Hear vs. listen?

[lisa_rassaei]

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", question 6

I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of ..........

(a) listen to
(b) listening
(c) to hear
(d) hearing

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", answer 6

I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of hearing.

Correct answer: (d) hearing

Your answer was: incorrect
I should explain that he finds it very difficult to follow your conversation because he is very hard of listening.
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can we use to be with listen?

Lisa Rassaei

[Alan]

Listening is not possible here because the sentence refers to the faculty of hearing - like the faculty of seeing/feeling/tasting/smelling.
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[K09]

Dear Alan.Could you explain the use of hearing,seeing,feeling,tasting,smelling?
Thank you very much.Ah , when do we use thank and thanks?
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[Snoopy_Blah_Blah]

"Thanks" is very informal, so as far as I understand, we use it with friends, for example. "Thank you" is formal, so you can say it to your boss or senior person or to someone who is not really close to you.
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