This single-lesson unit is built around IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 5, Set 1: a podcast-style interview in which a host speaks with Emma Clark, a woman who has taken part… Read more ↓This single-lesson unit is built around IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 5, Set 1: a podcast-style interview in which a host speaks with Emma Clark, a woman who has taken part in a two-week plastic challenge. Students answer eight multiple-choice questions with three written options each (A, B, C), testing their ability to listen for specific detail, opinion, and implied meaning across a sustained monologue. Read less ↑
Warm-up
Answer a few quick questions linked to the topics in today's recording.
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Listening
You will hear a podcast interview with a woman talking about plastic waste. For each question, choose the correct answer — A, B, or C.
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Plastic Waste — IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 5, Set 1
Read each question and all three options carefully before the recording begins. Remember: the wrong options will often be mentioned — listen for exactly what the speaker says about each one.
Plastic Waste — IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 5, Set 1
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Vocabulary Practice
Three exercises using 12 key words from the interview.
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Plastic Waste — Vocabulary Practice
Work through all three parts. All 12 words come from the interview with Emma Clark.
Plastic Waste — Vocabulary Practice
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bulknoun
The main or largest part of something; the majority of a quantity or group.
discardverb
to get rid of something you no longer want or need
gaugenoun
an instrument that measures and shows the amount or level of something
inspireverb
To fill someone with the urge or ability to do something.
packagingnoun
the materials used to wrap or contain a product for sale
premadeadjective
Made or prepared before being offered for sale or use.
refillnoun
a new container of product that replaces an empty one
remoteadjective
far away from cities or other populated areas; distant or isolated
shorenoun
the land along the edge of the sea or lake
significantlyadverb
in a way that is large enough to notice or be important
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