Listening skills practice: Taking notes - exercises

listen to the conversation about taking notes and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening
skills.

Preparation: ordering
Pul these words in the correct order by writing a number in the brackets.

1. brilliant L3) You L1) are(2_) history. L5) at (_4)

2. notes L4) from L5) are L2) today, L6) my (_3) These L1)
3. copy (_5) You (_1) to L4) everything. L6) have (_3) don't (_2)

4. to L3) You L1) the (_5) have L2) write L4) words. (_7)
importan!(_6)

5. your L3) test L2) Let's (_1) memory. L4)

6. copy (_5) You (_1) to L4) everything. L6) have (_3) don't (_2)

1. Check your understanding: true or false

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. Ciare is good at history. True False

2. Clare's notes are too long. True False

3. Mark thinks you need to write everything. True False

4. Mark draws a crown and an 'H' instead of 'King Henry'. True False

5. Ciare doesn't think Mark's idea is very good. True False

6. Mark's way of taking notes doesn't work for Ciare. True False

2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
draw importan! write exam

notes remember

1. Ciare has gota history exam on Friday. Mark is helping her.

2. He looks at her notes from today.

3. He explains she doesn't need to write everything, just the important

words.
4. She can draw pictures too.

5. Pictures help you remember facts.