Communication Errors - Unit 5

C2 Proficiency · Listening Matching · Ready for C2 Proficiency Student's Book, Macmillan

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about communication errors. While you listen you must complete both tasks.

an unplanned comment

background noise

mistaken identity

being distracted

confusing fact and fiction

mishearing information

careless reading

a speech impediment

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what caused each of the communication errors.

the loss of a job

a confession of what happened

the anger of a politician

an enlarged audience

the cancellation of an important visitor

an awkward public appearance

an unintended good time

a feeling of embarrassment

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) what the effect of the error was.

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