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ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH MOVIES 17


Movie: The Covenant
English dialect: American English

Here's what you do:
  1. Watch the first 1:00 of the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
  2. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
  3. Check your answers.



QUESTIONS:

1. Why does Ahmed want the job?
  He wants to serve his country.
  He wants to be helpful.
  He needs the money.

2. Before this, Ahmed worked as a _____________.
  mechanic
  translator
  mechanical engineer

3. The sergeant asks Ahmed if he's _____________.
  a patriot
  on patrol
  patronizing him

4. How long has Ahmed been there?
  five months
  five years
  fifteen years

5. Whom did the unit lose, according to the sergeant?
  a mechanic
  an interpreter
  a bomb-sweeper

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