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LISTENING Multiple matching

TOPIĆ Education

The audio track for this activity can be found at www.oup.com/elt/headway/maturahr

EXAM TIPS

►    Read the EXAM TASK instructions carefully to make surę you understand what is required.

►    While you are waiting to hear the recording, prepare for what you are about to listen to. Think about the topie and the words you might expect to hear.

►    The words you hear in the recording will not be exactly the same as the words in the EXAM TASK.

There are many different ways of saying the same thing in English.

►    Think about the meaning of the words and alternative ways of saying the same thing.

►    Be careful of distractors.

1 Read the task instructions and select the correct endings to the sentences below.

You will hear six different people talking about their favourite teachers. Choose which of the sentences (a-i) best summarizes what each speaker is saying. Use the letters only once. There are three extra sentences.

1    There are...

a three speakers. b six speakers.

2    There are...

a nine sentences. b eight sentences.

3    This task involves putting ... a eight sentences in order, b six sentences in order.

2 You are going to hear five people talking about school. Before you listen, circle the words and phrases below that you think you are likely to hear.

pupils	exam results	dassroom noisy angry
forget	friends	feelings French sport
home	teacher	give up joke attention
	hate	headmaster tired

3    Can you think of other English words that have the same meaning as those listed in exercise 2?

For example:

pupils: students, schoolchildren...

4    Read the EXAM TASK. Match the sentences below (1-8) to the summary sentences (a-h) in the EXAM TASK.

1 There were t(	30 many people and so much noise.
2 Nothingwill	ever be as good.
3 It wasn’t just	me. Everyone hated him.
4 I had a terrible time there.
5 I took the first opportunity to get out.
6 My results wi	are awful. Hopeless.
7 I madę some	great friends - and I still have them.
8 Sometimes it	was just great to get away from home.

Now complete the EXAM TASK.

EXAM TASK

Q You will hear five different people talking about their schooldays. Choose which of the sentences (a-h) best summarizes what each speaker is saying. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters. a I really hated my school. b I left school as soon as I could. c They were the best days of my life. d The best thing about school was my friends. e I did really badly at school. f There was one teacher I really didn’t like. g School was too noisy and busy for me. h I preferred school to home.

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5 Matura Exam Practice

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