CELPIP Listening

Purpose

why you do something or why something exists:

the purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee the building is no longer needed for its original purpose.

Prohibition

the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that does this:

Sleeve

the part of a piece of clothing that covers some or all of the arm

Frequency

The number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number or times

Sentences

A group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when written:

Consider

To think about something carefully

To spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision.

Have to

(used with the infinitive form of another verb) to need to or be forced to; must

To give up

to stop trying to guess:

Upfront

speaking or behaving in a way that makes intentions and beliefs clear:

Confidence

Belong

to be in the right place or a suitable place:

• This table belongs in the sitting room.

• Where do these spoons belong?

• These papers belong with the others.

to be in the right place, or (of a person) to feel that you are in the right place:

• Your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the room.

Does this hat belong to Rick or Shane?

Shape

the particular physical form or appearance of something:

• These bricks are all different shapes.

• Our table is oval in shape.

Pronunciation

Statements

Passage

Proximity

Habitation

Place where someone lives

• Surroundings

• environment

Surroundings

Environment

Persuading

to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it:

• If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.

• He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.