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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #37921 Short Soil
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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
So    just    to    pick    up    on    the    the    pollination    example,    again,    you're    looking    all    of    the    animals    that    pollinate    and    most    of    these    are    insects,    people    have    that    the    pollination    of    our    food    crops    that    these    insects    provide    and    other    animals    is    in    the    order    of    hundreds    of    of    dollars    every    year    to    the    world    economy.    And    you    know,    we    know    that    insects    play    other    roles    like    of    nutrients,    they    are    predators    of    within    our    agricultural    systems.    And    you    know,    many,    many    other    things.    Soil    insects    and    other    invertebrates    are    important.    But    very    understudied.  

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Correct answer: across

Explanation: Listen for "you're looking across all of". It needs a small word like in, on or of.

Meaning: "across" means from one side to the other or through an area.

Wrong options:

  • acros: It leaves out the "s". Check the letters: "across". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: estimated

Explanation: On the recording you hear "people have estimated that the". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "estimated" means someone made a careful guess or calculation.

Wrong options:

  • estimate: "estimate" is missing the ending. The speaker says "estimated", with "d" at the end.
  • estmated: It leaves out the "i". Write "estimated". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: billions

Explanation: Listen again to "hundreds of billions of dollars". The speaker says a very large number, so it ends in s.

Meaning: "billions" means many thousands of millions, a very large number of units.

Wrong options:

  • bilions: It leaves out the "l". Check the letters: "billions". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • millions: This is a different number and so is not as large as the speaker said.
Correct answer: recycling

Explanation: Here you hear "like recycling of nutrients". The sentence needs an action word that ends in ing.

Meaning: "recycling" means the process of breaking down and reusing materials or nutrients.

Wrong options:

  • recyling: It leaves out the "c". Write "recycling". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • recycle: "recycle" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "recycling", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: pests

Explanation: The speaker says "predators of pests within our". It comes after "of", so the word is more than one and ends in s.

Meaning: "pests" means harmful animals or insects that damage crops or plants.

Wrong options:

  • pest: "pest" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "pests", so write the "s".
Correct answer: tremendously

Explanation: You hear "are tremendously important. But". The sentence needs a word that tells how, when or how much, so it ends in ly.

Meaning: "tremendously" means very much or to a great degree.

Wrong options:

  • tremendosly: It leaves out the "u". Write "tremendously". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • tremendous: "tremendous" is missing the ending. The speaker says "tremendously", with "ly" at the end.

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