LISTENING ACTIVITIES
A. DIRECTIONS: Listen to the news story.
Choose the answer that correctly completes
each sentence.
1. For two weeks, there will be ______
pianos on the streets of New York.
(a) 6
(b) 16
(c) 60
2. Luke Jerram had the idea for the project
while visiting a _______________.
(a) laundromat
(b) museum
(c) park in Bristol
3. Jerram says the pianos turn ordinary
people into _______________.
(a) friends
(b) street performers
(c) musicians
4. At the end of two weeks, the pianos will
_______________.
(a) be sold
(b) be donated to a museum
(c) be given to schools and hospitals
5. The reporter doesn’t interview
_______________.
(a) the mayor of New York City
(b) the artist who created the project
(c) the people who play the pianos
B. DIRECTIONS: Listen to the news story. If
the sentence is true, circle TRUE. If the
sentence is false, circle FALSE.
1. Only professional musicians can play the
pianos.
TRUE FALSE
2. No one was talking to one another at Luke
Jerram’s laundromat.
TRUE FALSE
3. Jerram thinks that his project is going well.
TRUE FALSE
4. Jerram can read music.
TRUE FALSE
5. Jerram doesn’t like to watch people
playing the pianos.
TRUE FALSE
6. Kari Wei only sings when she goes to see
the pianos.
TRUE FALSE
7. Sometimes whole bands show up to play
the pianos.
TRUE FALSE
8. The organization Sing for Hope helped
paint the pianos.
TRUE FALSE
C. DIRECTIONS: Listen to the news story.
Choose the answer that correctly completes
each sentence.
1. The pianos…
(a) are for tourists to play.
(b) are for anyone to play.
(c) are for artists and musicians to play.
2. The pianos are sitting on…
(a) parks and sidewalks.
(b) the middle of the streets.
(c) temporary wooden stages.
3. Sometimes the pianos just sit there
because…
(a) some people aren’t interested in them.
(b) you have to pay $1 to play them.
(c) some people are shy.
4. Luke Jerram thought that putting pianos
into public spaces would…
(a) make the world a better place.
(b) make people like pianos more.
(c) act as a catalyst for conversation.
5. An older woman at Lincoln Center
(a) was singing honky-tonk blues.
(b) wasn’t impressed by the Japanese
students’ talent.
(c) took piano lessons from the Japanese
students.
