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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English as a Second Language
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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?

[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.

[Malak]

correct sentence:
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: correct
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could you explain to me the structure of this sentence (he is very hard of hearing)?. I answered it correct but really i don't get it right.[/b]

[Alan]

Hi,

This is an expression that means 'has difficulty in hearing'.

Alan
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[Piotrekabk]

Thank you Alan for expanation. There is lots of expressions in English language, I played a game with my English friends and there were only expressions like "see eye to eye" - it was impossible to win this game for me:)
Have a nice day:)

[Rhea]

[Rowena]

What is the difference of hearing from listening?

[Mariami555]

Hello, Could you explain me the meaning of the phrase: 'to be hard of hearing?' Does it mean that the person has problems because of his physical ability or he just can't hear the conversation? Thank you :)

[Anu_Riya]

very clear about hear and listen....thank you :)

[Anu_Riya]

I hear what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit...the above sentence comes under which type?means is that present continuous?

i am not clear about that...help me to find..thank you

[Torsten]

"What you are saying" is present continuous, "I hear" is present simple. To learn more about these two tenses please read this: Present Simple Tense and this: Present Continuous.

TOEFL listening discussions: A conversation between a bookstore sales clerk and a student

[Anu_Riya]

thanks you very much

[Larachka]

Hello! I did 8 from 10 questions again ffrom the first atempt. But to be honest I have to say that in question 10 I pressed wrong button by mistake and very sorry about. I knew the right answer. The explanation to question 8 I've just read on the forum. The explanation is very clear. Thank you very much.