Listening Comprehension Friends Worksheet

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Listening
Comprehension
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84gK7UVdxw
 LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK  (00:00- 00:45)

 Listen to the soundtrack. Find out about the characters :
 How many people speak ? Circle the correct answer.
1 2 3 4 5
 How many male voices ? ……….……… How many female voices ? ……….……………
 Name them if possible .  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 Imagine where the action could take place ? 

 ……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 What do you expect the recording to be ? (Nature)
 Tick the correct answers :

 a commercial  an extract from a movie  a comedy show  an interview
 a documentary  a TV series  an interview
 BEFORE VIEWING  UNDERSTANDING THE TITLE
 Here’s the TITLE of the recording : JOEY LEARNING ENGLISH

What do you expect Joey to do in that place ? 
 ……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 SILENT VIEWING  (00:00- 00:53)

 Check your predictions from questions 2 & 3! Complete the sentence :
The recording is actually a ……….………………………………… called “Friends ” starring Matthew

Steven LeBlanc as …………………… .The action takes place in a ….……………………… .
 What do we learn about the characters ? Make guesses !
 The two men at the beginning of the extract ………………………………………………………………………………..

 The young lady ………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………..
 The lady …………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………..
 What are Joey’s feelings ? Tick the correct answers 
 panicky  nervous  confident  ill-at-ease  comfortable  pleased
 enthusiastic  bored  determined  interested  seductive
 What do you expect him to do ?

……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
 VIEWING
 What does his friend expect him to do? 
 ……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 What does Joey actually do ? 
 ……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 What class are the students attending ? 
……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
 What is the overall atmosphere ? 
 friendly  tense  relaxed  humorous  unfriendly  welcoming

 threatening  reassuring  intimidating  hostile
 About the characters :

 Tick the statements that best apply to the main characters.
Joey
 English is Joey’s native language.
 English is his second language.
 He is a beginner at English.
 He has a wonderful accent because he is actually American.
 He is Hispanic.
 He is attending this class to improve his English.
 He needs to learn English.
 He pretends to be a foreigner.  He is a foreign student.
The young lady

 She is a foreigner.
 She wants to improve her English.
 English is her first language.
 She already speaks English quite well.
 She has just started learning English as a second language.
 She must be Mexican.
 Why is the teacher surprised when Joey speaks?
….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 What did the teacher expect her students to do over the weekend?
….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 How would you describe the characters’ reactions ? Match them up!
The girl  impressed  bored  pleased  competitive
The teacher
 flattered  proud  full of admiration

Joey
The other male student

 satisfied  annoyed  encouraging  self-confident
 What emotion does the extract appeal to ?

….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 Explain in what makes the situation funny.

….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
….…………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………
….……………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………
 If this was a commercial for a language school, what could the slogan be ?

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 LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK  (00:00- 00:45)

 How many people speak ? Circle the correct answer.

 Name them if possible .  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 Imagine where the action could take place ? 

 Tick the correct answers :

 BEFORE VIEWING  UNDERSTANDING THE TITLE

 Here’s the TITLE of the recording : JOEY LEARNING ENGLISH

 SILENT VIEWING  (00:00- 00:53)

The recording is actually a ……….………………………………… called “Friends ” starring Matthew

 What do we learn about the characters ? Make guesses !

 The two men at the beginning of the extract ………………………………………………………………………………..

 What do you expect him to do ?

 What is the overall atmosphere ? 

 friendly  tense  relaxed  humorous  unfriendly  welcoming

 About the characters :

The young lady

The girl  impressed  bored  pleased  competitive

 flattered  proud  full of admiration

The other male student

 What emotion does the extract appeal to ?

 Explain in what makes the situation funny.

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