Flyers 6 – Test 1 Listening
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The Rooftop Garden Show. Listen to five parts, connect names to people, complete the visitor form and match objects to places. Choose pictures, colour four tags and write one word. Use the audio controls and transcripts; submit to grade or use Show Answer to review. This A2 listening practice has 5 parts and 25 questions.
Learning guide
Level: A2.
Topic: The Rooftop Garden Show
Learning objectives
- Identify people in a busy garden scene from clothing, position and actions.
- Listen for names, spelling, numbers and corrected details in a visitor form.
- Match garden objects to the places where they were found.
- Choose confirmed details from three illustrated options.
- Follow location and colour instructions for four tags and write one short word on a sign.
Before you start: Garden tools, plants, colours, clothes, familiar numbers and spelling names aloud.
Teacher tip: Let learners inspect each scene and picture set before listening. Play each conversation twice. In Part 5, locate the example tag and the bowl, blank sign and remaining tags before the recording.
Listening strategy: Look at the picture or form before each part. Listen for actions and positions, spelling, numbers and the final corrected detail. Locate each tag before choosing a colour. Try the whole test before opening the transcript.
🎧 Audio – Flyers 6 Test 1 Listening
Listen and draw lines
Listen and draw lines between names and items in the picture. There is one example.
Narrator: Look at the picture. It is a rooftop garden show. Listen and draw lines. Here is an example.
Woman: Can you see the girl planting a seedling?
Child Girl: Yes. She is wearing a purple apron.
Woman: That’s Amira, at the table at the top left.
Child Girl: I’ll draw a line to Amira.
Narrator: Now listen and draw a line. One.
Man: Who is carrying the watering can?
Child Boy: The boy in the green shirt?
Man: No, he’s tying a bean stem to a pole. Look along the upper path.
Child Boy: I see a boy in an orange cap carrying the blue can.
Man: That’s Ben.
Narrator: Two.
Woman: Can you find Chloe? She has a book.
Child Girl: Is she at the table?
Woman: No, that’s Eva, painting a flowerpot. Chloe is on the upper-right bench.
Child Girl: The girl in a blue dress reading?
Woman: That’s right.
Narrator: Three.
Man: What is Dylan doing?
Child Boy: Taking a photograph in the middle?
Man: No, that girl is taking the photo. Dylan is tying a bean stem to a pole.
Child Boy: The boy in the green T-shirt in the lower-left?
Man: Yes.
Narrator: Four.
Woman: Eva is painting something. What is it?
Child Girl: A sign?
Woman: No, a flowerpot on the table.
Child Girl: She’s wearing a yellow cardigan.
Woman: Yes, that’s Eva.
Narrator: Five.
Man: Freddie is beside the tomato plants. What has he got?
Child Boy: A box of seeds?
Man: No, he is holding a basket of tomatoes.
Child Boy: The boy in the red T-shirt?
Man: That’s Freddie.
Narrator: This is the end of Part 1.
Listen and write
Listen and write one word, a number, a time or a name in each gap. Here is an example.
Garden Show Visitor Form
Narrator: Listen and complete the visitor form. Here is an example.
Man: What’s your first name?
Child Girl: Lucy. L-U-C-Y.
Man: Thank you.
Narrator: Now listen and write. Six.
Woman: What’s your family name?
Child Girl: Patel. P-A-T-E-L.
Woman: Is there another L at the end?
Child Girl: No, just one L: Patel.
Narrator: Seven.
Man: The seed-printing workshop begins at ten thirty. Can you be there?
Child Girl: I have a tour then. Could I come at ten fifty?
Man: That group is full. We can put you in the ten-forty group.
Child Girl: Ten forty, that’s fine.
Narrator: Eight.
Woman: How many seed packets should we put on your table?
Child Girl: Eighteen, please.
Woman: The sign says sixteen for each class.
Child Girl: Oh, yes. Sixteen packets, please.
Narrator: Nine.
Man: You can take a little sample home. What should you bring?
Child Girl: A paper bag?
Man: We have bags, but please bring a clean jar.
Child Girl: I’ll bring one.
Narrator: Ten.
Woman: Where shall we meet before the tour, by the stairs?
Child Girl: I might not find you there.
Woman: Let’s meet beside the lift, next to the blue noticeboard.
Child Girl: All right, beside the lift.
Narrator: This is the end of Part 2.
Where did the helpers find these things?
Listen and choose the place A to H for each object. The notebook is the example. Use each picture once; two pictures are extra.
Narrator: Part three. Where did the helpers find these things? Look at places A to H. Here is an example.
Woman: Have you found my notebook? I used it at the café.
