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    Improve Your Listening: Band Auditions - Exercises: Preparation

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    The document provides exercises to practice and improve listening skills related to a conversation about a band audition. In the conversation, a boy auditions for the band but struggles with singing the song correctly and can only play a little guitar. When asked to play the drums, he agrees but the girl stops him and jokingly asks if he can play maracas instead. She thanks him for coming but says she will call him the next week.

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    Improve Your Listening: Band Auditions - Exercises: Preparation

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    The document provides exercises to practice and improve listening skills related to a conversation about a band audition. In the conversation, a boy auditions for the band but struggles with singing the song correctly and can only play a little guitar. When asked to play the drums, he agrees but the girl stops him and jokingly asks if he can play maracas instead. She thanks him for coming but says she will call him the next week.

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    Improve your listening: Band auditions - exercises

    Listen to the conversation and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

    Preparation
    Do this exercise before you listen. Match the vocabulary with the definition and write a c next to the
    number 1 3.

    1.. band a. An object like a piano, guitar or drum that you use to play music.

    A time when a band asks new people to sing or play to decide if


    2.. instrument b.
    they can be in the band.

    3.. audition c. A group of people who play music.

    1. Check your understanding: true or false


    Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.

    1. The boy wants to be in the band. True False

    2. He doesnt like singing. True False

    3. He cant remember the song on the guitar. True False

    4. The boy is good at the drums. True False

    5. The girl says she will call him the next day. True False
    2. Check your understanding: gap fill
    Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a phrase from the box.

    band audition I love music I love singing

    I cant remember Yes, I can I can play the guitar

    Boy: Ah, band auditions. Great! Id love to be in a band! Hi. Is this the
    ____________________________________________________?

    Girl: Hello. Yes. So youd like to be in our band?

    Boy: Yes, ____________________________________________________.

    Girl: Well, we need a singer, a guitarist and a drummer.

    Boy: Oh, _____________________________________________________!

    Girl: OK, so you can sing. Lets sing the beginning of this song Right, OK, mmm, maybe not. Can
    you play an instrument?

    Boy: Er, well, ____________________________________________________ a little.

    Girl: OK, lets hear you. What can you play? Thats it?

    Boy: Er, yeah. ____________________________________________________ any more.

    Girl: Erm, can you play the drums?

    Boy: Yeah, sure.

    Girl: OK! OK! STOP! Thats enough. Erm, what about the maracas? Can you play the maracas?

    Boy: ____________________________________________________.

    Girl: Great, great! Hmm thanks for coming. Ill call you next week.

    Find this exercise at:


    http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/english-skills-practice/improve-your-listening/band-auditions

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