Test and improve your ability to understand spoken (American) English by doing the exercise below:

1. Click on the "CLICK TO LISTEN" button for each question.
2. Listen to the word(s).
3. Choose the word(s) that you heard from the three choices.
4. Click on "CHECK ANSWERS" to see how you did.

The sound files are in MP3 format. Good luck! :)

Which word(s) do you hear?
  wander
  wonder
  went there

2.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  paints
  pants
  pints

3.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  paints
  pants
  pints

4.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  pants
  paints
  pints

5.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  diary
  dairy
  dowry

6.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  dairy
  dowry
  diary

7.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  dowry
  dairy
  diary

8.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  water
  waiter
  weather

9.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  water
  waiter
  weather

10.

Which word(s) do you hear?
  water
  waiter
  weather