Series 03 Episode 19

While you listen

Elementary Podcasts are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English). You can choose one or two of these suggestions - you don't have to do all of them!

Making it easier

• Read all the exercises before you listen to the podcast.
• Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know in a dictionary.
• Play the podcast as many times as you need.
• Play each part of the podcast separately.
• Read the transcript after you have listened to the podcast.

Making it harder

• Listen to the podcast before you read the exercises.
• Only play the podcast once before answering the questions.
• Play the whole podcast without a break.
• Don't read the transcript.

Now, listen to the podcast and do the exercises on the following tabs.

Choose all the sentences that are true according to what you heard in the podcast.

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Put the words in the correct order to make sentences from the podcast.

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Put the words in the correct gaps, but don't look back at activity 2!

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Put the verbs in the right gaps.

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Type the past simple forms of these verbs. Don't look back at Activity 4!

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Match the start and the end of the sentences.

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Put the verbs in the correct gaps.

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Match the names of countries to the descriptions.

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Leave a comment below!

• Do you believe that the Loch Ness monster really exists?
• Have you ever visited Loch Ness? Would you like to go?
• Tell us about any stories of strange monsters that you know about from your country, in the water or on the land.