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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47151 Short Olympics NI
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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
Think    about    the    Olympics    and    the    10,000    kilometres    rather,    and    so    you    have    the    pack    of    starting    in    the    beginning    of    the    race    and    then    as    the    race    progresses,    the    runners    are    slowly    up    into    different    groups.    This    is    what    happens    with    waves.    So,    we    have    the    generation    area    where    we    have    the    waves,    all    of    different    sizes.    And    then    the    larger    waves    are    go    than    the    smaller    ones    and    they    keep    on    separating    small    groups    of    different    sizes.    And    by    the    time    they    make    it    to    the    server.    Yeah.    Where    the    and    breaking    occurs,    we    normally    have    this    very    clean    pulses    of    swell    that    consists    of    waves    of  one    size    only.    Once    they're    in    shallow    water,    they    start    to    feel    the    sea    floor    and    that    force    is    the    main    control    to    the    speed.    So,    all    waves    at    a    given    water,    they    have    at    the    same    speed.    OK.    

Result:

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Correct answer: runners

Explanation: Listen again to "the pack of runners starting". You need a word for people who run in the race.

Meaning: "runners" means people who run in the race.

Wrong options:

  • runers: It leaves out the "n". Check the letters: "runners". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: breaking

Explanation: Here you hear "slowly breaking up into different". This is an action word and it ends in ing.

Meaning: "breaking" means splitting into smaller groups.

Wrong options:

  • breakng: It leaves out the "i". The right spelling is "breaking". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • braking: Braking means slowing down, so it is the wrong meaning here.
Correct answer: faster

Explanation: The speaker says "larger waves are go faster than". It shows a comparison, so the word ends in er.

Meaning: "faster" means more quick or at higher speed.

Wrong options:

  • fater: It leaves out the "s". Check the letters: "faster". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • fast: "fast" is missing the ending. The speaker says "faster", with "er" at the end.
Correct answer: swelling

Explanation: You hear "the swelling and breaking occurs". The sentence needs the ing form, so the word ends in ing.

Meaning: "swelling" means an increase or growth in size of the waves.

Wrong options:

  • sweling: It leaves out the "l". Check the letters: "swelling". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • swell: "swell" is missing the ending. The speaker says "swelling", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: friction

Explanation: Listen for "that friction force is the". It is the word for rubbing force and it ends in tion.

Meaning: "friction" means the rubbing force between the sea floor and the waves.

Wrong options:

  • fricton: It leaves out the "i". The right spelling is "friction". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • fiction: Fiction means made-up stories, not a rubbing force.
Correct answer: travel

Explanation: On the recording you hear "they have travel at the same speed". This needs a movement word, the plain word is used.

Meaning: "travel" means to move from one place to another.

Wrong options:

  • traval: It has "a" where the word has "e". Check the letters: "travel". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • travels: "travels" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "travel", with no "s".

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