Child Boy: Yes. You took it to the library afterwards. It was beside an armchair there.
Woman: Thank you. The library, then.
Narrator: Now listen. Eleven.
Man: I need the gardening gloves. Did you look under the bench?
Child Girl: I did, but they were not there. I found them on a shelf in the greenhouse.
Man: Inside the greenhouse?
Child Girl: Yes, beside the little seedlings.
Narrator: Twelve.
Woman: Is that our glass bottle by the kitchen sink?
Child Boy: That one belongs to the cook. Ours was on a table at the café.
Woman: Did someone bring it back?
Child Boy: Yes, the café worker gave it to me.
Narrator: Thirteen.
Man: The seed tin is missing. Could it be at the craft stall?
Child Girl: We only painted flowerpots there. The garden shop assistant found the tin.
Man: Where exactly?
Child Girl: Beside the pots on the shop counter.
Narrator: Fourteen.
Woman: Did you lose your watering-can key ring on the bus?
Child Boy: No. I dropped it after I got off. It was beside the seat at the bus stop.
Woman: So you found it at the stop?
Child Boy: Yes, before the next bus came.
Narrator: Fifteen.
Man: Where was the cloth bag? We looked at the bench.
Child Girl: I found it behind the craft stall. It was hanging beside the paintbrushes.
Man: Not in the kitchen, then?
Child Girl: No, I brought it straight from the stall.
Narrator: This is the end of Part three.
Listen and tick (✓) the box
Listen to each conversation and choose the correct picture A, B or C. Here is an example.
Narrator: Listen and choose. Here is an example. Which flower will go on the welcome table?
Woman: The red tulip would look lovely.
Child Boy: I thought the white daisy was bigger.
Woman: It is, but the yellow sunflower in the blue pot is the one we grew for the show.
Child Boy: Let’s put that in the middle.
Narrator: Sixteen.
Man: What are we serving for the tasting?
Child Girl: Tomato sandwiches?
Man: Those are for the helpers, and the apple cake is for tomorrow. Visitors can taste carrot soup.
Child Girl: I’ll put out the little cups.
Narrator: Seventeen.
Woman: Nina, which tool do you need?
Child Girl: The long blue spade to move the soil.
Woman: The soil is ready. What about trimming the dry leaves?
Child Girl: Oh, then I need the red secateurs. I’ll use those.
Narrator: Eighteen.
Man: The music group could play by the lift.
Child Boy: People are meeting there before the tour.
Man: What about the far end of the roof?
Child Boy: It’s too windy there. The space by the greenhouse door is sheltered.
Man: Good, I’ll tell the group.
Narrator: Nineteen.
Woman: The seed talk is at half past eleven, isn’t it?
Child Boy: I wrote that down, but the speaker’s train is late.
Woman: The earlier talk at quarter past eleven is still on time. This seed talk will now begin at quarter to twelve.
Child Boy: I’ll change the programme.
Narrator: Twenty.
Man: The sunflower looks like the winner.
Child Girl: The tomato plant has lots of fruit.
Man: True, but the bean plant reaches above the others. It wins the tallest plant prize.
Child Girl: I’ll give its grower the ribbon.
Narrator: This is the end of Part 4.
Listen, colour and write
Listen, colour and write. Colour four round tags and write one word on the sign. The blue tag above the fence is the example.
Completed picture – colour answer key
📝 Write words / numbers
Narrator: Look at the picture. Listen, colour and write. Here is an example.
Woman: Colour the round tag above the fence blue.
Child Girl: The tag at the top left?
Woman: Yes, that’s the example. Now listen, colour and write. Twenty-one.
Man: Colour the tag above the greenhouse orange.
Child Boy: The tag above its glass roof?
Man: That’s right. Make that one orange.
Narrator: Twenty-two.
Woman: Now find the round tag above the large flowerpot.
Child Girl: Do you mean the tag above the little tree?
Woman: No, the flowerpot is in the middle of the picture. Colour the tag just above it brown.
Child Girl: All right. The tag above the middle flowerpot is brown.
Narrator: Twenty-three.
Man: Which tag should be pink?
Child Boy: The one above the tree?
Man: No, colour the tag beside the watering can pink.
Narrator: Twenty-four.
Woman: What word shall we write on the blank sign by the flowerpot?
Child Girl: PLANTS?
Woman: That would fit, but the children chose the word GROW.
Child Girl: I’ll write GROW on the sign.
Narrator: Twenty-five.
Man: Colour the tag above the bench purple.
Child Boy: The one at the lower right?
Man: Yes, the tag over the bench. Make it purple.
Narrator: This is the end of Part 5.
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