UNIVERSIDAD DE EL SALVADOR

FACULTAD MULTIDISCIPLINARIA DE OCCIDENTE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH

LISTENING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

Student´s name: ___________________________________________________Grade: _________

Directions:

1-Match the statement with its correct answer.

The man has been practicing for his road

test _____.

In what part of town do they begin the road

 Mr. Smith is following too closely.
test?
 ought to take the test with another
What was the situation with the vehicle in officer
front of them?  at home
 in a commercial area
Mr. Smith almost hit ____ in the road.
 a person
The driving officer suggests that Mr. Smith
_____.

2-Match the correct word with its correct sentence

Pedestrian district peek driveway grab

 I've been practicing in my ______________ all week. driveway

 The speed limit in this business _____________ is only 25 miles an hour. district
 Could you________ my cell phone under my seat. grab
 Can I just take a___________ at your notes? peek
 You almost hit that ______________. pedestrian

Match the letters with its correct order event.

A. Mr. Smith. Could you do me a favor?

B. You're tailgating the vehicle in front of us.
C. It's my day off.
D. You have to give way to any pedestrians crossing the street.
E. It won't happen again.
 First event Second event Third event Fourth event Fifth event
B D E A C

Match the vocabulary with its correct meaning

Driveway to drive too close to the vehicle in front of

you that might make it impossible to avoid
District
hitting in case of an emergency
Bud
informal, sometimes used in a hostile or
Tailgate unfriendly manner when speaking to a man
whose name is unknown
Jeez
an expression to show mild surprise,
frustration, or disappointment

a small road leading up to a private house

area