Mr. Adams is the principal of a middle school located near Berlin, Germany. He entered an 8th grade English classroom to inform students about a new English teacher, Ms. Johnston, who will start tomorrow. She is a native of Florida in the United States. The students guessed various countries for where the new teacher was from, including Canada, England, Australia, Ireland and the United States. Mr. Adams clarified she was from Florida and that there are 50 states in the United States, though some students guessed lower numbers.

1. English 4
Listening Revision
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Date: ________________________ Score: _________________________
Directions: Listen to the audio attentively. Read the questions
carefully and circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is Mr. Adam’s job?
a. Teacher
b. School nurse
c. school principal
2. How many middle schools are in the city?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
3. What size is the city in the story?
a. very small b. medium sized c. large
4. The school where Mr. Adams works in Germany. Where is the city
located?
a. very close to Berlin, a suburb
b. in Western Germany
c. in Dresden
5. How old were the students of the classroom where Mr. Adams
entered?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 16

2. 6. What time did Mr. Adams enter the classroom?
a. seven o’clock b. nine o’clock c. ten o’clock
7. When will the new teacher start teaching?
a. today b. tomorrow c. next week
8. Which country was NOT guessed as a country where the new
teacher was from?
a. Australia d. the USA
b. Ireland e. Canada
c. England f. Scotland
9. What state in the USA is the new teacher from?
a. New York b. Florida c. Virginia
10.Mr. Adam said there are fifty states in the USA, but some
students guessed there were how many states?
a. fifteen b. forty c. fifty
11. What is the new teacher’s last name?
a. Johnston b. Jefferson c. Jackson
12.Is the new teacher male or female?
a. male
b. female
c. they don’t know, yet

3. Audio script:
Mr. Adam is the principal of one of the middle schools in a medium sized city in Germany. The
city is located very close to Germany’s capital city, Berlin; the city is suburb of Berlin.
Mr. Adam entered the English classroom for 8 year old students this morning at nine o’clock.
He told the students about a new English teacher that would start tomorrow.
Mr. Adam said that the teacher is a native English speaker and asked the students to guess
what country the teacher was from.
Some students said Canada, and more said England. A few students guessed Australia, Ireland
and a couple of students said the USA.
Mr. Adam waited for the students to quiet, and then told the students the new teacher was
from the USA.
One of the students asked Mr. Adam what state in the USA the teacher was from. He replied
that the teacher was from Florida. Then, Mr. Adam asked the class how many states are in the
USA. Some students said fifteen, and some other students said fifty. Mr. Adam said, “Yes,
there are fifty states.”
Mr. Adam told the students that the teacher’s name was Ms. Johnston, and he hoped they
would welcome her tomorrow when they meet her.
Answer key:
1. c - school principal
2. c - 3
3. b - medium sized
4. a - very close to Berlin, suburb
5. 8
6. b - Nine o’clock
7. B - tomorrow
8. F - Scotland
9. b - Florida
10. C -fifty
11. a - Johnston
12. B - female