Developing Listening Skills Activity

Read the following story to your class. Ask them to listen carefully because they will need to recall information from the story.

Mr. Ames, a banker, had just turned off the building lights when a taxi sounded its horn. Grabbing his briefcase, he ran down several flights of stairs and out into the street, waving frantically. No one was there, so he went to the nearest telephone to call a cab. He fished in his pockets, looking for a quarter.

Get each student a question handout and have them answer each question either as TRUE or FALSE. Discuss each answer and then have students raise hand to see how many each missed. If they missed five or more questions then they need to improve their listening skills.

Answer Key:

True
False
True
False
True
False
False
True
True

Develop Listening Skills Activity

Answer TRUE or FALSE before each of the following statements.

_____1. The story has only one character.

_____2. The taxi’s horn was not working.

_____ 3. The taxi came but left because no one was waiting outside.

_____4. The banker called a cab after he turned off the lights in the building.

_____5. The bank was a multistory building.

_____6. The banker had not brought his briefcase to work that day.

_____7. The executive’s last name was Adams.

_____8. The executive was a man.

_____9. The executive planned to call the second cab from a pay telephone.