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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #43550 Short Whitcomb
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
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Correct Transcript:

Millie Whitcomb, of the fancy goods and notions, beckoned me with her finger. I had been standing at Kate O'Malley's counter, pretending to admire her new basket-weave suitings; but in reality reveling in her droll account of how, in the train coming up from Chicago, Mrs. Judge Porterfield had worn the porter's coat over her chilly shoulders in mistake for her husband's. Kate O'Malley can tell a funny story in a way to make the after-dinner pleasantries of a Washington diplomat sound like the clumsy jests told around the village grocery store.
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Printed "funny", the speaker says "fancy"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "of the fancy goods and notions". The printed word "funny" starts with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "admit", the speaker says "admire"

Explanation: Listen again to "pretending to admire her". The printed word "admit" starts with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "have", the speaker says "had"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "Mrs. Judge Porterfield had worn". The word you hear is shorter than the one on the page, so listen for the shorter form.

Printed "can't", the speaker says "can"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Kate O'Malley can tell". The word on the page has extra letters at the end, so check the ending carefully.

Printed "said", the speaker says "told"

Explanation: The speaker says "the clumsy jests told around the" not "said". The first letters differ, so follow your ears not the printed meaning.

"suitings" matches the audio

Explanation: "new basket-weave suitings." has a rare printed word. It looks odd but the speaker really says it, so do not click it.

"Chicago" matches the audio

Explanation: "coming up from Chicago, Mrs. Judge" names a city that might seem changed. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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