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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #33890 Short Entrepreneurs
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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
Why  do  we  need  more  entrepreneurs  right  now?  The  entrepreneurs  who  create  and  run  our  businesses,  who  play  by  the  rules,  are  in  fact    to  our  success  as  a  nation.  We  need  them  especially  today.  Business,  not  the  government,  will  end  this  .  The  government  must  help  by  creating  fair  rules,  sound  monetary  policy,  and  by  protecting  our  fellow  citizens  in  periods  when  they  are  .  We  have  to  make  way  for  the  new  entrepreneurial  firms  that  will  push  us  to  frontiers  of  .

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Correct answer: enterprises

Explanation: On the recording you hear "in fact enterprises to our". The word names a thing and is more than one, so add s.

Meaning: "enterprises" means businesses or projects.

Wrong options:

  • enterprizes: It has "z" where the word has "s". Check the letters: "enterprises". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • enterprise: "enterprise" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "enterprises", so write the "s".
Correct answer: recession

Explanation: Listen again to "end this recession". You need a word for a bad economic time, the exact word is recession.

Meaning: "recession" means a period when the economy is weak.

Wrong options:

  • recesion: It leaves out the "s". The right spelling is "recession". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • depression: This is a longer, deeper economic downturn, not the word said here.
Correct answer: jobless

Explanation: Here you hear "they are jobless". This describes people without work, and the word ends in less.

Meaning: "jobless" means have no work.

Wrong options:

  • jobles: It leaves out the "s". Write "jobless". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: innovation

Explanation: The speaker says "frontiers of innovation". The word means new ideas and often ends in ion.

Meaning: "innovation" means new ideas and methods.

Wrong options:

  • innovaton: It leaves out the "i". The right spelling is "innovation". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.

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