General Listening Quiz

What kinds of items would you find being sold at a flea or street market? Would you ever go to such a market to shop? Why or why not?

“sell like mad” = sell very quickly because an item is popular
“If you don’t hurry to the store, you won’t find any of the new iPhones. They’re selling like mad.”

“bells and whistles” = extra, sometimes unnecessary, decorative features on an item
“Hey, I don’t need a CD player with all the bells and whistles. If it plays a CD, then that is enough for me.”

A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:

• Mixed-Up Sentence  |  Sentence and Vocabulary Matching

Practice the dialogue with a partner. Next, create your own dialogue with the seller and a different customer. Try selling two new things.