Patina · Listening

Check the Case

a phone call  ·  did you open the website?

Ruth wants to check her green card case online. Her grandson helps on the phone. Listen with the script hidden and tap the answers. Then show the script, read along, and write the missing words.

new words  ·  ★ listen  ·  ★★ listen and read  ·  ★★★ listen and write  ·  now you, in the chat

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For the teacher · In class

play the call once with the script hidden and Share sound on. "Number 1 — what does Ruth want to check? Tap it." Play it again. Then Show the script and read it in two voices with the room. Then open the case status page and do it together. Now you has no key: any did-question about a computer or a phone is right.

Unit 21 teacher's key (PDF)

Scan or tap to listenPoint your phone camera at the code, or tap it on a screen, to hear the audio.
patinaeducation.com/classroom/printables/listening-case-status?listen=1

New words

Four new words. Tap each one and listen. Your language is under every word.

  • your application with USCIS
  • the number on your USCIS letter
  • where your case is now
  • the post office has it; it is coming to you

★ Listen

Listen to the call two times. Do not read. Then tap the answer.

A phone call. Ruth wants to check her green card case online.

12 lines
  1. 1What does Ruth want to check?
  2. 2Who helps Ruth?
  3. 3Is the news good?

★★ Listen and read

Now show the script. Listen and read. Tap a line to hear it again. Then type the answers.

RuthHi, sweetheart! Can you help me? I want to check my green card case.
OscarSure, Grandma. Did you open the USCIS website?
RuthYes, I did. I opened it this morning.
OscarGreat. Now type your receipt number. It's on the letter.
RuthOK, one second. I typed it. Now what?
OscarClick Check Status.
RuthI clicked it! It says my new green card is in the mail!
OscarThat's great news! Did you save the page?
RuthNo, I didn't. Can you help me print it?
OscarSure. Click Print. Next time, you will do it alone!
RuthTen years ago, I called the office and waited for hours!
OscarThese days, you check it on your phone. Bye, Grandma!

Short forms you hear: it's = it is that's = that is didn't = did not

  1. 1Did Ruth open the USCIS website?▶ Hear this part
  2. 2What did Ruth type?▶ Hear this part
  3. 3Where is Ruth's new green card?▶ Hear this part
  4. 4Did Ruth save the page?▶ Hear this part
  5. 5Ten years ago, what did Ruth do?▶ Hear this part

★★★ Listen and write

Tap the speaker. Listen. Write the missing word.

  1. 1Ruth: I it this morning.
  2. 2Ruth: I it.
  3. 3Oscar: Next time, you do it alone!
  4. 4Ruth: Ten years ago, I called the office and for hours!

Now you

Now YOU help. One did-question, in the chat.

Did you ___ ?

Like this:

Help a classmate in the chat. Ask one did-question about a computer or a phone.

Citizen life: any receipt number works: a green card, a work permit, or citizenship.

For the teacher · Answer key

★ Listen: her green card case  ·  her grandson  ·  Yes, it is.    ★★ Listen and read: Yes, she did.  ·  her receipt number  ·  in the mail  ·  No, she didn't.  ·  She called the office and waited for hours.    ★★★ Listen and write: opened  ·  typed  ·  will  ·  waited.