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Listening Exercise: Bad Habits

Introduction

Bad habits listening exercise

Bad habits listening exercise

In this English listening exercise we hear some fantastic advice on how to break bad habits.

The video also explains how we pick up the bad habits in the first place, which is key in knowing how we can reverse them!

Click here to learn new related vocabulary and to practice your speaking skills on the topic with our native English speaking teachers. You will also find an article on why our bad habits are dangerous, why we should stop them and how we can reverse them, as well as some writing exercises for you to use on the topic.

 

Listening exercise

Listen to the advice on how to break our bad habtis and answer the questions in the following listening exercise. Write your answers in the comments box at the bottom of the page, and we will reply with the answers shortly!

 

 

Questions:

1. Typically, we are harder __ others ____ ourselves when it comes to bad habits.

2. Everyone has __ ____ one bad habit that they can't shake.

3. If you do something often ______ , say.. you twirl your pencil during class.

4. _______ feelings usually result in your brain releasing dopamine.

5. Human _____ are pretty amazing at changing and adapting.

6. Take some time to think about the things that really make you _____ doing your bad habit.

7. Substitute your bad habits for ___ __ bad habits.

8. Basically you want to teach your brain __ repetition to learn a new habit

9. Start by ______ your friends that you are planning on eliminating this bad habit.

10. If ___ ____ _____ you learned to enlist your friends in the fight.

 

Write your answers in the comments section below!
(We will reply with the corrections as soon as possible!)

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