Each to their Own

Practise your English listening skills with this comprehension exercise for B1 level.

Listen to the audio, answer the questions and use the transcript to look up any new words or phrases.

Get more breakfast-themed practice over in our list of breakfast vocabulary and matchng exercises.

display incorrect answers

First, read the statements below. Then, listen to the audio and decide if the statements are true or false.

  1. The speaker always has breakfast with his grandparents at the weekend. In the audio: Every Sunday morning, I meet my grandad and my dad for breakfast.
  2. Making homemade jam is difficult. In the audio: Homemade tastes so much better than the jam you get from the supermarket, and making it is a piece of cake!
  3. The speaker’s father lives in Germany. In the audio: He used to live in Germany … He lives in the UK now.
  4. The speaker’s grandad hardly ever ate hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. In the audio: He says he was lucky if they even had a hard-boiled egg for breakfast!
  5. The speaker likes scrambled eggs more than hard-boiled ones. In the audio: If I eat eggs for breakfast, I prefer them scrambled.
  6. The speaker, his dad and his grandad all enjoy orange juice. In the audio: We always finish our breakfast with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, that’s the one thing all three generations can agree on!

Transcript

Each to their Own

Every Sunday morning, I meet my grandad and my dad for breakfast.

With the three of us gathered around the table, the differences between each generation and their breakfast habits are really clear.

My grandad keeps it simple with a glass of warm milk and some bread and butter. He’s eaten this every day for 60 years and doesn’t plan on changing his ways any time soon!

My dad starts his day with an espresso. He almost never takes milk, but when he does, it’s oat milk or almond milk.

Coffee makes me anxious, so I prefer a nice cup of tea with milk and two sugars. I have quite a sweet tooth, so my favourite breakfast is jam on toast. When strawberries are in season, I make my own. Homemade tastes so much better than the jam you get from the supermarket, and making it is a piece of cake!

My dad prefers a more savoury breakfast. He used to live in Germany and there he discovered cold cuts and cheese for breakfast. He lives in the UK now, but he still enjoys a classic German breakfast most weekends.

My grandad says that back in his day, all these elaborate breakfasts would have been a luxury. He says he was lucky if they even had a hard-boiled egg for breakfast! I’m happy that things are different now. If I eat eggs for breakfast, I prefer them scrambled.

We always finish our breakfast with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, that’s the one thing all three generations can agree on!

Go back