A1 English Listening Practice

Comprehension is the ability to understand something.

Fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.

A taco is a crispy Mexican pancake made from corn and eggs, which is folded and filled with meat, vegetables, and a spicy sauce.

If you scramble eggs, you break them, mix them together and then heat and stir the mixture in a pan.

Eggs Benedict is a common American breakfast or brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon or sliced ham, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. The dish is believed to have originated in New York City.

Pasta is a type of food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and water that is formed into different shapes and then boiled. Spaghetti, macaroni, and noodles are types of pasta.

Ravioli is a type of pasta that is shaped into small squares, filled with minced meat or cheese and served in a sauce.

A grill is a part of a stove which produces strong heat to cook food that has been placed underneath it.

A pancake is a thin, flat, circular piece of cooked batter made from milk, flour, and eggs. Pancakes are often rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savoury filling inside. In America, pancakes are usually eaten for breakfast, with butter and maple syrup.

Maple syrup is a sweet, sticky, brown liquid made from the sap of maple trees, that can be eaten with pancakes or used to make desserts.

Air conditioning is a method of providing buildings and vehicles with cool dry air.

Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol

A hurricane is an extremely violent wind or storm.

A tornado is a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot of damage.

If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.

A hamster is a small furry animal which is similar to a mouse, and which is often kept as a pet.

A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets.

A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.

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A bunny or a bunny rabbit is a child's word for a rabbit.

Reptiles are a group of cold-blooded animals which have skins covered with small hard plates called scales and lay eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles.

a small lizard

A cricket is a small jumping insect that produces short, loud sounds by rubbing its wings together.

A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food.

If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.

A resolution is a formal decision taken at a meeting by means of a vote.

A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.

If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.

If someone describes a book or magazine about their job or interest as their bible, they mean that it is the best and most useful book about the subject.

An Indonesian is an Indonesian citizen, or a person of Indonesian origin.

If you are motivated by something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.

Brazilian means belonging or relating to Brazil, or to its people or culture.

Someone who is consistent always behaves in the same way, has the same attitudes towards people or things, or achieves the same level of success in something.

A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.

A treadmill is a piece of equipment, for example an exercise machine, consisting of a wheel with steps around its edge or a continuous moving belt. The weight of a person or animal walking on it causes the wheel or belt to turn.

Weightlifting is a sport in which the competitor who can lift the heaviest weight wins.

Rural places are far away from large towns or cities.