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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47135 Short Pollard
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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
One    of    the    main    reasons    is    that    most    marine    organisms,    even    where    the    adult    may    never    move    its    life,    will    have    a    larval    phase    of    pelagic    larval    phase,    and    during    that    phase    that    that    little,    that    little    can    move    over    very    great    distances.    Sometimes    they    don't    move    at    all,    but    they    certainly    have    the    capacity    to    move    thousands    of    kilometres.    You    that    with  powerful    ocean    currents    and    you    can    see    you've    got    a    recipe    for    long    distance    connectivity.    This    phenomenon    is    especially    in    situations    where    you    have    very    powerful    Pollard    flowing    boundary    currents.    It's    the    characteristic    of    oceanography.    These    currents    then    can    carry    tropical    larvae    in    into    very    high    latitudes    and    temperate    regions,    and    so    wherever    you    see    these    these    currents    you    tend    to    see    tropical    fish    up.    All    through    the    summer    at    very    high    latitudes,    well    outside    the    range    you    would    normally    see    them.    This    particular    study    by    my    colleague    Adriana    was    the    fact    that    many    of    these    when    they're    herbivores.    

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Correct answer: entire

Explanation: The speaker says "move its entire life". After "its" you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "entire" means whole, complete.

Wrong options:

  • entir: It leaves out the "e". Write "entire". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • entirely: "entirely" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "entire".
Correct answer: beast

Explanation: You hear "that little beast can move". It comes after "little", so you need a word for a small creature.

Meaning: "beast" means an animal or creature here.

Wrong options:

  • beastie: "beastie" has an extra "ie" at the end. The speaker says "beast".
Correct answer: combine

Explanation: Listen for "You combine that with powerful". The word joins things together.

Meaning: "combine" means to put things together.

Wrong options:

  • combin: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "combine". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • compare: This is a different action. The sentence needs the idea of joining, not comparing.
Correct answer: evident

Explanation: On the recording you hear "especially evident in situations". You need a describing word, ends in ent.

Meaning: "evident" means clear or easy to see.

Wrong options:

  • evidant: It has "a" where the word has "e". Write "evident". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • evidently: "evidently" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "evident".
Correct answer: showing

Explanation: Listen again to "tropical fish showing up". It follows "fish" and ends in ing.

Meaning: "showing" means appearing or turning up.

Wrong options:

  • showin: It leaves out the "g". The right spelling is "showing". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • showed: "showed" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "showing", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: highlighting

Explanation: Here you hear "was highlighting the fact". You need an action word ending in ing after was.

Meaning: "highlighting" means drawing attention to something.

Wrong options:

  • highliting: It leaves out the "gh". The right spelling is "highlighting". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • highlighted: "highlighted" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "highlighting", which ends in "ing".

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