Today you will be listening to a passage entitled A Shift in Dialect? about how linguists are scratching their heads over a particular speech trend. Listen carefully to the passage and then answer the questions that follow.  

Listening comprhension questions and answers will follow immediately after the closing jingle so be sure to stay tuned in. 

In this week's episode of KA WORDCAST Idioms and Phrasal Verbs, we look at 15 common idioms and phrasal verbs based on the word WALK.  

Take the pre-test exercise before listening to see how well you know today's idioms.  The pre-test is available for download from the KA Voicecast website.  

Today you will be listening to a passage entitled One Man’s Dream about how one man in India literally moved a mountain to fulfill a dream.  Listen carefully to the passage and then answer the questions that follow. 

Listening comprehension questions and answers are available on the KA Voicecast website as a separate track and PDF file. 

Today you will be listening to a passage entitled Sniffer Bees to the Rescue about how scientists are training honeybees to “sniff out” danger—and even some health problems.  Listen carefully to the passage and then answer the questions that follow. 

Listening Comprehension Questions and Answers will follow immediately following the closing jingle, so please stay tuned in.  Alternatively, Q & A are available on the kavoicecast.com website as a separate track and PDF download. 

Be sure to listen to the KEY VOCABULARY WORDS bonus track.    

Today we’ll be looking at twenty HOP-, SKIP-, and JUMP-based idioms and phrases that you are likely to come across on TV and in movies, in magazines and newspapers, on the Internet, and in everyday conversation.

Downloadable exercise sheet and answers are available on the KA Voicecast website.  

Listening comprehension practice:  You will be listening to a short passage, after which you will be answering ten listening comprehension questions. 

L/C answers are available immediately following the closing jingle.  Alternatively, you can listen to the Q & A on a separate track on the KA Voicecast website.  

Key vocabulary words are available in PDF format as well as a separate track. 

Listening comprehension practice:  You will be listening to a short passage, after which you will be answering ten listening comprehension questions. 

L/C answers are available as a separate track on the kavoicecast.com website.

Key vocabulary words are available in PDF format as well as a separate track. 

Today we will be looking at 18 common RUN-based phrasal verbs—the ones you are most likely to come across on TV and in movies, in magazines and newspapers, on the Internet, and in everyday conversation:  the ones you will want to try out for yourself right away.

Make sure you take the pretest exercise.  Available to download from the KA Voicecast website. 

Listening comprehension practice:  You will be listening to a short passage, after which you will be answering ten listening comprehension questions.  

L/C answers are available as a separate track on the kavoicecast.com website. 

Key vocabulary words are available in PDF format as well as a separate track.  

Today, we will be looking at the “Top 18” music-related idioms that you are most likely to come across on TV and in movies, in the print media, on the Internet, and in everyday conversation: the ones you will definitely want to try out for yourself right away.