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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47175 Short Lewinsky
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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
Playing    a    dutiful    woman    helped    meet    sort    of    role    and    goes    down    when    she's    gender    norms.    And    so    when    she    says,    you    know,    I    didn't    stay    home    and    bake    cookies    during    the    first    presidential    campaign    for    her    husband,    her    goes    down.    And    then    she's    wearing    a    pink    sweater    in    the    map    room,    defending    her    husband    when    he    around    Monica    Lewinsky,    her    goes    up,    you    know.    Goes    down    when    she    when    she's    in    the    primary.    With    Barack    Obama.    But    goes    up    when    she's    the    president    and    Secretary    of    State.    So    she    really    has    this    very    and    it    really    goes    up    and    down    and    up    and    down    and    it    really    maps    pretty    closely    to    when    she's    gender    norms.    So    there's    no    question    that    her    gender    has    affected    how    people    see    her    in    the    role    she's    played    over    the    course    of    her    career.

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Correct answer: challenging

Explanation: Listen again to "she's challenging gender". You need an action word, so watch for ing at the end.

Meaning: "challenging" means trying to change or question something.

Wrong options:

  • chalenging: It leaves out the "l". Check the letters: "challenging". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • challenge: "challenge" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "challenging", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: favourably / favorably

Explanation: Here you hear "her favourably goes". You need a word that tells how or how much, so it ends in ly. You can write "favourably" or "favorably". Both get the mark.

Meaning: "favourably" means in a positive or approving way.

Wrong options:

  • favourable: "favourable" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "favourably", which ends in "y".
Correct answer: favourability

Explanation: The speaker says "her favourability goes". Use a word for a thing or idea here, not a describing word.

Meaning: "favourability" means how much people like or approve of her.

Wrong options:

  • favorability: It leaves out the "u". Check the letters: "favourability". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • favourable: "favourable" is a close word, but it ends in "le". The speaker says "favourability", which ends in "ility".
Correct answer: serving

Explanation: You hear "when she's serving the". The line calls for an action word with ing at the end.

Meaning: "serving" means working in the role of or helping as part of the job.

Wrong options:

  • seerving: It adds an extra "e". Write "serving". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • served: "served" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "serving", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: challenging

Explanation: Listen for "when she's challenging gender". You need the ing form again, so the word ends in ing.

Meaning: "challenging" means acting against usual expectations.

Wrong options:

  • chalenging: It leaves out the "l". Check the letters: "challenging". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • challenge: "challenge" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "challenging", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: entire

Explanation: On the recording you hear "of her entire career". After "her" need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "entire" means complete or whole.

Wrong options:

  • entirely: "entirely" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "entire".

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