Answer key

Lycée: 2de, 1re, Tle · vocational, general and technologicalCEFR: A2 to B1+ (vocational) · B1 to B2 (general and technological)

Answers to the gap-fill worksheet, with the list of words the assistant reads aloud for the listening exercise.

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A. Listening: the list to read aloud

Read these words, once each, at natural speed: 1 sheep · 2 think · 3 hair · 4 live · 5 they · 6 eat · 7 three · 8 fit. You can make your own list from the Pronunciation page: students check their answers against what you read.

B. Past endings

worked /t/ · played /d/ · wanted /ɪd/ · watched /t/ · called /d/ · needed /ɪd/ · laughed /t/ · opened /d/ · decided /ɪd/ · stopped /t/

Tip: only verbs ending in a t or d sound take the extra syllable.

C. The -s endings

cats /s/ · dogs /z/ · buses /ɪz/ · helps /s/ · plays /z/ · watches /ɪz/ · books /s/ · changes /ɪz/

D. Word stress

comPUter · PHOtograph · phoTOgraphy · inforMAtion · hoTEL · deVELop · PROblem · meCHAnic

E. Gap-fill

1 from · 2 sounds · 3 record · 4 listen · 5 accent · 6 ask · 7 slowly · 8 questions

F. Silent letters

knife: k · listen: t · Wednesday: d (and the e after the n) · half: l · hour: h · write: w · island: s · climb: b

G. Speaking

No single answer. Listen for the target sound and the -ed endings, and give one compliment and one next step.