Listening tasks with open-ended responses

1. Moving things around the room

Gaofeng and his roommate are sitting in their dorm room. Gaofeng is telling his roommate to move things to different places in the room. Print or copy the illustration, and then help Gaofeng’s roommate by drawing an arrow from each object in the room to the location that Gaofeng specifies. Draw in the items yourself for (c), (d), and (e).

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b

c

d

e

f

2. Xiao Fang’s new roommate

Xiao Fang has a new roommate. Click on the ‘narrative’ link to listen to her description of her new roommate to her Mom and then answer the following questions based on her description.
Submit your responses according to your teacher’s instructions, either in writing or in an audio recording.

Narrative

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Narrative

Narrative

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Your responses

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g.