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Practice Free Listening Exercises in English

Students can practice free listening exercises in English conversations. They can listen and answer the questions about the conversation.

Teachers can use practice free listening exercises in English with their students in class or school.

Elementary Level practice listening exercises in English.

Now you can try to do one of the practice listening exercises in English language and answer the questions below:

Practice Listening 1

COMPUTERS

Instructions for the listening practice skills:

  • Read the listening questions first.
  • Listen three times. You can reduce the times as you improve!
  • Check your answer after you have listened

Practice listening exercises in English:  

Computers (Listen)

 Listen and answer the questions with a complete sentence:

1- What are computers?

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2- Why are people afraid of computers?

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3- What can computers do?

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4- Which one is smaller the old computers or the modern computers?

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5- What did the Scientist develop to make the computer smaller and faster?

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Script for COMPUTERS

First of all, computers are devices. They are very accurate and can do jobs very quickly if compared with humans.

Computers used to be very big and heavy in the old days. They also took up a lot of space.

Computer scientists have developed small computer chips to make computers smaller and thinner. They made memories with larger capacity and storage.

Further, people can do many tasks in a very short time. They can use it personally and professionally. For example, we can use computers at work and at home.

Finally, new computers are small, compact, mobile and very light. For example, tablets, iPads and smart phones. People are afraid that the computers will replace people in the future.

Practice Listening 2

SLEEP

Follow the instructions carefully 

  • Read the listening questions first.
  • Listen three times. Can reduce the times as you progress!
  • Check your answer after you listened.

Practice listening exercises in English

Sleep (Listen)

Listen and answer the questions with complete sentences:

1. How many hours of sleep should an adult or grown-ups sleep at night?

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2. How many hours of sleep should little kids sleep every night?

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3. Can sleep affect life expectancy?

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4. Is sleep an essential or a comfort?

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5. Experts think that the brain is active when we are asleep.

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6. what does after – school activities do to our sleep?

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Script for SLEEP

Sleep

Experts say that people (adults) need at least 6 hours of sleep every night. If they do not get enough sleep they will feel sleepy the whole day. Younger kids need at least 9 hours of sleep every night. After school – activities can take away from sleep time for kids. Also parents with busy life styles stay up late and their kids do the same.

Kids with little sleep have hard time sleeping at night and this will affect their daily routine and make them less active and productive trough the day in school.

Most parents are not aware of what goes on when their kids go to sleep and how the brain works when we are asleep.

Many people think that the brain shuts down when we go to sleep but it is the opposite. Experts say that the brain is very active when we are asleep and could be even more active than when we are awake.

Experts recommended at least 6 hours of sleep for adults and 9 hours of sleep for young children. They say that sleep is an essential not a comfort and it can increase your life expectancy.  

Other ways to improve your listening skills:

Practice free listening exercises in English makes it easier to talk and listen to native speakers. In addition, you can do better in your job and with people. Naturally you need to practice listening skills exercises like:

  • You can also listen to songs with lyrics.
  • Listen and practice by watching the news in English.
  • Watch and listen English movies without the subtitles.
  • Listen to people talking in English.
  • Record your voice and listen to it on your phone or any device of your choice.
  • Finally, do a lot of these exercises frequently to achieve your goals fast.

You can also combine listening with speaking to improve your English.

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