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American English listening comprehension exercise 1



Welcome to our series of pronunciation practice exercises for ESL students. These quizzes are designed to test your listening comprehension of (American) English pronunciation, and are meant for all levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced). Here's what you do:

1. Click on the button to the right of each number.
2. Listen to the word(s).
3. Choose the word(s) that you heard from the three choices.
4. Click on "CHECK ANSWERS" to see how you did.

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1.
Which word do you hear?
  thorough
  through
  throw

2.
Which word do you hear?
  throw
  thorough
  through

3.
Which word do you hear?
  thorough
  throw
  through

4.
Which word do you hear?
  tripe
  trip
  trap

5.
Which word do you hear?
  trip
  trap
  tripe

6.
Which word do you hear?
  trap
  trip
  tripe

7.
Which word do you hear?
  mail
  meal
  mall

8.
Which word do you hear?
  mail
  mall
  meal

9.
Which word do you hear?
  mail
  meal
  mall

10.
Which word do you hear?
  skim
  scheme
  scam

CHECK ANSWERS (Your answers will be displayed in a new window)




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