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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #43799 Short Hormone
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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
A  hormone  called  relaxin  helps  loosen  up    women’s  hips.  Without  it,  the  pain  of  delivery  would  be  unbearable.  Its  job  done,  however,  relaxing  lingers  in  female  bodies  for  up  to  a  year,  when  softer  ligaments  make  new  mothers  more  prone  to  ,  as  Jessica  Ennis-Hill,  an  Olympic  champion  heptathlete,    in  training  after  giving  birth  in  2014.  Five  years  later  Dame  Jessica  started  Jennies,  a  fitness  app  to  help  other  women    safe  post-natal  workouts.  It  now  lets  users  optimise  workouts  for  the  different  phases  of  their  menstrual  cycles,  and  has  just    a  successful  funding  round.

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Correct answer: pregnant

Explanation: The speaker says "loosen up pregnant women's hips". It comes before "women's", a word for being about to have a baby.

Meaning: "pregnant" means expecting a baby.

Wrong options:

  • pregnent: It has "e" where the word has "a". Write "pregnant". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: injury

Explanation: You hear "more prone to injury, as Jessica". After "to" you need a word for harm to the body.

Meaning: "injury" means physical harm or damage.

Wrong options:

  • injuriy: It adds an extra "i". The right spelling is "injury". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • injuries: "injuries" is a close word, but it ends in "ies". The speaker says "injury", which ends in "y".
Correct answer: discovered

Explanation: Listen for "heptathlete, discovered in training". It follows the name and tells what she found out.

Meaning: "discovered" means found out or realised.

Correct answer: perform

Explanation: On the recording you hear "help other women perform safe". After "help" the sentence needs an action word for doing exercises.

Meaning: "perform" means to do or carry out exercises.

Wrong options:

  • peform: It leaves out the "r". The right spelling is "perform". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: concluded

Explanation: Listen again to "has just concluded a successful". The word is a past action and ends in ed.

Meaning: "concluded" means finished or brought to an end.

Wrong options:

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

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