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CELPIP Practice Listening: Daily Life Conversation ID: #60600 Easy Costco Meal Prep Plan
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  • You will hear a conversation followed by 5 questions.
  • Listen to each question. You will hear the question only once.
  • Choose the best answer to each question.
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Correct Answer: Planning meals after a Costco shopping trip.

Why this is correct: The person chopping the vegetables talks about seeing all the food laid out and meal prep feeling less stressful. The two people then plan cooking, prep days, and food storage. This shows they are talking about planning meals after shopping.

Tips: First, find the main topic by listening to what they talk about most.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • How crowded the store was in Burnaby.: They mention the store being packed only at the start. The talk quickly moves to food, cooking, and planning meals.
  • Deciding where to order takeout.: They say fewer takeout orders later, but they are not deciding where to order food.
  • Cleaning their apartment kitchen.: They only mention washing the rice cooker once. The main topic is not cleaning the kitchen.

Correct Answer: The next morning.

Why this is correct: The person preparing the chicken asks if they start cooking tonight or tomorrow. The person chopping the vegetables clearly says tomorrow morning because they are tired. This directly answers the question.

Tips: Listen carefully when one speaker asks a question and the other answers it.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Later that evening.: They talk about cooking tonight, but the person chopping the vegetables says they do not want to rush it.
  • During the week after work.: They mention after work only when talking about dinners later, not cooking start time.
  • Next weekend.: Next weekend is mentioned for lunches, not for starting cooking.

Correct Answer: Prepare the chicken.

Why this is correct: The person preparing the chicken says they can handle the chicken. The person chopping the vegetables agrees and takes the vegetables. This clearly shows the person preparing the chicken prepares the chicken.

Tips: When tasks are divided, match the person with the action.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Wash the vegetables.: The person chopping the vegetables says they will chop the peppers, carrots, and broccoli, not the person preparing the chicken.
  • Cook the rice.: They plan to make rice together, but no one says the person preparing the chicken will cook it alone.
  • Organise the freezer.: The person preparing the chicken checked the freezer earlier, but is not assigned to organise it during meal prep.

Correct Answer: Relieved they are organised.

Why this is correct: The person chopping the vegetables says they are really relieved about not thinking about dinners. This shows a positive and calm feeling. It matches being organised.

Tips: Feeling questions often use emotion words said clearly.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Unsure the plan will work.: The person chopping the vegetables sounds confident, not unsure. They say they feel relieved.
  • Worried they bought too much food.: They do not worry about buying too much food. They talk about saving money.
  • Disappointed they cannot eat out.: They mention fewer takeout orders, but not disappointment about eating out.

Correct Answer: It saves time and money during the week.

Why this is correct: They say it is nice after work not to wonder what to cook. The person chopping the vegetables also says fewer takeout orders and saving money. This shows time and money benefits.

Tips: Why questions often have more than one clue across lines.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • It gives them a reason to visit Costco often.: They talk about Costco only once and not about visiting often.
  • It helps them clean the apartment faster.: They do not say meal prep helps clean faster.
  • It allows them to invite friends over.: They never mention inviting friends over.

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