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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #35948 Short Brazil
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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
If  you’ve  ever  spent  any  time  in  Brazil,  you  may  have  noticed  how  many  different  gestures  they  have.    During  my  first  few  months  there,  people  would  gesture  while  they  were  speaking  to    other  ideas  along  with  their  words.  It  took  me  a  while  before  I  even  noticed  that  these  gestures  were  being  made.  But  because  I  had  no    with  the  gestures  they  were  using,  I  didn’t  know  they  were    to  communicate  ideas  beyond  just  their  words.  It  wasn’t  until  I  had  been  there  for  uh  some  time  and  began  to  ask  about  the  gestures  that  I  started  to  understand.  I  realized  that  I  had  been    parts  of  conversations  simply  because  I  wasn’t  understanding  the  meaning  of  gestures  or  even  aware  that  they  were    attempts  to  convey  additional  meaning.

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Correct answer: communicate

Explanation: On the recording you hear "speaking to communicate other ideas". It comes after "to", so you need the plain word for an action.

Meaning: "communicate" means to share ideas or information.

Wrong options:

  • comunicate: It leaves out the "m". Check the letters: "communicate". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • communicating: "communicating" is a close word, but it ends in "ing". The speaker says "communicate", which ends in "e".
Correct answer: familiarity

Explanation: Listen again to "had no familiarity with the gestures". After "no" you need a word for knowing or experience.

Meaning: "familiarity" means knowing something or having experience with it.

Wrong options:

  • familarity: It leaves out the "i". Write "familiarity". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • family: "family" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "familiarity", which ends in "iarity".
Correct answer: attempting

Explanation: Here you hear "they were attempting to communicate ideas". You need an action word that ends in ing, a present trying form.

Meaning: "attempting" means trying to do something.

Wrong options:

  • attemping: It leaves out the "t". Write "attempting". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • attempted: "attempted" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "attempting", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: missing

Explanation: The speaker says "I had been missing parts of conversations". It comes after "had been", so the word ends in ing here.

Meaning: "missing" means not getting or losing parts of something.

Wrong options:

  • mising: It leaves out the "s". Check the letters: "missing". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • missed: "missed" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "missing", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: deliberate

Explanation: You hear "they were deliberate attempts to convey". You need a describing word meaning on purpose.

Meaning: "deliberate" means done on purpose or planned.

Wrong options:

  • delibrate: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "deliberate". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.

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