N Scheme Syllabus - Communication Skill Practical Experiment 3 (Listening Skill)

Introductory video: 

The following video throws light on the difference between Indian English and other foreign accents. It is not for writing in record note but for just understanding Indian English.

Experiment 3
Exercise 1

Listen to the following Indian English audio and fill in the blanks:

Questions:

1. They strive to work to their ____________.

2. I learnt every youth wants to be ____________.

3. Being like everybody else is ____________.

4. The battle means, you don't need to take a ____________.

5.Third one is hard work with ____________.

Answers: 

1. They strive to work to their potentials.

2. I learnt every youth wants to be unique.

3. Being like everybody else is convenient.

4. The battle means, you don't need to take a gun.

5.Third one is hard work with devotion.

Exercise 2
Listen to the following British English audio and fill in the blanks:

Questions:

1. Fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with _____________.

2. I decided that I was a ______________.

3. Why has the world become such an ____________ one?

4. I am from ____________.

5. I should be able to make ___________ about my own body.

Answers:

1. Fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating.

2. I decided that I was a feminist.

3. Why has the world become such an uncomfortable one?

4. I am from Britain.

5. I should be able to make decisions about my own body.

Exercise 3
Listen to the following American English audio and fill in the blanks:

Questions:

1. Some children get a weekly ____________.

2. A budget demands choices between __________ and saving.

3. It is not a good idea to pay your child for _________ around the home.

4. Costly goals require __________.

5. __________ works by paying interest on interest.

Answers:

1. Some children get a weekly allowance.

2. A budget demands choices between spending and saving.

3. It is not a good idea to pay your child for work around the home.

4. Costly goals require sacrifice.

5. Compounding works by paying interest on interest. 

NOTE: The students should be practiced in all the three: Indian English, British English and American English but they may write any two exercises with passage and answers in the record note as per the instructions given in the syllabus. The transcripts in the video may be used for writing the passage in the record note. But during exam, only audio should be played and transcripts should not be viewable.