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Listening Practice Exercise

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Listening Practice Exercise

The document discusses several practice exercises and conversations about workplaces and office situations, including problems with technology, confusion over assignments, and disagreement about company relocation.

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Practice Exercise 1

Location:

Weather: !

Hotel: It was too during the night.

Conference:

1. Terrible . Even sending email was difficult.

2. speaker didn't come! We paid a lot for that.

3. Big confusion with the different on the earphones.

Plus, Points:

Some people there.

I ate a lot of !
1. Marcia wasn't working

2. a band was walking to the conference

3. a policeman met some interesting people

4. Martin was making noise

5. the wi-fi helped them in the street

6. one woman slept badly

7. everyone was speaking Spanish

8. Jenny was getting angry


Practice Exercise – 2

1. Dr. Ibsen has spoken to many who are phoning in for the .

2. Sheila is happily but has some problems at work.

3. Dr. Ibsen says work takes up a large of our lives.

4. Sheila's boss says the lack of windows isn't an issue as it enables

people .

5. She says there's a lack in the company.

6. Dr. Ibsen says it's up to to support employees once they start the

job.

7. Dr. Ibsen says Sheila's boss may not be of the problems that exist

in the company.

8. Dr. Ibsen says it's not enough for workers to be every month. The

need helps too.


How To Build a Better Workplace?

Work consumes about a of your life, so it's important to get things right. A
good structure is vital in any company - employees should never feel
'abandoned', they are your most important asset! HR isn't only about interviews
and , HR's work must continue after someone has begun working.

It's sometimes difficult for a company to stop thinking like a company. It


grows and grows and isn't ready for the new problems that this growth causes.

The must remain the most important contact for all employees. It is in
their best interest that the company succeeds.

Those in charge of companies must never begin thinking that ensuring their
employees are at the end of each month is sufficient. Employees must
feel they are to a company's future.
Practice Exercise - 3

As you listen to the conversations, for each description, choose the best title from
the box below. Write ONLY the correct letter for each question.

A. Where Is That File?

B. Which Button Do I Press?

C. Factory Location Loses the Deal.

D. Who Is Going?

E. Deadline Panic.

F. Some People Get Angry.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.
Listen to these short office conversations and choose the best answer for each
question.

Conversation One

1. The trip to Brussels is to sign a contract.

true

false

2. Who is going to go to Brussels?

Barry and Susan

Barry and Charlie

William and Charlie

Conversation Two

3. Steve is surprised to hear that Harbon Industries won the contract.

true

false

4. Why did Harbon Industries win the contract?

They made a promise to build a new factory

Their factory construction deal was cheaper

They promised something Helen and Steve's company couldn't


Conversation Three

5. Steve needs to press only one button to get the device working?

true

false

6. What device is Steve trying to use?

Photocopier

Laminator

Scanner

Conversation Four

7. Yesterday was Saturday the 2nd of the month.

true

false

8. What is Helen's biggest concern?

There isn't enough time to do everything

The deal is going to be cancelled

She has to write the proposal


Conversation Five

9. The company management views the relocation in a different way to the


employees.

true

false

10. Why does Helen think that the relocation meeting was a waste of time?

Because she's not interested in moving house

Because she needs to spend her time looking for a new job

Because everything's already been decided

Conversation Six

11. Steve finally finds the file on the office table.

true

false

12. What does Steve find frustrating about the situation?

That Helen didn't save the file where she should have

There seems to be some duplication in the file organization

That somebody has lost the documents

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