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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #34863 Short Neo-Latin
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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
Those  of  you  who've  never  heard  the  term  neo-Latin,  may  be  forgiven  for  thinking  it's  a  new  South  American  dance  craze.  If  you're    when  I  tell  you  it  has  something  to  do  with  the  language  of  Romans,  take  heart,  over  the  years  many  classes  who  have    they  are  not  really  sure  what  it  is  either.  Some  have    that  they  are  so-called  ‘Late-Latin',  written  at  the  end  of  the  Roman  Empire.  Others  have  supposed  it  must  have  something  to  do  with  the  middle  ages.  Or  perhaps  it's  that    -  Latin  which  my  five  and  seven-year-old  boys  seem  to  have    from  the  Harry  Potter  books,  useful  for  spells  and  curses  that  they  zip  one  another  with  makeshift  paper  ash  ones.  No,  in  fact,  neo-Latin  is  more  or  less  the  same  as  the  Latin  that  was  written  in  the    world,  classical  Latin.  So,  what's  so  new  about  it?

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Correct answer: puzzled

Explanation: Listen again to "If you're puzzled when". The word after you're is a describing word that shows how you feel, so it ends in ed.

Meaning: "puzzled" means unsure or confused.

Wrong options:

  • puzzeld: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "puzzled". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • puzzle: "puzzle" is missing the ending. The speaker says "puzzled", with "d" at the end.
Correct answer: confessed

Explanation: Here you hear "who have confessed they". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "confessed" means admitted or said honestly.

Wrong options:

  • conffessed: It adds an extra "f". Write "confessed". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • confess: "confess" is missing the ending. The speaker says "confessed", with "ed" at the end.
Correct answer: assumed

Explanation: The speaker says "Some have assumed that". The speaker used a past form, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "assumed" means thought or believed without proof.

Wrong options:

  • asumed: It leaves out the "s". Write "assumed". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • assume: "assume" is missing the ending. The speaker says "assumed", with "d" at the end.
Correct answer: pseudo

Explanation: You hear "that pseudo, Latin". After that you need a short word meaning not real, it ends in o.

Meaning: "pseudo" means false or not real.

Wrong options:

  • psuedo: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "pseudo". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: gleaned

Explanation: Listen for "have gleaned from the". It talks about something gathered before, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "gleaned" means picked up or learned bit by bit.

Wrong options:

  • gleened: It has "e" where the word has "a". The right spelling is "gleaned". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • learned: This is a different word. The speaker used the idea of gathering bits from a source.
Correct answer: ancient

Explanation: On the recording you hear "written in the ancient world". It comes after the, so you need a word for a time long ago, it ends in nt.

Meaning: "ancient" means very old or from a long time ago.

Wrong options:

  • ancent: It leaves out the "i". Write "ancient". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.

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