Flyers 2 – Test 1 Listening
100% Original Practice Test
The Lantern Makers' Yard. A2 listening practice with five parts and 25 questions. Listen twice, complete each part, then submit to grade your work or use Show Answer to review.
Learning guide
- Level
- A2 Flyers · children aged 9–12
- Topic
- The Lantern Makers' Yard
- Learning objectives
- Identify people by their actions and position.
- Record spelled names, numbers and a time accurately.
- Distinguish arrival times from departure times.
- Follow corrections to choose the final picture option.
- Identify and colour outlined objects, including a five-item sequence.
- Before you start
- Have headphones ready. Look at each picture and read the form labels. Find the example before answering. In Part 5, select a colour, then click or keyboard-activate an outlined object.
- Teacher tip
- Ask learners to name the clue that confirms each answer. After checking, replay the relevant dialogue and let learners explain any correction they heard.
- Listening strategy
- Predict the kind of answer before listening. Wait for the final choice after but, instead or not. Use the second hearing to check spelling, times, positions and all five flags.
Listen and draw lines
Listen and draw lines between names and items in the picture. There is one example.
Listen to the same dialogue twice.
Woman: Look at the children in the craft yard. Listen and draw lines from the names to the children. You will hear the example first.
Man: Which child is Ben?
Woman: The boy with the kite?
Man: Yes. Ben is holding a red kite at the left edge of the picture. Draw a line from Ben to that boy.
Woman: Now listen and draw lines for the other children.
Man: One. Which child is Mia?
Woman: Is she the girl with the watering can?
Man: No, that girl is at the back-right. Mia is painting a flowerpot just left of the middle.
Man: Two. Which child is Leo?
Woman: The boy sweeping near the front?
Man: No, Leo is carrying a wooden box through the centre. The boy sweeping is farther right.
Man: Three. Which child is Sofia?
Woman: Is Sofia standing by the shed?
Man: No. She is reading a book while sitting on the bench on the right.
Man: Four. Which child is Max?
Woman: The boy with the broom at the front-right?
Man: That's right. Max is sweeping the ground there.
Man: Five. Which child is Ava?
Woman: Is she painting a flowerpot?
Man: No, that's Mia. Ava is watering a plant at the back-right.
Listen and write a name or a number
Listen and complete the craft-workshop booking form. Write a name or a number.
📝 Listen and write
Listen to the same dialogue twice.
Woman: Listen and complete the booking form. You will hear an example first.
Clerk: Good morning, Lantern Makers' Yard. How can I help?
Caller: I'd like to book a place for the Saturday workshop, please.
Clerk: Saturday. Now, what's the child's surname?
Caller: Turner. T-U-R-N-E-R.
Clerk: Turner. And how old is the child?
Caller: She's ten. That's one-zero.
Clerk: Will any friends be coming with her?
Caller: Yes, two friends. So there will be three children altogether, including my daughter.
Clerk: Two friends, thank you. The workshop starts at ten o'clock or half past ten. Which would you prefer?
Caller: Half past ten, please. Ten is a little early for us.
Clerk: That's 10:30. Can I have a contact telephone number?
Caller: Yes, six three eight, two four one.
Clerk: Six three eight, two four one. Thank you. Your booking is for Saturday at 10:30.
Match each person to a clock time
Listen and match each person to the correct arrival time, A–H. There is one example.
Listen to the same dialogue twice.
Woman: Listen and match each person to the correct time. You will hear an example first.
Man: Nora, when will you get to the yard?
Girl: The bus gets there at quarter past nine, so I'll arrive then.
Man: That's 9:15, clock C. Now listen for the other people.
Man: Jack, what time will you arrive?
Boy: I leave home at quarter to ten, but the walk takes fifteen minutes. I'll get there at ten o'clock.
Man: Ella, when will you be there?
Girl: My club starts at nine, but Dad is dropping me off at quarter to nine.
Man: Ravi, are you taking the ten o'clock bus?
Boy: I thought I would, but I'll take the later bus. It reaches the yard at half past ten.
Man: Lucy, what time will you arrive?
Girl: I finish breakfast at quarter past eight. Mum's drive takes fifteen minutes, so we'll arrive at half past eight.
Man: Omar, when will you meet us?
Boy: I'll leave home at ten and be at the gate at quarter past ten.
Listen and tick (✓) the box
Listen to the workshop conversations and choose picture A, B or C.
Listen to the same dialogue twice.
Woman: Listen and choose the correct picture, A, B or C. You will hear an example first.
Instructor: Before we begin, take a small paintbrush from the basket. We'll use the ruler later, and the scissors are for the paper activity at the end.
Woman: The paintbrush is the example. Now listen and choose.
Man: Grace, what did you bring for your lantern?
Girl: I meant to bring a roll of brown paper, but it got wet in the rain. I brought a square of blue cloth instead.
Man: That's fine. We have silver card here if anyone needs it.
Man: What shall we have for a snack?
Woman: We could have cheese sandwiches, but we don't have time to make them now.
Boy: The little cakes look nice.
Woman: Those are for the younger group. The apple slices are ready for us.
Man: Noah, which lantern are you going to make?
Boy: I wanted to make a star-shaped one, but the fish is easier to decorate. I'll make the fish.
Man: Where should this family work?
Guide: The table under the tree is being cleaned. Please use the table beside the shed, not the one by the gate.
Man: Mia, what are you taking home?
Girl: I made a paper flower, but I finished painting my pot too. I'll carry the pot home. The wooden bird is my brother's.
Listen and colour
Listen and colour the craft-yard picture. Choose a colour, then click an outlined object. There is one example.
Completed picture – colour answer key
The blue example and revealed answers appear here. Your own picture is unchanged.
Listen to the same dialogue twice.
Woman: Listen and colour. You will hear an example first.
Man: Can you see the pot under the tree?
Girl: Yes.
Man: Colour that pot blue. That is the example.
Woman: Now listen and colour.
Man: One. Can you see the bench in the middle? Colour its seat yellow. The seat is the long horizontal part you sit on. Colour that part yellow, not the back or the legs.
Woman: Two. Look at the five little flags near the top. Starting from the left, colour the first two orange, and the last three grey. That's all five flags: two orange, then three grey.
Man: Three. Look at the shed on the right. Find its door at the far right of the picture. Colour the door green. Leave the shed wall and roof white.
Woman: Four. Colour the basket next to the bench purple. It isn't brown; use purple for the basket beside the bench.
Man: Five. Colour the big round lantern hanging from the tree red. It is the round one on the branch.
🎯 Finished all 25 questions?
Submit to grade your whole test, OR use 👁 Show Answer per part / per question.
Learning review — answer clues and strategies
How to listen for key information
Listen for the detail the question asks for: a person, a number, a place, a time or an object. In a conversation, speakers may mention a wrong choice before correcting it. Wait for the final clear choice and notice correction words such as but, instead, not and I mean.
Clue words and patterns
Position words include at the left, in the centre, at the back, beside, beneath, above and between. Time clues include quarter past, quarter to and half past. For forms, listen for spelling, number grouping and whether a number describes friends or everyone. In matching tasks, connect the person or object to the detail that is confirmed, not merely mentioned.
Watch out and check your answers
Do not confuse when someone leaves with when they arrive, or a start time with an arrival time. For picture choices, compare the distinguishing feature in each option. For colouring, follow both the object and its location, then check direction words and count every item in a group. In question 22, all five flags need a colour.