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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #38963 Short The towns
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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
And    you    would    grow    your    oranges,    you'd    pick    them    and    sell    them    to    the    local  .    The    town    actually    came    with    a    cooperative.    I'd    like    to    see    a    that.    Does    that    now.    And    they    were    beautiful.    And    they    made    money.    The    towns    actually    turned    a    profit,    but    they    weren't    protected.    And    they're    gone.    Ella    has    long    since    
  those    towns    and.    If    you    want    to    think    about    a    big    city,    LA    covers    16,000    square    kilometres.    I    study    there.    I    find    it    a    place,    but    the    scope    of    the    lost    farmland    is    quite  .

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Correct answer: cooperative / co-operative

Explanation: The speaker says "sell them to the local cooperative". It comes after "local", so you need a word for a thing. You can write "cooperative" or "co-operative". Both get the mark.

Meaning: "cooperative" means a group business run by local people.

Wrong options:

  • cooperatve: It leaves out the "i". Write "cooperative". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: suburb

Explanation: You hear "see a suburb that". It comes after "see a", so you need a word for a place near a city.

Meaning: "suburb" means an area outside a city where people live.

Wrong options:

  • suberb: It has "e" where the word has "u". The right spelling is "suburb". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • suburbs: "suburbs" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "suburb", with no "s".
Correct answer: tidy

Explanation: Listen for "turned a tidy profit". The word ends in y, do not forget it.

Meaning: "tidy" means a fairly large or good amount here.

Wrong options:

  • tiddy: It adds an extra "d". Check the letters: "tidy". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • tiny: Tiny means very small. The speaker meant a fairly large profit.
Correct answer: swallowed

Explanation: On the recording you hear "has long since swallowed those towns". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "swallowed" means completely taken over or absorbed.

Wrong options:

  • swollen: Swollen means puffed up. The sentence needs the past action swallowed.
Correct answer: fascinating

Explanation: Listen again to "I find it a fascinating place". The word ends in ing here.

Meaning: "fascinating" means very interesting.

Wrong options:

  • facinating: It leaves out the "s". Write "fascinating". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • fascinated: "fascinated" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "fascinating", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: stunning

Explanation: Here you hear "lost farmland is quite stunning". The sentence wants a word that ends in ing.

Meaning: "stunning" means very impressive or surprising.

Wrong options:

  • stuning: It leaves out the "n". Check the letters: "stunning". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • stunningly: "stunningly" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "stunning".

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