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Dr Fingers’ Skills Booklet listening

Error Correction Clinic

Error Correction &

Skills Booklet listening (A2)
In this section, Dr Fingers identifies
and corrects typical errors.

Answers on page 45
I’m too big
for this
house.
Teambuilding
Creating the ideal team at work.
Answers on page 45
1 Activity
Read the sentences, find the errors and correct the sentences. 1 Pre-listening
Then listen to the CD to check your answers. Good luck! Match the words (1 to 7) to the pictures (a-g).
1. This house is old than the other one. 1. A shark
This house is older than the other one. 2. A snake a
3. A wild boar c
b
2. She was more happy last year. 4. A piranha
5. A spider e
6. A crocodile
3. This room is bigger that the first one. 7. A scorpion
g d
f
4. This film is more good than the last one.
2 Listening I
You are going to listen to a manager who is giving details of a teambuilding
weekend. Look at the ideas for teambuilding activities below. What do you think
5. This one is badder than that one. they consist of? Think. Then, listen once to check your ideas.
Swimming with sharks
6. This book is more boring as the other one. Escape from the snake pit
Crocodile fighting
3 Listening II
Listen again and choose the correct answers.
1. Tonight, they’re eating out…
a) at a French restaurant b) in the forest
2. Later, they’re swimming with…
a) crocodiles b) sharks
3. Last year, Mr Tomkins was attacked by…
a) snakes b) sharks
4. The employees have to escape from the snake pit by
building a… a) table b) ladder
5. They’re climbing the mountain….
a) at night b) during the day
6. The manager offers to promote the winner to…
a) president b) sales director

4 Language focus The Future with The

Present Continuous
Look at this extract from the listening, “Then, tomorrow morning, you’re swimming
with sharks.” The speaker has used a Present Continuous tense to refer to a future
plan/arrangement. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
1. I’m having lunch with next week.
2. I’m playing tennis with at the weekend.
3. I’m seeing the doctor next .
4. I’m meeting next Tuesday.
5. I’m seeing the dentist next .

5 Discussion
1. Are the teambuilding events from the recording interesting/
useful in any way? Why? Why not?
2. Have you ever been on a teambuilding weekend or event?
What was it like?
3. What do you think of teambuilding events in general?
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