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Fall worksheet
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worksheet level 1
Try not to look at the transcript while doing these exercises! Always read the
instructions and all the information in the tasks before listening. Listen as many
times as you like.
The fall
1 Before listening: answer these questions.
a In the US autumn is called 'fall'. Why do they have that name?
b Write down three things that make you think of autumn:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
c Compare your answers with another English language learner.
2 Listen for general meaning: listen to the whole podcast. Jackie and Richard
talk about autumn. Tick () the topics in the podcast.
food
clothes
festivals
nature / the countryside
animals
3 Listen for detail: listen again and choose the correct answers.
a Match a season with a description.
spring the coldest
summer the most romantic
autumn the prettiest
winter the best
b The Google images for autumn are all pictures of...
hallowe'en
rain
colourful trees
c Richard liked running in the forest because...
it was so pretty
there were so many leaves
he likes trees
d Jackie didn't like autumn when she was a child. True / False
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e Tick () the festivals they say.
Hallowe'en
Harvest festival
Bonfire Night
f Which festival has changed?
Hallowe'en
Harvest festival
Bonfire Night
g Tick () the food they don't say.
pumpkins apples
sweetcorn blackberries
chestnuts mushrooms
h Match a season with a place.
spring the sea
summer the woods
autumn indoors
winter the garden
4 After listening: now do the vocabulary worksheet.
5 After listening: now do the extra vocabulary worksheet festivals: harvest
from the 'extras' page.
6 After listening: writing. Either write about the Harvest Festival (see the
extra vocabulary worksheet festivals: harvest) or write about what autumn
is like where you come from. Share your writing with another English
language learner.
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answers level 1
1 It's really important to do these tasks before listening. The US call autumn
'fall' because it's the time when the leaves fall off the trees, of course!
2 food
clothes
festivals
nature / the countryside
animals
3 a spring the prettiest
summer the best
autumn the most romantic
winter the coldest
b The Google images for autumn are all pictures of colourful trees
c Richard liked running in the forest because there were so many
leaves
d False
e Hallowe'en
Harvest festival
Bonfire Night
f Hallowe'en
Harvest festival
Bonfire Night
g pumpkins apples
sweetcorn blackberries
chestnuts mushrooms
h spring the garden
summer the sea
autumn the woods
winter indoors
6 Why not send your writing about Harvest Festival or autumn to
thepieteam@podcastsinenglish.com, we'd love to read them!
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