LISTENING STRATEGY

Before you listen, carefully read the summary and think about what you need to fill in each gap. Think about the part of speech (noun, adjective, verb,etc.) and the kind of information (a time/date, number,age, place, an adjective that describes a feeling, etc.) that should go in each gap.

EXERCISE 3: Read the listening strategy snd the summary below. What kind of information you need for each answer?

Glen James lives in Boston, but for the past five years he (1)____________. Last February, he found a bag in (2)_______________. Inside the bag there was a lot of (3)___________________. Instead of keeping it, he reported it (4)____________________.They managed to find the owner of the bag, who was a (5)___________________.Ethan Whittington heard the story on the news, and immediately decided to help Glen James by setting up a (6)________________and asking people to donate money. He managed to rainse (7)_____________for Glen.

EXERCISE 4: Listen to the story again and complete the summary in exercise 3. Use between 1 and 3 words in each gap.