LISTENING EXTRA

the Forrester family. Click: listening

ANSWER KEY:

1F        2T       3F        4F        5F        6T       7T       8F        9T       10F

Listen to the description of the Forrester family. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).

Example:

0     Mr and Mrs Forrester have two children.    T

1     Both their children live at home.    _____

2     Their daughter is a student.    _____

3     The mother is a journalist.    _____

4     Mr Forrester works in a restaurant.    _____

5     Mr and Mrs Forrester sometimes go skiing.    _____

6     They often visit Paris in the spring.    _____

7     They stay in a hotel near the river.    _____

8     They eat all their meals at the hotel.    _____

9     They like French food.    _____

10   They never take taxis.    _____

TRASCRIPTION

 Mr and Mrs Forrester have a son and a daughter. The son lives at home, and the daughter is a student at university. Mr Forrester is a journalist. He works for The Times. He writes articles about restaurants. ‘I love food!’ he says.

‘Every spring the children go skiing, so my wife and I go to Paris on holiday. We stay in a hotel near the River Seine. We have breakfast in the hotel, but we have lunch in a restaurant. French food is delicious! We walk a lot, but sometimes we go by taxi. After four days we don’t want to go home and go back to work.’