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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #50875 Short Javelin Competition
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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
The    event  at  the  sports  festival  was  the  javelin  competition.  Athletes  from  all  over  the  country  came  to  participate.  Many    were  excited  to  show  their  skills  in    the  javelin  as  far  as  possible.  They  were  organized  into  different  
(Answer:  teams)  to  compete  against  each  other.  The  biggest  team,  which  had  the  most  experienced  members,  took  the  lead.  They    the  competition  with  an  impressive  throw.

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Correct answer: biggest

Explanation: Listen for "The biggest event at". You need a describing word that shows most, ends in est.

Meaning: "biggest" means the most large or important.

Wrong options:

  • bigest: It leaves out the "g". Check the letters: "biggest". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: people

Explanation: On the recording you hear "Many people were excited". It comes after "Many", so you need a word for a group of persons.

Meaning: "people" means more than one person.

Wrong options:

  • pepole: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "people". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: throwing

Explanation: Listen again to "skills in throwing the". After "in" the sentence needs an action word, so it ends in ing.

Meaning: "throwing" means the action of sending the javelin through the air.

Wrong options:

  • throwin: It leaves out the "g". Check the letters: "throwing". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • throw: "throw" is missing the ending. The speaker says "throwing", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: teams

Explanation: Here you hear "different [[BLANK4]] (Answer: teams) to". It follows "different", so you need more than one, do not forget the s at the end.

Meaning: "teams" means groups of people who compete together.

Wrong options:

  • teems: It has "e" where the word has "a". Check the letters: "teams". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • team: "team" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "teams", so write the "s".
Correct answer: started

Explanation: The speaker says "They started the competition with". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "started" means began or set in motion.

Wrong options:

  • statred: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "started". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.

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