English Grammar/ Incomplete Sentences/ Elementary level # 3
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Listen vs. Hear
01 I'm terribly sorry butI ... what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.
(a) wasn't listen to
(b) wasn't hearing
(c) didn't hear
(d) didn't hearing
Q2 ........ attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.
(a) heard
(b) listened
(c) was hearing
(d) was listen
Q3 Can you . me al right over there because you are rather a long way away?
(a) listening
(b) hearing
(c) listen
(d) hear
Q4 what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.
(a) listen
(b) hear
(c) am listing
(d) am hearing
Q5 I......... to the concert every Monday on the radio and I imagine l am there listening to it in person.
(a) listen
(b) am listening
(c) hear
(d) am hearing
Q6 I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of .......
(a) listen to
(b) listening
(c) to hear
(d) hearing
Q7 Now will you please...... me and pay attention to what lI'm saying because it's very important.
(a) hear
(b) listen to
(c) hearing
(d) listening to
Q8 You've been making so much noise with your music that people at the far end of the road can ........you.
(a) listen to
(b) listening to
(c) hear
(d) hearing
Q9 He sometimes pretends he can't........ a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.
(a) listen to
(b) listening to
(c) hear
(d) hearing
Q10 I have been........ strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.
(a) listened to
(b) listening to
(c) heard
(d) hearing
English Grammar/Incomplete Sentences/Elementary level # 3 (Answer Keys)
Listen vs. Hear
A1 I'm terribly sorry but I didn't hear what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.
answer: (c) didn't hear
A2 I listened attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.
answer: (b) listened
A3 Can you______me all right over there because you are rather a long way away?
answer: (d) hear
A4 I______what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.
answer: (b) hear
A5 I________to the concert every Monday on the radio and I imagine I am there listening to it in person.
answer: (a) listen
A6 I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of hearing.
answer: (d)hearing
A7 Now will you please___________me and pay attention to what l'm saying because it's very important.
answer: (b) listen to
A8 You've been making so much noise with your music that people at the far end of the road can hear you.
answer: (c)hear
A9 He sometimes pretends he can't______a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.
answer: (c)hear
A10 I have been hearing strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.
answer: (d) hearing
