A. Listening comprehension – Drag and drop

Read our article about ‘The American Revolution’ on pages 22-23 of English NowNo 116. Then, listen to the dialogue and complete the following dialogue with words below.

eventspartyfunnydefianceHarbourfundoneWarrealagreecolonies

Conversation 1: Joanne is a history teacher in England. She is teaching a history class to British teenagers.

  • Joanne: What was the Boston Tea
    ______
    ?
  • Student: It wasn’t a
    ______
    party…
  • Joanne: It wasn’t a party at all. What was it?
  • Student: I think it was an act of
    ______
    .
  • Joanne: Well
    ______
    ! Yes, the American colonies threw all of the tea on a British ship into the Boston
    ______
    in 1773.
  • Student: But that was before the American Revolutionary
    ______
    .
  • Joanne: Yes, it was. But it showed that the
    ______
    and Great Britain did not
    ______
    anymore. The Boston Tea Party was one of the
    ______
    that started the war.
  • Student: It’s a
    ______
    name for a protest.
  • Joanne: But it makes history lessons
    ______
    , doesn’t it?

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