1. What time is it?

(!2 o’clock) (!3 o’clock) (6 o’clock) (!7 o’clock)

2. What is he friend’s name?

(!Peter) (Kevin) (!John) (!Sven)

3. How many children does he have?

(!1) (!2) (3) (!4)

4. When does the bus leave?

(!every 5 minutes) (!every 7 minutes) (every 10 minutes) (!every 15 minutes)

5. Where does he want to spend his holidays?

(!Spain) (!France) (!Greece) (Italy)

6. What does he like to do during his holidays?

(!) () (!) (!)

7. What does his friend like to do during his holidays?

(!) (!) () (!)

Aufgabenvariante:

Role play: Imagine you are Kevin and his friend. Discuss your plans for the holidays. Come to an agreement.

Aufgabe 5 Exchange student II

Listen to a boy talking and tick the correct answer. You will hear the recording once only. You will have 15 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your answers. You now have 15 seconds to look at the task.

1. What is the boy’s name?

(!Alan) (!Ian) (Ben) (!Dan)

2. How old is he?

(!14) (!15) (16) (!17)

3. Where does he come from?

(California) (!Louisiana) (!Iowa) (!Arizona)

4. What grade is he in?

(!9th) (!10th) (!11th) (12th)

5. What is one of his spare time activities?

() (!) (!) (!)

6. How many people are in his family?

(!2) (4) (!5) (!6)

7. What does he want to do in the future?

(!) () (!) (!)