EIKEN Grade Pre-2 Listening: Lesson 2

Part 1: Dialogue

This is the listening test for the Eiken Pre-2. Listen carefully to the directions. You will not be permitted to ask questions during the test.

This test has three parts. All of the questions in these three parts are multiple choice questions.

For each question, choose the best answer from among the four choices written in your test booklet.

On your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer. You are permitted to take notes for every part of this listening test.

Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the most appropriate response to the last sentence from 1, 2, 3, or 4 that will be broadcast. The dialogue and the question will be given only once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.

Item 1 🎧

Item 2 🎧

Item 3 🎧

Item 4 🎧

Item 5 🎧

Let's Discuss! Part 1: Dialogue

Let's Discuss Template

Strategy: 💡

📌 Listen to the beginning of the conversation to understand the relationship between the speakers and the situation of the conversation, and pay special attention to the last statement. The choices are not printed in the question booklet, but are read out loud. Think about how you would respond to the questions and the other person's responses as if you were actually having the conversation. It is also effective to use past papers to practice predicting your own responses before the options are read out loud.

Vocabulary Check

Item 1

call back

/kawl/ bak/

[phrase]

- a phone call made to return a call received.

Item 2

have in mind

/hav/ in/ mahynd/

[phrase]

- to be thinking of (someone or something)

Item 3

from now on

/fruhm/ nou/ on/

[phrase]

- starting at the specified point in time and continuing into the future.

Item 4

crowded

/krau-duhd/

[adjective]

- (of a space) full of people

crowd

/kroud/

[noun]

- a large number of people gathered together

Item 5

cleaner's

/klee-ners/

[noun]

- the owner or operator of a dry-cleaning establishment.

Comprehension Check

Item 1 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 2 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 3 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 4 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Item 5 🎧

Questions:

✧ What do you think is the relationship of the two speakers?

✧ What are they talking about?

Part 2: Conversation

Directions: You will hear 5 conversations no. 1 through no. 5. Each conversation will be followed by 1 question. The conversation and the question will only be given once. Please take some notes of the difficult words and phrases in each number.

Item 1 🎧

1 Make a reservation.

2 Order her meal.

3 Contact her friend.

4 Move to another table.

Item 2 🎧

1 How much money to spend.

2 Where to put the table.

3 What to buy for their new house.

4 Which color do they like best.

Item 3 🎧

1 Stay home.

2 Finish her work.

3 Talk with Nick on the phone.

4 Go shopping with Nick.

Item 4 🎧

1 He didn't know there was a test.

2 He couldn't study much for the test.

3 It was more difficult than he thought.

4 Biology isn't his favorite subject.

Item 5 🎧

1 She left it at home.

2 She left it on the train.

3 She lent it to Mason.

4 She dropped it on the street.

Let's Discuss! Part 2: Conversation

Let's Discuss Template

As in the first part, you should grasp the relationship between the two speakers and the situation of the conversation from the beginning of the conversation. Conversations often proceed in the order of "question➡response". In many cases, the conversation will proceed in a "question➡response" way, so it is best to listen while grasping the question and the response. For example, you may need to ask for directions, talk in a store, make a reservation at a restaurant, or talk on the phone. Each situation has its own set of common expressions. It is important to study typical examples of each type of conversation.