Intonation Listening Exercises

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Listening and Speaking.

​Health and Fitness.

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Listening 1

Pronunciation, Attitude, Emotions

Aspects of

pronunciation

that show

our emotions

​Attitude,

Emotion

Multiple Choice

Which word or expression does

the speaker use to show interest?

• That's funny!

• That's the same.

• That's awful!

Multiple Choice

Which word or expression does

the speaker use to show interest?

• No kidding!

• That's funny.

• That sounds interesting.

Multiple Choice

Which word or expression does

the speaker use to show interest?

• I see.

• Good tips.

• Really?

​Listen to the extracts and notice the emotions of the speakers, how do they feel about what they are saying. Whether they have strong feelings, and are feeling sad, excited, any other emotions.

After listening to the audio, answer the follow-up questions.

Reorder

• I'm really

• happy

• about

• this

• new research!

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

• There's no

• question that

• happy people

• live

• longer.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

It's ___ to get too worried about healthy eating and exercise!

• readyculous

• ridiculous

• ridicule

• anonimous

Multiple Choice

^{Which word is stressed in the sentence?}

He certainly never went to a gym.

• he

• certainly

• never

• went

• gym

Drag and Drop

There's no ​

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that bad ​

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habits ​

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the chances ​

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getting a serious ​

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.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

doubt

health

increase

of

illness

doubts

healthy

decrease

for

​Listening

for Attitude

Let's Practice

Listen to the speakers and select the way that they show their attitudes, through:

① adjectives

② rhetorical questions

③ intonation

④ a combination of the three​

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical

  questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

Multiple Choice

• adjectives

• rhetorical questions

• intonation

• a combination of the three

​Post-Listening

Identifying references to common knowledge

Common knowledge means ideas which most people know about. Speakers often refer to common knowledge to make their arguments stronger and persuade other people that they are right. To express common knowledge, use phrases such as:

• It's common knowledge that...

• Everyone knows that... / There is no question that...

• There is no doubt that...

• Most people think that...

Sometimes speakers use these phrases with ideas which may not be completely true or which may not be shared by everyone, to persuade the listener that they are right.

LISTENING 2​

LISTENING FOR DETAILS

​Listen to a presentation on Taekwondo and reply to the questions.

Multiple Choice

It is said in the presentation that

Taekwondo has ___ benefits.

• financial

• mental

• physical

Fill in the Blank

^{Type in the correct word.}

It is also said that Taekwondo can improve one's ___.

Fill in the Blank

^{Type in the correct word.}

It makes us feel ___ about ourselves.

Fill in the Blank

^{Type in the correct word.}

Taekwondo was developed in ___.

Multiple Choice

The name of the Taekwondo club in the audio:

• Blackbell Taekwondo

• Blackbelt

  Taekwondo

• Taekwondo

  Club

• Bluebelt

  Taekwondo