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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Elementary level # 3
Listen vs. Hear
Q1 I'm terribly sorry but I ....... what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.
(a) wasn't listen to (b) wasn't hearing (c) didn't hear (d) didn't hearing
Q2 I ....... attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't understand much of it.
(a) heard (b) listened (c) was hearing (d) was listen
Q3 Can you ....... me all right over there because you are rather a long way away?
(a) listening (b) hearing (c) listen (d) hear
Q4 I ....... what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.
(a) listen (b) hear (c) am listing (d) am hearing
Q5 I ....... to the concert every Monday on the radio and I imagine I am there listening to it in person.
(a) listen (b) am listening (c) hear (d) am hearing
Q6 I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of ........
(a) listen to (b) listening (c) to hear (d) hearing
Q7 Now will you please ....... me and pay attention to what I'm saying because it's very important.
(a) hear (b) listen to (c) hearing (d) listening to
Q8 You've been making so much noise with your music that people at the far end of the road can ....... you.
(a) listen to (b) listening to (c) hear (d) hearing
Q9 He sometimes pretends he can't ....... a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.
(a) listen to (b) listening to (c) hear (d) hearing
Q10 I have been ....... strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.
(a) listened to (b) listening to (c) heard (d) hearing