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Series 03 Episode 16

 
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Adam is impressed by how much you know about London. In Newcastle, Carolina meets a horrible customer in the shop and that's just the start of a very bad day.

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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.

1

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

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2

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

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3

Put the words in the right spaces to make sentences from the podcast. Don’t look back at Activity 2!

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4

‘Cat’ is a one-syllable word. ‘Window’ has two syllables. ‘Exciting’ has three. How many syllables do these words have? Put them in the right group.

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5

Words with two syllables. Do we say ‘window’ (●•), or window’ (•●)? Which syllable is stressed in these words? Put the words in the right group.

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6

Words with three syllables. Which syllable is stressed? Put the words in the right group.

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7

Which syllable is stressed? Choose the right one.

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8

Saying you don’t understand. Put the words in the right places.

Exercise

Leave a comment below!

If you don’t live at home or you lived away from home in the past, do you (or did you) ever feel homesick? If so, what do you do to make yourself feel better? Even if you’ve never felt homesick, what advice would you give to Carolina to make herself feel better?

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pal's picture
Submitted by pal on 7 May, 2012 - 11:02. India

Hello Everybody i am from India,i interested in learn English can you  help me?????
 
 

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Submitted by suhelsamad on 6 May, 2012 - 14:41. United Arab Emirates

Hi everybody; It's lovely Ps to study there. I'm going to study in Dubai. thanks 

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Submitted by handabi on 6 May, 2012 - 09:34. Sudan

Very nice I love it I learn mach of it
and a lot of thank to you

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Submitted by elyasdxn on 6 May, 2012 - 06:22. Saudi Arabia

hi every body can you tell about this web and do i learn (direction)
 
 

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LearnEnglish
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Submitted by Stephen Jones on 16 May, 2012 - 18:14. United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Hello elyasdxn,
 
Welcome to the site! 
 
We hope students can find their way around the different parts of the site by choosing what they are interested in or need to improve.
 
Tell us why you are studying English, and we can help direct you to something useful.
 
Regards,
 
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team

Tanya Klimova's picture
Submitted by Tanya Klimova on 5 May, 2012 - 18:13. Russia

Hello.
I have never felt homesick because I travel abroad with my parents. If I were Carolina, firstly I would calm down and put myself together, then I would try to be in the circle of friends, attend museums, go on the excursions and on the exhibitions. Also I would go to the psychologist for aid. 
With respect,
Klimova Tanya
Moscow

raviha's picture
Submitted by raviha on 5 May, 2012 - 14:55. Pakistan

Thanks to appreciate my comments  dear Adam
Dear i really want to speak english like native with correct intonation so i do practice daily but still my spoken is very poor i dont understand what i do
 
And i never stay away my home but i am very social person and home sick too..
so i think i cant help living my family
and i am waiting your new podcast and yes i like carolina section too and i feel if i will go to london or somewhere in british so i think i will have to face a problem b/c of my poor english
so Adam can you give me effective advice to make my spoken good
 
And last but not least
i love you all team and yes ofcourse yours all series
 

Stephen Jones's picture
LearnEnglish
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Submitted by Stephen Jones on 16 May, 2012 - 17:35. United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Hi Raviha,
 
I'm glad you enjoy using our podcasts.
 
The best advice I can give any student is to make sure you find opportunities to practise your speaking. It can be in a class, an English club with friends or colleagues or just meeting with another learner to speak English. If you follow that up with reviewing what you say - for example, recording and listening to a conversation you have taken part in - then you should feel more confident. 
 
Regards,
 
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team

Quang Anh's picture
Submitted by Quang Anh on 5 May, 2012 - 07:06. Vietnam

I often go travelling far from home without my parents, but I don't feel homesick because I visit many places during the day, so I don't have time to think about my parents, and in the evening, I'm usually so exhausted i fall asleep very quickly, so, still no time.

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Submitted by Ellen Dahat on 5 May, 2012 - 06:55. Indonesia

Hi everybody, I 'm Ellen from Indonesia. It's great to be here and meet new people from different countries.