Listening Comprehension: Horrid Henry’s Nits

AFirstread these statements, and then listen to the text.

Complete the following sentences.
  1. Stop scratching, please, we’re

  1. It wasn’t his fault

  1. I have declared

  1. Nora the nit-nurse is

Tick the correct box/boxes, sometimes more than one. ()
  1. Perfect Peter washes and combs his hair
/ a /  / every night.
b /  / every week.
c /  / every two years.
  1. Henry hates the stinky smelly horrible shampoo much more than
/ a /  / having trouble with his parents.
b /  / having nits.
c /  / going to school.
  1. At the end, Horrid Henry has got
/ a /  / no nits.
b /  / few nits.
c /  / lots of nits.
Match the following sentences. / ?
  1. For once, (Moody) Margret
/ a / Weepy William.
  1. Oops, he added […] banging heads with
/ b / hers (Ms Battleaxe’s).
  1. “Nits,” said Nitty Nora poking her comb into
/ c / (Beefy) Bert’s.
  1. Henry leaned his head near
/ d / Lazy Linda’s mop.
  1. Henry leaned over
/ e / Greedy Graham.
  1. … he brushed against
/ f / was too shocked to speak.
  1. “Nits,” said Nitty Nora poking her comb into
/ g / Rude Ralph.
  1. Henry stumbled and fell against
/ h / Anxious Andrew.
  1. Henry leaned across the table and put his head close to
/ i / Clever Claire.
Tick the correct boxes (). / true / false / unclear
  1. Nits love clean hair.
/ a /  /  / 
  1. Henry gave the nit-letter to his parents.
/ b /  /  / 
  1. Nits are blood-sucking insects.
/ c /  /  / 
  1. Ms. Battleaxe has been teaching for 25 years.
/ d /  /  / 
  1. Listening for differences.

In the following, underlineall the words that you can hear.

Horrid Henry’s teacher, Ms Battleaxe, has sent out a nit-letter to parents:
Dear parents,
We have to ask parents to beware of lice. The problem is, nits have been spottedat the school. We teachers think that they are dangerous.
Have you noticed nits in your children’s hair? We must get rid of nits, and we need your help.
Please, to wash your family’s hair with supersonic nit-blasting shampoo. If you do not use it, we teachers will not be able to teach your children. In that case,you would have to send them to another school.
Sincerely yours,
Ms B. Battleaxe,
form teacher 7b
  1. Indirect Speech

You are a girl, Friendly Frances, or a boy, Helpful Hugh, in Henry’s class. Henry has lost the letter, they want to know what it said, so you explain to them. Write down what you are going to tell Henry’s parents. Turn over if necessary.
Ms B explained a few things. She said that they had to ask parents to beware of lice.The problem was that nits had been spotted at the school.
She added that the teachers thought their eggs weredangerous.
She asked if you had noticed nits in your children’s hair.
She went on to explain that they had to get rid of nits and that they needed your help.
She asked you to wash your family’s hair with supersonic nit-blasting shampoo. She explained that if you did not use it, the teachers would not be able to teach your children. In that case, you would have to send them to another school.

– Hörverstehen – Horrid Henry