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Interesting facts –
A
listening activity
No CD player? You can still do listening lessons!
Here is a listening activity which uses the
teacher as a resource for listening.
Try to use the
grammar and
vocabulary that your
students having been
learning recently.
Resources
The listening ‘text’:
1. Britain is just under one
thousand kilometers long.
2. Television was invented in Scotland.
3. British people drink an average of three and a
half cups of tea a day.
4. British people love to keep pets and the most
common are cats and dogs.
5. The most popular pastime in Britain is
watching television.
6. About fourteen million British people go to
Spain on holiday each year.
7. Many of the world's famous sports began in
Britain, including, football, tennis, golf, and
badminton.
8. The typical working day in Britain is from nine
a.m. to five p.m.
9. British people queue a lot and you shouldn’t
push in!
10. Don’t ask a British person why they aren’t
married as this is seen as rude.
11. On average two point four people live as a
family in one home in Britain.
12. About seventy-five percent of British
households have at least one car.
The question:
1. What shouldn’t you ask in Britain?
2. Where was television invented?
3. How long is Britain?
4. How much tea do British people drink?
5. How many British people go on holiday to Spain
each year?
6. What began in Britain?
7. What do about seventy-five percent of British
households have?
8. What do British people do a lot?
9. What do British people love to keep?
10. How many people live in an average British home?
11. What is the typical working day in Britain?
12. What is the most popular pastime in Britain?
Procedure
• On the board, write the phrases from the listening
‘text’ in bold randomly.
• Ask each student to write the numbers 1-12 on a
piece of paper.
• Read each fact/sentence from the listening ‘text’.
When you come to the phrase in bold say “buzz” and
don’t say the phrase!
• The students look at the phrases on the board and
write next to the correct sentence number on their
paper the correct phrase.
• Do the same procedure for all 12 sentences. (For
weaker classes or to reduce time, you can cut the
number of facts/sentences).
• Ask students to swap their papers and read out the
complete sentences again to check answers.
• Read out the questions below and get the students
to answer in small groups as a competition. The
students can write their answers if you have time.
Follow-up ideas
• In groups, get students to discuss the similarities and
differences between the facts about Britain and
Vietnam.
• Write your own facts on a subject of interest to the
students. Try using the internet, for example, Google.com or wikipedia.com to help you. Try to use
the grammar and vocabulary that your students
having been learning recently.
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