Listening and retelling English B1 (Pearson exam B1)

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Listening English B1

(Pearson exam)

• Listening for gist

• Listening for details

• Retelling

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/meeting-old-friend

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners

Preparation task (vocabulary)

in the next slides you have to choose the right explanation for the words in CAPITAL 

It's been AGES

A

a long time

B

a short time

C

D

It DIDN'T WORK OUT

A

was succesful

B

was not succesful

C

D

The dream job wasn't really A DREAM

A

perfect

B

boring

C

D

It's CRAZY expensive

A

a little

B

very

C

D

Time FLIES

A

goes quickly

B

goes slowly

C

D

You shoul'd COME ROUND to the house

A

go outside

B

visit

C

D

Meeting an old friend

Exam task:

You will hear a short conversation. 

After the dialogue, you will have 90 seconds to retell the dialogue in English. 

Try to retell as much of the situation as you can, 

• the setting,

• the characters, 

• actions 

• and ending

In order to prepare for the retelling answer 

the true or false questions on the next slides

Patrick and Selina have never met each other before.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Selina still lives in London.

A

true

B

fals

C

D

Selina didn't like her job in London.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Selina is living with her parents.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Patrick also went to London.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Selina is surprised that Patrick is married.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Patrick has a daughter named Marigold.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Patrick invites Selina to his house.

A

true

B

false

C

D

Now you'll got questions in detail

Give your own answer

They have not seen each other for over .... years

15/fifteen

Selina was in London for... years

2/two/a couple of

Selina has been back for ... month.

5/five

Patrick has been married for ... years.

10/ten

Patrick's children are ... and ... years old.

5/five and 8/eight

Assignment

You listened and answered the plot questions and checked all the details.

Now you have to retell the story. Try to retell as much of the situation as you can:

the setting ( the situation),

the characters (who were talking),

actions (what they have done)

and ending

You've got 90 seconds.