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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #30262 Short Livelihood
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You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank.
* Fill in the missing words into the blank fields
Before  farming  was  introduced  into  Scotland,  people  Jived  by  hunting,  fishing,  and    wild  foodstuffs.  This  way  of  life  meant  that  they  usually  didn't  settle    in  one  place,  but  were  to  an  extent  nomadic,  moving  about  in  search  of  a  livelihood,  perhaps  returning  to  the  same  places  at  certain  times  of  the  year.  It  is  believed  that  the  islands  of  Orkney  were  known  to  these  people,  but,  so  far,  only  a  few  flint    have  been  found  to  verify  this.  This  is  because  coastal    has  destroyed  many  ancient  sites  and  these  may  have  contained  relics  of  some  of  these  earliest  pioneering  .

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Correct answer: gathering

Explanation: Here you hear "and gathering wild". You need an action word that ends in ing.

Meaning: "gathering" means collecting plants and foods from nature.

Wrong options:

  • gaathering: It adds an extra "a". Write "gathering". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • gather: "gather" is missing the ending. The speaker says "gathering", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: permanently

Explanation: The speaker says "didn't settle permanently in". It tells how long, so it ends in ly.

Meaning: "permanently" means for a very long time and not moving.

Wrong options:

  • permanantly: It has "a" where the word has "e". The right spelling is "permanently". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • permanent: "permanent" is missing the ending. The speaker says "permanently", with "ly" at the end.
Correct answer: tools

Explanation: You hear "a few flint tools have". You need more than one object, so add s.

Meaning: "tools" means stone objects used for cutting or making things.

Wrong options:

  • tool: "tool" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "tools", so write the "s".
Correct answer: erosion

Explanation: Listen for "coastal erosion has destroyed". This is the word for land worn by water or wind.

Meaning: "erosion" means the wearing away of land by water or wind.

Wrong options:

  • erosian: It has "a" where the word has "o". Write "erosion". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • erode: The sentence needs the thing word 'erosion', not the action 'erode'.
Correct answer: colonists

Explanation: On the recording you hear "earliest pioneering colonists." You need a word for people who moved there.

Meaning: "colonists" means people who moved to live in a new place.

Wrong options:

  • colinists: It has "i" where the word has "o". Write "colonists". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • colonist: "colonist" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "colonists", so write the "s".

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