B1 Listening Practice

Practice your listening skills

1 / 31
next
Slide 1: Slide
EngelsMiddelbare schoolmavoLeerjaar 2

This lesson contains 31 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

Items in this lesson

Practice your listening skills

Slide 1 - Slide

Listening exercise 1
Weather

Slide 2 - Slide

1. It will start raining at lunchtime today in the east.
A
True
B
False

Slide 3 - Quiz

2. The weather in the north-west will be worse than in the south.
A
True
B
False

Slide 4 - Quiz

3. There will be thunder in Leeds tonight.
A
True
B
False

Slide 5 - Quiz

4. Most of England will be hot this week.
A
True
B
False

Slide 6 - Quiz

5. Wet weather will move from the north to the south at the weekend.
A
True
B
False

Slide 7 - Quiz

6. It will stay hot when the rain comes.
A
True
B
False

Slide 8 - Quiz

Listening exercise 2
Series

Slide 9 - Slide

How often does the woman watch the show?
A
a. always
B
b. sometimes
C
c. we don’t know

Slide 10 - Quiz

How has the woman’s opinion of the show changed over time?
A
a. It’s become more positive.
B
b. It’s become less positive.
C
c. It hasn’t changed.

Slide 11 - Quiz

What does the man think of the story?
A
a. It’s very well written.
B
b. Too many characters died.
C
c. He can’t remember much about it.

Slide 12 - Quiz

What is the one negative thing about the show for the man?
A
a. They spent too much money on the special effects.
B
b. The episodes were too short.
C
c. There weren’t enough episodes.

Slide 13 - Quiz

Why does the man think the writers have fewer ideas for stories now?
A
a. Because they’re saving their ideas to make a Hollywood film.
B
b. Because they aren’t copying the books.
C
c. Because they’re copying the books.

Slide 14 - Quiz

Why does the woman like Cersei?
A
a. The character does unpredictable things.
B
b. The character learns from her mistakes.
C
c. She’s a very intelligent character.

Slide 15 - Quiz

Listening exercise 3
Work Balance

Slide 16 - Slide

How popular is Chris Svensson’s book?

A
a. Not very popular
B
b. Very popular
C
c. It’s new. People don’t know it yet.

Slide 17 - Quiz

What is the work–life balance like in traditional workplaces?
A
a. Work lives and private lives are clearly divided.
B
b. People work too much overtime and so they have no private life.
C
c. People are free to manage the balance themselves.

Slide 18 - Quiz

How often do people do overtime?


A
a. Often
B
b. Sometimes
C
c. They don’t.

Slide 19 - Quiz

In traditional workplaces, do people work at weekends or when on holiday?
A
a. Yes, it’s normal.
B
b. No, never.
C
c. Usually, they don’t.

Slide 20 - Quiz

How has technology helped people work with more flexibility?

A
a. They can send and receive emails from their phones from home.
B
b. Their working hours can be easily tracked.
C
c. Robots can do their work for them.

Slide 21 - Quiz

Traditional divisions between work and life are fading. What does this mean for employees?
A
a. Everyone has to do overtime, all the time.
B
b. People have to work while they’re on holiday.
C
c. They can be flexible to work when and where it suits them.

Slide 22 - Quiz

Listening exercise 4
Late in class

Slide 23 - Slide

1. The class started five minutes ago.

A
True
B
False

Slide 24 - Quiz

2. The teacher will hand back the tests next Thursday.
A
True
B
False

Slide 25 - Quiz

3. The boy shares his textbook with the girl.

A
True
B
False

Slide 26 - Quiz

4. The teacher is going on about search engines.

A
True
B
False

Slide 27 - Quiz

5. The boy thought this class was about the French Revolution.

A
True
B
False

Slide 28 - Quiz

6. The boy is in the wrong class
A
True
B
False

Slide 29 - Quiz

According to the interviewer, asking for someone to say the same thing again is one way to solve the problem.
A
True
B
False

Slide 30 - Quiz



Congrats! You are done :) 
Meld je bij mevr de Kroon af via de Teams chat

Slide 31 - Slide