General English – Listening

1. What do you think of the new ______?

2. He asked if it could be given in a bit late and I said ______ was OK.

3. I think Agassi’s winning it ______

4. I’d have ______ to help him.

5. At ______ you understand what I mean.

6. I think she lives at No. ______

7. He was ______ by his team-mates because he hadn’t trained hard enough.

8. On Saturday he could well win his third ______.

9. They asked if I was sending anybody and I said ______.

10. I’m afraid we’ve only ______ left in stock.

11. She ______ that little extra bit of class.

12. He’s just become a member of the ______ club.

13. They were going to ______ for their holidays.

14. What do you think those ______ on the horizon are?

15. Did you realize he ______ out last night?

16. It’s an ______ story, isn’t it?

17. The roads were absolutely ______ last week.

18. Sooner or later we’ll have to ______ them out.

19. Is it ready for ______ yet?

20. Most of the ______ sound really good.

21. We need a ______ board in our classroom.

22. Do they have many ______ in Tunisia.

23. I see Oxford University is advertising the chair in ______.

24. Can you help ______ to get it finished?

25. It’ll be difficult to keep within these ______, but you must try.

26. I think they now give the weather report from the ______ studio.

27. He’s working on a new ______ at the moment.

28. I must say I quite ______ going to see his latest film.

29. She’s one of the most ______tempered people I’ve ever met.

30. His house is really ______.

31. The bathroom’s small, but it’s got a ______ loo.

32. Iran has been particularly successful in reducing its dependence on American ______.

33. Is ______ cheaper in Australia than it is here?

34. Do you think he feels a bit ______ about it now?

35. In the late 1960’s neo-colonialist attitudes could have posed a real threat to the ______.

36. We just can’t get our gardener to cut the ______ nearly.

37. If you add ______, it’ll make it nice and fizzy.

38. She said that as far as she was concerned we’d ______ no trouble at all.

39. The longer we went on, the ______ it became.

40. I didn’t think he would take it ______.

41. He’s teaching the computer to play a new game – not chess but something ______.

42. Did you know your rear offside light’s ______?

43. I’m leaving! I’m not going to let you ______ my life.

44. That was the first of a series of ______ events that took place in his teens.

45. My son got a new pair of ______ to take on holiday with him.

46. If only one could test learners’ ______, it’d be a lot easier to group them.

47. He’s been having a lot of problems with his ______ recently.

48. I wish that ______ could be given more help at times.

49. The main advantage of this material is that it’s ______.

50. Do you know if this text is ______?

51. Have you ______ the results yet?

52. Is Susie’s horse ready for ______?

53. Do you know if he’s gone ______ yet?

54. To get accurate results you need to use a wide range of ______types.

55. She’s a meember of the ______ Childbirth Trust.

56. She bought him a ______ for Christmas.

57. He was best known for his work in ______ in the fifties.

58. I understand the Prime Minister is ______ Britain.

59. Several teams have paid dearly for underestimating ______.

60. I think he said he wouldn’t be back till ______.

61. Are we going to be able to send him the ______ in time?

62. I don’t really think she has any intention of ______ with him.

63. Seeing that has made me feel really______.

64. Let’s ______ that stew up tomorrow. It seems a pity to waste it.

65. Have you ______ it yet?

66. I honestly thought you were ______.

67. I don’t know if he ______ her or not.

68. Montoya left the pits ______, but Schumacher was soon after him.

69. Do you have any idea what the ______ is?

70. I can’t put anything in this ______ because there’s a hole in it.

71. You know ______ like to see you whenever possible.

72. The only way to get there in winter is by the old route up the mountain ______.

73. Are you going to help us get the ______ out?

74. Have you seen those ______ I was looking for?

75. I believe Peter’s ______, isn’t he?

76. The weather’s been really ______.

77. Was the ______ recognizable afterwards?

78. He works for the ______ tourist board.

79. James was one of the ______, wasn’t he?

80. The finance committee were told that the extra ______ would double the cost.

81. They’d be surprised if they realized what people like ______ have to do.

82. ______ Foyt is the only driver to have won the Indi 500 thee years in a row.

83. The conference is scheduled for Friday the ______ of May.

84. I’m afraid I’ve no idea if ______ finished.

85. I could do with ______ drink.

86. He’s recently become an ______.

87. Farmers in the north and in Scotland lost a lot of ______ last winter.

88. This ______ is no use – it keeps leaking.

89. It was several hours before they ______ us

90. Cambridge is about 60 miles from Norwich and 60 ______ from London.

91. The police said they would ______ the offender immediately.

92. If you like the style, there’s a wide choice of ______ available.

93. The ______ was ruined by the rain.

94. He ______ off before we could ask his name.

95. That was quite a ______ we had, wasn’t it?

96. Import restrictions on ______ sheep are now likely to be lifted.

97. I’ve ______ my wrist, so I won’t be able to play tomorrow.

98. What he said was true in ______ case.

99. ______ grew faster than ever before after the Renaissance.

100. This ______ doesn’t give one much of a choice, does it?