Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 4)
Cathy: Hey, Greg. Did you _______ that Toronto _____ ___________ to be the ______ city for the ____________ Winter __________ ________ ______ year?
Greg: Hey, Cathy! Yeah, I ____ _______ that. I can’t ___________ the Olympic Games are going to be held just ___ _______ _______.
Cathy: Are you going to _____ _________ to see any of the _________?
Greg: ___________ _____. I think the tickets are going to be _______ ____________.
Cathy: Yeah, but we _________ get _______ working at that new _________ ______ this summer. We could _______ up our _________ and buy tickets. It would be ________ ________ it. The Olympics are _________ held ________, but now, they are in our ______ _________ of Canada. We have to go!
Greg: Hmmm. That _________ ______ a great idea. I would love to ________ some of the ______________ events.
Cathy: Me too.


Unit 2: Olympic Sports
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 5)
Ricky: Hey, Mom. I cannot ___________ we are __________ _____ in London at the Summer Olympic Games.
Mom: I ______ believe it ________, Ricky. It should be _____ ___ _____. What sports do you want to watch?
Ricky: There are ______ sports that I really ______ __ _____: ____________, swimming, __________, and __________. ___________ of which, I hope that the girl from South Korea wins a gold medal in _________________ again. She was awesome ______ ________. What sports do you want to see?
Mom: I would _______ __ see those sports too. But can we _____ two more: diving and ___________? They are my ____________ favorites. I love watching the divers do all those _______. It is so cool.
Ricky: Sounds like a good plan. But first, let’s go to the hotel, unpack our bags, and _______ __ ____. I am ____________.
Mom: __________! It would be nice to ______ __ ______ after that ______ ________.
Ricky: Yeah, for sure.


Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 6)
1) Lucy’s favorite ___________ ________ is ________ __________. She loves watching the skaters do ______ and ______ in the air. She thinks Japan will win the most medals in figure skating next Winter Olympics.
2) Paul’s favorite Olympic sport is ___________. He likes watching how many times the ________ can ____ the ______________. He thinks Korea will win the most medals in archery next Summer Olympics.
3) Christina’s favorite Olympic sport is ______________. She thinks the __________ _________ the big teams are really fun to watch. She thinks the US will win the gold medal in basketball next Summer Olympics
4) James’ favorite ___________ sport is _____________. He loves watching the _____ _____________. He thinks China will win the most medals in swimming _____ Summer Olympics.