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Leisure and Interests:

Sample listening tasks

 

Task 1 (HSC-type task)  
As you are looking for a music station on the radio, you come across the SBS French program on 1107am. An interview with a well known French personality is being broadcast and a prize given to listeners who can answer the following questions at the end of the show...
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  1. Monsieur Giron is well known for two professional roles. What are they?
  2. What are the two principal qualities of his retailing outlets?
  3. Who does Monsieur Giron particularly have in mind when creating his work?
  4. Name and describe two items that you could buy in one of the shops.
  5. What will Monsieur Giron mention to his staff when he gets back to France?
Sample answers Script

Stage scene

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Task 2 (HSC-type task)  
You are listening to a French radio program in which a woman promotes bicycle riding around Paris.
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List the advantages mentioned and explain why danger was minimal for her.
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Bicycles in street

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Task 3 (HSC-type task)  
You will hear a dialogue between two friends who happen to meet in the street.
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Choose the correct answer for each of the following statements:
  1. What is the name of Denise's husband?
    1. Nicolo
    2. Nicolin
    3. Nicolas

  2. He will stay at his mother's for:
    1. 7 days
    2. 15 days
    3. 1 month

  3. According to Denise's friend, to practise a sport is good for:
    1. losing weight
    2. giving up smoking
    3. keeping healthy

  4. Denise does not want to do aerobics because:
    1. she always meets the same people
    2. she is uncoordinated
    3. she has no money to pay the gym membership
    4. she gets home too late

  5. For Denise's friend, sport is a good way:
    1. to forget her troubles
    2. to relax
    3. to look good
    4. to escape house chores

  6. What did Denise agree to do in the end? Give details.
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Two women in the street

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