Family and Friends 3 Testing and Evaluation Book is a critical component of the Oxford University Press series designed to measure student progress in core English skills. The accompanying
is essential for conducting the listening sections of various assessments throughout the course Core Components of the Audio Content
The audio tracks for the Level 3 Testing and Evaluation Book generally support the following assessment types: Unit Tests
: Focused listening exercises that evaluate vocabulary and grammar introduced in each specific unit (e.g., Unit 3 "My Things" or Unit 11 "In the Museum"). Skills Tests family and friends 3 testing and evaluation book audio
: Comprehensive evaluations covering listening, reading, and writing after every few units. These tracks often include matching exercises or note-taking tasks. Summative Tests
: Mid-term and end-of-year assessments that use audio to verify long-term retention of phonics, sentence structures, and situational English. Typical Audio Exercise Formats
The audio recordings are tailored for young learners, featuring clear pronunciation and appropriate pacing. Common task types include: Listen and Complete Family and Friends 3 Testing and Evaluation Book
: Students hear sentences or short dialogues and must fill in missing words or sounds, such as specific phonics ("or" sounds like Listen and Circle/Tick
: Learners identify the correct picture or word based on a recorded description. Information Retrieval
: Standardized tasks like writing names, ages, or numbers heard in a conversation. Teacher Resources & Implementation First play: Students listen and attempt answers in pencil
Young learners panic if they miss a word. Play the audio twice:
After marking listening tests, note the most common errors. If 70% of the class misheard "He’s reading a comic" as "He’s reading a cookie," return to the Family and Friends 3 Student Book phonics section (specifically the /ɒ/ vs. /əʊ/ sounds).
These audio sections focus on functional language. Students listen to dialogues set in a cafeteria or a toy shop and answer true/false questions. This tests their ability to understand intonation and context clues.
The end-of-term audio tracks are longer (2–3 minutes each). They simulate a simple story narrative (e.g., "Tom’s lost dog"). Students must sequence pictures or complete a gap-fill based purely on auditory input.