These are 6 word listening exercises.

Write what you hear:

Listening exercise 1: Simple Present

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4 missing
  1. ____________ ____________ days until ____________ ____________?
  2. ____________ ____________ ____________ twelve ____________ away.
  3. ____________, I ____________ ____________ until ____________!
  4. ____________, I’m ____________; you ____________ ____________.
  5. ____________ we ____________ a ____________ ____________?
  6. Oh ____________, of ____________ ____________ ____________!
  7. I ____________ ____________ all ____________ ____________.
  8. ____________ ____________ all ____________ to ____________.
  9. ____________ ____________? ____________ we ____________ room?
  10. ____________, ____________ ____________ would ____________ crazy!
2 missing
  1. How ____________ days until ____________ birthday?
  2. Your birthday ____________ twelve ____________ away.
  3. Ooo, I ____________ ____________ until then!
  4. Well, I’m sorry; you ____________ ____________.
  5. ____________ we ____________ a birthday party?
  6. Oh ____________, of course we ____________!
  7. I ____________ ____________ all my friends.
  8. They ____________ all ____________ to it.
  9. Why ____________? Don’t we ____________ room?
  10. ____________, but it would ____________ crazy!
Answers
  1. How many days until my birthday?
  2. Your birthday is twelve days away.
  3. Ooo, I cannot wait until then!
  4. Well, I’m sorry; you have to.
  5. Can we have a birthday party?
  6. Oh yes, of course we can!
  7. I should invite all my friends.
  8. They can’t all come to it.
  9. Why not? Don’t we have room?
  10. Yes, but it would be crazy!

Listening Exercise 2: Simple Past

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  10. __________ ___________ ___________ __________ ___________ ___________.
4 missing
  1. ________, I ________ to ________ ________.
  2. We ________ ________ of ________ ________.
  3. My ________ ________ me ________ ________.
  4. He ________ he ________ ________ ________.
  5. “________ ________ ________ no”, I ________.
  6. “________, she ________”, he ________ ________.
  7. “________ pretty ________ that ________ ________.”
  8. “________ ________ chips”, he ________ ________.
  9. “________, that ________ ________,” I ________.
  10. ________, I ________ and ________ ________.
2 missing
  1. ________, I ________ to the store.
  2. We ________ out of chocolate ________.
  3. My brother ________ me some ________.
  4. He ________ he ________ some candy.
  5. “But mom ________ no”, I ________.
  6. “No, she ________”, he ________ back.
  7. “________ pretty sure that she ________.”
  8. “Then ________ chips”, he ________ me.
  9. “Ok, that ________ good,” I ________.
  10. So, I ________ and ________ chips.
Answers
  1. Yesterday, I went to the store.
  2. We were out of chocolate milk.
  3. My brother gave me some money.
  4. He said he wanted some candy.
  5. “But mom said no”, I said.
  6. “No, she didn’t”, he said back.
  7. “I’m pretty sure that she did.”
  8. “Then get chips”, he told me.
  9. “Ok, that sounds good,” I replied.
  10. So, I went and bought chips.

Now that you can do 6 word listening exercises, try 7, 8, or 9 word listening exercises…

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