304 PHONETICS 04.03

304 MIXED EMOTIONS

LISTENING

Multiple Choice

Choose the positive Adjejctives for Describing Feelings

• anxious

• delighted

• pleased

• happy

• petrified

Multiple Choice

Choose the negative adjectives for feelings

• scared

• terrified

• cheerful

• thrilled

• content

How do the things in the pictures make you feel? 

task 1

1~ Listen to this recording, where a man is talking about something frightening that happened to him.

Say where the man was and how long he spent there.

Now listen again and describe in detail what happened to the man. Use these questions to help you. 

Open Ended

1. Why was he in the building?

Open Ended

2 What time of day was it?

Open Ended

3 Which two things did he try to do?

Open Ended

4 Why was he there for so long?

Here is the question for the extract you have just heard. 

Multiple Choice

You hear a man talking about something frightening that happened to him. What was his first reaction?

• He sat down and cried.

• He decided to call for help.

• He tried to keep calm.

(1.06) Before you listen to extracts 2-8, read these questions. Think about the words in bold and what to listen out for. Then listen and answer the questions. 

Multiple Choice

2. You hear a man talking about how to deal with fear. Who is he?

• EX-TEACHER

• EX-PILOT

• EX-ACTOR

Multiple Choice

3. You hear a woman talking to her son on the phone. How does she feel?

• FURIOUS

• ANXIOUS

• RELIEVED

Multiple Choice

4. You hear a woman talking about something that happened in her

home. The woman was most scared

• when she heard a burglar upstairs.

• while she was watching a horror film.

• when she suddenly saw a frog.

Multiple Choice

4. You hear a man leaving a phone message. Why is he proud of his daughter?

• because she is going to have a book published

• because she has won a writing competition

• because she is doing so well at university

Multiple Choice

6. You hear a woman describing what happened to her on a journey. Where did she end up that night?

• on a country road

• In a hospital

• at her house

Multiple Choice

7. You hear a man being interviewed about a sailing accident. The

worst part of his experience was

• being cold

• feeling hungry.

• avoiding sharks.

Multiple Choice

8. You hear a woman talking on the radio about an incident abroad. Why was she able to escape?

• She was by the door.

• She wasn't noticed.

• She had a radio.

SPEAKING

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