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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #36649 Short ‘Flying’ entrances
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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
With  room  for  audiences  of  up  to  3,000  people,  the  Globe  was  a  three-storey  theatre  that  had    advanced  facilities  for  stage  productions.  Props  and  special  effects    the  use  of  real  cannon,  fireworks,  and    for  battle  scenes,  trap-doors  in  the  floor  of  the  stage  for  surprise    by  actors,  and  ropes  to  enable  them  to  make  ‘flying’  entrances  from  above.  

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Correct answer: quite

Explanation: Listen for "that had quite advanced facilities". It comes before "advanced", so you need a word that shows degree.

Meaning: "quite" means to a fairly large degree.

Wrong options:

  • qite: It leaves out the "u". Write "quite". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • quiet: This is a different word about silence. The sentence needs a word that shows degree.
Correct answer: included

Explanation: On the recording you hear "Props and special effects included the use". It follows "effects", so you need an action word in the past, ends in ed.

Meaning: "included" means had as part of.

Wrong options:

  • inluded: It leaves out the "c". Write "included". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • include: "include" is missing the ending. The speaker says "included", with "d" at the end.
Correct answer: smoke

Explanation: Listen again to "fireworks, and smoke for battle scenes". It comes after "and", so you need a thing used on stage.

Meaning: "smoke" means fog or fire smoke used on stage.

Wrong options:

  • smoak: It adds an extra "a" and it leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "smoke". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • smokes: "smokes" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "smoke", with no "s".
Correct answer: entrances

Explanation: Here you hear "surprise entrances by actors". It follows "surprise", so use a word for coming in that shows more than one.

Meaning: "entrances" means ways to come on stage.

Wrong options:

  • entrence: It has "e" where the word has "a" and it leaves out the "s". Write "entrances". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • entrance: "entrance" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "entrances", so write the "s".

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