# PTE Listening FIB #4: Canine Problem Solving...

Listening: Fill in the Blanks #4 - Level 1 - Feeds Listening

> You will hear a recording. Type the missing word in each blank.

And dogs, as it turns out, aren't the only species who can do this. In 2003, Hungarian ____ named Ádám Miklósi tested this ability with an experiment. He gathered a ____ of dogs and a group of ____ ; both groups of canines had been hand-raised from birth by people in much the same way. He put a piece of food inside of that doggy-proof box. The wolves ____ trying and ____ to get the food inside, and we already know what the dogs did.

## Answer

1. biologist
2. handful
3. wolves
4. kept
5. failing

## Explanation

Watch the plural in "wolves": the singular ends in f, and the plural changes it to v. "Handful" is one word with a single l at the end. In "kept trying and failing", both words follow the same pattern, so the -ing ending on "failing" must match "trying".

## Hints

- Listen carefully to the speaker's description of the researcher's profession and the animals involved.
- Focus on the verbs that describe the ongoing actions of the wolves when they were trying to access the food.

## Transcript

And dogs, as it turns out, aren't the only species who can do this. In 2003, a Hungarian biologist named Ádám Miklósi tested this ability with an experiment. He gathered a handful of dogs and a group of wolves. Both groups of canines had been hand-raised from birth by people in much the same way. He put a piece of food inside of that doggie-proof box. The wolves kept trying and failing to get the food inside, and we already know what the dogs did.

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