Msbs book dictation Activity Unit 1: The Olympics Listening Practice

Listening Practice 4 (CD 2, Track 28)
Mom: Hey, Tony. Welcome home ______ ______ _______ _____ of middle school! Are you OK? You look __________.
Tony: Mom, today was, ____ _____, the worst day __ ____ ______!
Mom: Oh, no! What __________, dear?
Tony: Well, first, I couldn’t find my classroom. When I did find it, I was 20 minutes ______. All the kids _______ ____ ___ me.
Mom: That _________ to a lot of people, ______ _________.
Tony: Oh, no. That is just the ___________. Then, at lunch, I _________ milk all over my ________. It was so _____________!
Mom: Oh, I am sure it was _____ ______ _____.
Tony: Wait! Then, after school, I could not find my bus. The bus _____ ________ ___, and I had to ask my teacher to _______ ___ _______. She must think I am a _______ _______!
Mom: Tony, just ________. Everyone will forget what happened ___ __ ________.
Tony: I won’t! I will _____________ this day _____ ____ _______ ___ my life!


Unit 20: Making Plans for the Future: Long-Term and Short-Term
Listening Practice 1 (CD 2, Track 29)
Tom: Ugh! I hate this thing!
Wendy: You hate what, Tom? _______ ________ ________.
Tom: Sorry, Wendy. I am ______ _______ this _______our teacher is making us write.
Wendy: What is the _______ ________?
Tom: We have to ________ about our _____________ ______ and __________ plans.
Wendy: Oh. Well, what are your ___________ and __________ plans?
Tom: I don’t have any. That is the __________.
Wendy: Oh, _______ ____! I am sure you have ___ _________ one short-term plan and one long-term plan.
Tom: No, I have never really ________ about _______ ______. Well, what are yours?
Wendy: My long-term plan is to _________ a famous _____________ book ________. And my short-term plan is to read ___ _______ ________ as __________ this summer. Don’t you have something you want to do __ _____ _________, Tom?
Tom: Well, I kind of want to be a ___________ ________ when I _______ ____.
Wendy: Perfect! _____ ______ as your long-term plan.
Tom: And I guess I would like to _____ __ _____ this summer to _____ some money.
Wendy: Then put that as your ____________ _______. See, that was _______.
Tom: Yeah, I guess it was.