# PTE Listening FIB #5: The Psychological Benefits...

Listening: Fill in the Blanks #5 - Level 1 - Feeds Listening

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

Meetings, calls, kids, dogs, errands, ____ and all those emails. Who doesn't feel starved for time these days? But a new study suggests that you can feel like you have more time by ____ some to others. The research is in the journal Psychological Science. There really are only 24 hours in a day, seven or eight of which are ideally spent sleeping. And a time commitment does take time. But researchers found that if people felt like they had done something for others, their ____ was that they had gotten more done than the people who killed time, spent time on themselves or got ____ free time. And that made them feel like they had more time overall. You don't even have to spend your whole Sunday ____ . The helping tasks in the study took only about five to 15 minutes. They ____ things like editing a student's essay or writing a note to a sick child. Time donators also felt like they could do more with their time, making them even more willing to give time in the future.

## Answer

1. exercise
2. donating
3. perception
4. unexpected
5. volunteering
6. included

## Explanation

Watch the -ing endings in "donating" and "volunteering." They come after "by" and "spend your whole Sunday," which both need an -ing form. "Perception" ends in a soft -tion that is easy to clip. "Felt like" shows the study is about how people see their time. "Unexpected" is stressed on "-pect," so its first part passes quickly.

## Hints

- Listen for the list of activities mentioned at the beginning of the passage.
- Pay attention to the research findings regarding how helping others changes one's view of time.

## Transcript

Meetings, calls, kids, dogs, errands, exercise, and all those emails. Who doesn't feel starved for time these days? But a new study suggests that you can feel like you have more time, by donating some to others. The research is in the journal Psychological Science. There really are only 24 hours in a day, seven or eight of which are ideally spent sleeping. And a time commitment does take time, but researchers found that if people felt like they had done something for others, their perception was that they had gotten more done than the people who killed time, spent time on themselves, or got unexpected free time, and that made them feel like they had more time overall. You don't even have to spend your whole Sunday volunteering. The helping tasks in the study took only about five to 15 minutes. They included things like editing a student's essay or writing a note to a sick child. Time donators also felt like they could do more with their time, making them even more willing to give time in the future.

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