ESL EXIT TEST
LISTENING
WORKSHOP
100 AND 200
LEVELS
Listening Section: Basics
1. Standard American English
2. Each question gets harder with:
a. Speed
b. Vocabulary
c. Language (idioms, etc.)
3. Read the questions, Listen to the short conversation. Take notes.
Answer the questions. Then you read the question. You can only listen
one time, so be ready and take notes!
Screen Layout
Look for Context
Two children are playing…
Two students are talking…
Read the Question(s)
1. Who wants to play soccer?
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a. The boy
b. The girl
c. The father
d. The mother
1
Listen
Question
Move
between
Questions
2
3
4
Listening Strategies
Pre:
1. Read the context
2. Read Questions and Answers (take your time)
a. who, when, where, why, which, how much
During:
1. Take notes (related to questions)
2. Don’t wait for the answer to the first question (not in order)
Going from 116  216
Students can understand and use simple common words and learned phrases
related to immediate needs (for example, greetings).
Students typically have the ability to understand short questions and answers
relating to personal information and the immediate setting.
Let’s Practice!
Group Practice
1. Listen and choose the correct picture.
B.
 A.
C.
D.
Context: A student speaks to a secretary in an office.
2. What time does the office
open?
3. What is the room number of
the student service office?
a. 3:00
a. 3-o-1
b. 45 minutes
b. 301
c. 1:00 p.m.
c. Third floor
d. Third floor
d. 45
Going from 216  316
Students can understand and use simple common words and learned phrases
related to immediate needs (for example, greetings).
Students typically have the ability to understand short questions and answers
relating to personal information and the immediate setting.
Let’s Practice!
Context: A man describes his family
1. Where is Pancho from?
4. What does his mother do?
A. Paraguay
A. She owns a beauty salon.
B. Portugal
B. She runs a small family store.
C. Peru
2. How many brothers and sisters does
Pancho have?
C. She works at a bread shop.
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
3. What is his father's job?
A. taxi driver
B. dentist
C. police officer
5. Which thing does Pancho NOT say?
A. His brothers and sisters help his mom.
B. His mom sells food like eggs and sugar.
C. His mother enjoys her job very much.
Context: A little girl goes shopping…
4. What is the girl
shopping for?
5. How much is the
black wallet?
6. What does the
girl decide to buy?
A. a present for her
mother
A. $49.95
A. a black wallet
B. $40.95
B. a brown belt
C. $44.95
C. a tie
B. a present for a friend
C. a present for her
father
Helpful Websites
COMPASS ESL LISTENING TEST QUESTIONS:
http://www.act.org/compass/tests/esl/listening1.html
Randall’s ESL Lab:
http://www.esl-lab.com/
General Strategies: http://www.act.org/compass/student/tips.html