Alexander Ramirez

Listening Project
Fernando Baron
March 2019
Second Term
Pre – Listening

1. Put the name of each sport in the correct gap. (canyoning, dirtboarding, zip-
wiring, white water, rafting, snowboarding)
 Listening
1. Listen to the conversation about plans for weekends and fill in the gaps with the
correct word. Write no more than two words. You will listen the audio tree times.

a) Yeah, me and my mates are going to this activity center in the __________.

b) You can do all kinds of things. It’s a __________; it sounds great. We’re
going to go __________.

c) It’s like skateboarding or snowboarding. You have a board, or deck, to stand

on and wheels. They’re pretty strong because you go down rough mountain
tracks on them. Steep, __________tracks.

d) They have lots of things that you could do too. Like __________, you know
when you go along a wire through the trees or down a mountain.

e) Yeah, it’ll be brilliant! We’re going to do all the sights, like go up the
__________ and take a boat along the River Seine and see the old parts of
the city. It looks so beautiful in the photos. And then there are all the
__________ __________. You know how much I like art. I can’t wait to go
round the Louvre and see all those famous paintings.

2. Select the activities that speakers are going to do in their weekend.

a) snowboarding

b) dirtboarding

c) canyoning

d) bungee jumping

e) go up the Eiffel Tower

f) visit Notre Dame cathedral

g) visit the old parts of the city

h) go round the Louvre

i) go to the Musée D’Orsay

3. Read the following sentences and mark with an X, if the word is true, false or not

given.

T F NG

A dirtboard is a board with wheels that you stand on

To go canyoning you need ropes and special equipment

Zip-wiring is scary and difficult

Paris looks so beautiful in the photos

The Impressionist paintings are in the Rodin Museum

The famous Rodin statue is called the Thinker

The girl is going to Paris for a weekend

4. Answer the following questions based on your personal opinion.

a) What do you like doing at the weekend?

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b) Do you feel more identified with the plans of the boy or the girl? Why?

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