This document provides listening strategies and exercises to help with receptive skills. It discusses difficulties that can arise from puns, homonyms, and homophones in listening. Exercises are presented to practice identifying key words, confirming answers, filling in gaps in sentences, and multiple choice matching through focusing on synonyms and meaning.

1. LISTENING
strategies
Marta gort paniello

2. RECEPTIVE SKILLS
You cannot get backYou can get back

3. • Humorous play on words
• It suggests two or more meanings
• The ambiguities are because of:
DIFFICULTIES: punS
Homonymy: Fan Homophony: A salt = Assault

4. DIFFICULTIES: sound

5. Exercise: Multiple choice
1. Underline the key words in
questions.
2. Listen also to synonyms.
3. The first time you should try to
identify the correct answer.
4. The second time you should try to
confirm your answer.

6. 1. Write the exact word or phrase
you hear.
2. You may hear more than one
piece of information that could
fit the gap.
3. Choose the correct one to fill
the gap.
Exercise: Sentence completion

7. 1. Try to think of synonyms for the question’s words.
2. You will hear words which mean the same, so this will help
you to identify the speaker.
Exercise: Multiple matching