Speaker 1 was reluctant to spend a lot of time travelling and incorrectly predicted other people's reactions to a change. Speaker 2 experienced isolation due to a lack of language skills and would have liked more support in their new country. Speaker 3 has always struggled with education and was influenced by others to do something they regretted. Speaker 4 is sharing their workload with another person and had been cautious about making a change at work. Speaker 5 was feeling uncomfortable in a relationship and made a change because their progress had slowed down.
Speaker 1 was reluctant to spend a lot of time travelling and incorrectly predicted other people's reactions to a change. Speaker 2 experienced isolation due to a lack of language skills and would have liked more support in their new country. Speaker 3 has always struggled with education and was influenced by others to do something they regretted. Speaker 4 is sharing their workload with another person and had been cautious about making a change at work. Speaker 5 was feeling uncomfortable in a relationship and made a change because their progress had slowed down.
Speaker 1 was reluctant to spend a lot of time travelling and incorrectly predicted other people's reactions to a change. Speaker 2 experienced isolation due to a lack of language skills and would have liked more support in their new country. Speaker 3 has always struggled with education and was influenced by others to do something they regretted. Speaker 4 is sharing their workload with another person and had been cautious about making a change at work. Speaker 5 was feeling uncomfortable in a relationship and made a change because their progress had slowed down.
You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about a recent change in their lives.
Match each speaker (1–5)
with two ideas in the list (A–J). Which speaker A was reluctant to spend a lot of time travelling? 1 B has always struggled with education? 3 C was feeling uncomfortable in a relationship? 5 D is sharing their workload with another person? 4 E experiencedisolation due to a lack of language skills? 2 F had been cautious about making a change at work? 4 G would have liked more support in their new country? 2 H made a change because their progress had slowed down? 5 I was influenced by others to do something they regretted? 3 J incorrectly predicted other people’s reactions to a change? 1
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