TASK 7: Listening Worksheet from ESL Short Stories

This activity is aimed at students in 4th year of Secondary School.
It deals with is the use of personal pronouns, but we also find in the text all kind of verbal tenses and adverbs.

1. Read this text and fill in the gaps:

A LOVE LETTER

Billy wrote this letter to Mary: We’ve  on the phone and in my apartment, and  I'm writing this letter. Maybe if I put  thoughts and feelings in writing, you’ll understand them . I love you. I want to marry you.  want to be with you for the rest  my life. You are the most wonderful woman  have ever met. You are not a "load."  are not a "troublemaker." Yes, you have problems.  do I. And together, we can solve these  more easily than if we were apart. Problems  a part of life. But so is happiness. ’s share our problems and happiness instead of experiencing  alone. We are not a bad "fit." We  a perfect match. I do not look down  you. I look up to you. I admire . I think you are smart, brave, and independent. ’t tell me to go find another woman. I ’t want another woman. I have found the perfect . Every day, I think about your beautiful smile,  happy laugh. I think about the long walks  used to take, holding hands all the way.  how we used to sit on the grass the park and watch the parrots? We were  to get married, and now you want to  "just friends." Whatever I did or said that  wrong, please tell me so we can work  out. I don’t want to lose you.

2. Answer the following yes/no questions with the correct short answer.

(For example: Yes, he did. OR No, he didn't.):

1. Did Bill send an email to Mary?
2. Did he write a letter to her?
3. Have they talked on the phone?
4. Have they talked in his house?
5. Is he writing this letter now?
6. Does he want to break up with her?
7. Does he want to be with her for a year or so?
8. Is she the most wonderful woman he has ever met?
9. Is she a "load" and a "troublemaker"?
10. Do she and he have problems?

You can download the audio HERE