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Unit 6 Listening · News and reported speech

Greenford News · After the Flood

Listen to a fictional local news bulletin, then answer eight questions.

0:29 at 1×News bulletin3 listening passes8 questions
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A fictional radio presenter at her studio microphone

Your listening route

One bulletin, three purposes

01

Understand the main idea

What happened, and how is the community responding?

02

Collect the evidence

Listen for places, numbers and next steps.

03

Notice the language

Notice how the presenter reports other people’s words.

Professional audio

Greenford local radio

General American English
News presenterFictional news for listening practice · ElevenLabs audio
Speed

Ready at 1×. First, listen for the main idea.

First listen · Main idea

Identify the main event and the community response.

Second listen · Evidence

Check places, numbers, injuries and the next steps.

Third listen · Language

Listen for “said that” and identify whose words are reported.

Listening self-check: 0 of 3 passes marked.

Listening check

Choose the answer supported by the bulletin

1. What is the bulletin mainly about?

Question 1: choose one answer

2. Which street flooded this morning?

Question 2: choose one answer

3. How many residents left their homes?

Question 3: choose one answer

4. What does the presenter say about injuries?

Question 4: choose one answer

5. Where are the families staying?

Question 5: choose one answer

6. What did the mayor say about the main bridge?

Question 6: choose one answer

7. When will engineers inspect the riverside road?

Question 7: choose one answer

8. Where should residents check for updates?

Question 8: choose one answer

After checking your answers

Report a speaker’s words

Open the language reminder

Use said (that) + a reported statement. When reporting from a past viewpoint, present verbs often move back one tense: is → was, are → were, is rising → was rising.

Listen again. Who spoke? What did that person say? Begin: The rescue worker said that… or The mayor said that…

Report only the information you heard. Do not add a new detail.

Speak from what you heard

Report the news in 45 seconds

Tell your partner two facts from the bulletin and report what one person said. Keep facts separate from your own opinion.

The eventThe report was about…
A detailThe presenter explained that…
Reported wordsThe mayor / rescue worker said that…
Your opinionIn my opinion… because…
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