Listening Comprehension

EXERCISE ONE LISTENING CINEMA AND TELEVISION 

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: A FAMOUS MISTAKE ON TV

Gap-fill exercise. Listening Cinema and Television

  

Fill in all the gaps after listen the recording, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for clues!

Listen to an extract from a programme about a famous mistake on TV. Answer the questions.

1. During which programme did the mistake occur?

2. In which year did the mistake occur?

3. Who is Michael Fish?

4. What did the woman ask about when she called?

5. What was Michael's answer?

6. How strong were the worst winds?

7. How many people died in the storm?

8. How many trees fell down?

9. Where did Michael Fish appear in 2012?

10. Where can you see the original weather broadcast made by Michael Fish?

EXERCISE TWO LISTENING COMPREHENSION CINEMA AND TELEVISION

LISTENING COMPREHENSION PART II

MATCHING LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE

  

Listen to the recording again. Make notes about the vocabulary you don't understand and try to place them on their own contexts. Then match the items on the right to the phrases on the left which are their definitions. The following words will be extracted from the interview, so please make sure you understand all of them.

(of a moving object or body) come into contact with (someone or something stationary) quickly and forcefully.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
An analysis of the state of the weather in an area with an assessment of likely developments.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
To an undesirably great or intense degree.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Be inadequate or unsuccessful; fail.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
In one's inmost feelings, despite appearances to the contrary.	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Complete disorder and confusion	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict
Used to emphasize a strong or exaggerated statement	¿? deep down to hit weather forecast fall down to disrupt absolutely chaos broadcast severely to predict

Latham-Koeing,Christina;Oxenden, Clive; Hudson, Jane. ENGLISH FILE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press , 2014.