What's the difference between 'hear' and 'listen'?

• I heard a strange noise – involuntary; you have no control over what you hear
• I was hearing a sound ­ We don’t use hear in the continuous form
• I’ve heard of that film – You have some information about it
• I listen to classical music when I’m working – Your choice; you control what you listen to

Fill the gaps with the correct forms of hear and listen.
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1 Have you .................................. about the floods down south?
2 A: Are you .................................. to me?
B: No.
3 Listen! I can .................................. something.
4 I .................................. funny noises during the night.
5 Don’t .................................. to a word he says. He’s a liar.
6 I .................................. to the news on the radio every morning.
7 Otis Reading, ‘I .................................. it through the grapevine.’
8 I’m sorry. I didn’t .................................. what you said.
9 Sorry. I wasn’t .................................. .
10 If you want to hear what he’s saying, you’ll have to .................................. very carefully.
11 That’s the last thing I wanted to .................................. .
12 Did you .................................. about what happened to Simon?
13 I’ve been .................................. to the Radio a lot recently.
14 I .................................. about that on Voice of America radio station?
15 She’s one of those people who never really .................................. to what you’re saying.
16 I told you that would happen. Why don’t you ..................................?
17 His diction is appalling. I can never .................................. a word he says.

Now make up some examples of your own.
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