CAE Extra: lesson 7 Listening - Part 1 (multiple choice)- Unit 3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4,5

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 Angry relationships

Idiom: 

to give someone a piece of your mind

Meaning

Tell someone how angry you are with them 

Example:

He'll give the boys a piece of his mind if he catches them in his garden. 

Now you try

Complete each of these idioms.

1. Ethan has had it up to .................. with his work.
2. It's horrible living with two people who are not on speaking ........
3. It'll really put the ......... among the pigeons if you bring that up at the meeting.
4. My sister ............. spare when she found out I'd burnt her new top.
5. Joel is ........... your blood now he knows it was you who told the police.
6. The demonstrators are furious and ........for blood.

Today's lesson

The CAE Listening Exam

What does it look like

Practice part 1

More places to practice

Ideas to practice listening

What is the CAE Listening test like?

How long?                                         40 minutes:

How many parts?                          The test has four sections 

How many questions?                There are 30 questions. It makes                                                                                                 up 20% of the entire exam.

Write on your question paper and transfer your answers in CAPITALS at the end of the exam (this is included in your time limit)

Scoring

There are 30 questions in the CAE Listening Test. It makes up 20% of the entire exam.

General information about the Exam

You will hear the audio twice

Read the instructions carefully before you start

You have time to read the questions before you hear the audio

Think about the topic, the speaker(s) and the context as you read the questions.

Top Tip

PREDICTING

Get used to predicting answers before you listen. Read the question, underline the key words, and then think what is the most likely answer. It doesn't matter if you're right or not - just predicting the answer helps you 'tune in' to the recording.

Part 1 

Part 1 is a multiple choice section. You hear people talking to each other and you have two questions about what you hear. There are three short recordings, which means a total of 6 questions to answer.

First we have to underline keywords and predict what the answer might be.

I would be surprised if the answer was C, because who cares if the brochures look nice or not? A is more likely than C but I'm going to guess B. The point of the college brochure is to describe the courses, so that's probably what's most important to these friends.

Here is a transcript of what they say. (F = female speaker; M = male.)

Let's start by reading the transcript in terms of answer C (visually attractive). We have the words glossy brochures and trying to attract interest. These seem to be phrases about the attractiveness of the brochures, but the friends don't disagree about that, so that can't be the answer.

What about B? Well, they don't mention the descriptions of the courses at all! Almost the whole discussion is about the environmental rating system. The woman says it wouldn't impact her choice of course, but the man says he might consider it. They disagree! So the answer is A.

Let's start by reading the transcript in terms of answer C (visually attractive). We have the words glossy brochures and trying to attract interest. These seem to be phrases about the attractiveness of the brochures, but the friends don't disagree about that, so that can't be the answer.

What about B? Well, they don't mention the descriptions of the courses at all! Almost the whole discussion is about the environmental rating system. The woman says it wouldn't impact her choice of course, but the man says he might consider it. They disagree! So the answer is A.

Answers

1.B 2C 3A 4B 5A 6A

How to prepare for the CAE Listening test

Listen! The more English you listen to the better your will do. Listen to the radio, English language TV, podcasts...

Recordings may be: monologues: announcements, radio broadcasts, speeches, talks, lectures, anecdotes, etc.; or interacting speakers: radio broadcasts, interviews, discussions, etc.

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