AE116 – LISTENING PART 1 – MAIN IDEAS AND INFERENCES LISTENING SKILLS

A. MAIN IDEAS

Prac ce 1: Listen to the start of each conversa on. Then choose the main idea of the exchange.

Prac ce 2: Listen to the audio as you read along in the script. Circle vocabulary clues that may help you
understand the place, job, or ac vity the people are talking about. Then answer the ques on.

Prac ce 3: Listen to the start of each conversa on. Then choose the main idea of the exchange.
Prac ce 4: Pre-read each ques on and its two answer op ons. Then listen to part of a talk as you read
along in the script. Circle one word in the script that is a synonym of a word in one of the answer
op ons. Then answer the ques on.

Prac ce 5: Pre-read each ques on and its answer op ons. No ce the words in parentheses a er each
answer op on-these are some vocabulary clues you might hear for that op on. Then listen to part of a
talk as you read along in the script. Circle the words in the script that match the three vocabulary clues
in the correct answer. Then answer the ques on.
Prac ce 6: Listen to each exchange as you read along. Circle key words in the script that give clues to
where the conversa on takes place or who the speakers are. Then answer the ques on.

Prac ce 7: Read the ques ons and answer op ons. Then write two poten al key words from the box
next to each answer op on. There are two extra words.

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