PET / B1 MOCK TESTS: READING AND LISTENING

Mock exams are taken as practice before an official examination to give you the experience of the test process. Moreover, you can find out your strengths as well as identifying the areas which need to improve. 
It´s made up of four papers:

1) Reading (45 minutes)
2) Writing (45 minutes)
3) Listening (30minutes)
4) Speaking  (12-17 minutes)

Click on the links below to check your knowledge:

TEST 1

READING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4     

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

TEST 2

READING:   PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

TEST 3

READING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

B1 LISTENING - PET - APTIS

Are you an intermediate (B1) learner of English? Practice and improve your listening skills with these listening and exercises.

Listening part 1 consists of seven short recordings. For each recording, there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the tapes and choose the right answers.

Listening part 2 consists of a more extended recording (one person speaking or an interview) and six questions. You have to listen to the recording and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question.

Listening part 3:You will listen to a longer monologue (one person speaking) and a page of notes which summarise the text. Six pieces of information are missing from the notes. You have to listen to the recording and fill in the missing information.

Listening part 4:There is a longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the interview and decide if each sentence is true or false.

Follow the links below and do the exercises. Click on the buttom to check your answers.

Test 1: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

Test 2: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

Test 3: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

LISTENING: A2 / B1 / B2 AND C1

Listening is one of the most challenging skills for most of my students. Practising is the key to get it. Click on this link: LISTENING , choose your level elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper- intermediate and advanced. Then, click on the exercise you want to do.

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 4

There is a longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the conversation and decide if each sentence is true or false.

Here you have some useful links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 3

You will listen to a longer monologue (one person speaking) and a page of notes which summarise the text. Six pieces of information are missing from the notes. You have to listen to the recording and fill in the missing information.

Here there are some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 2

Listening part 2 consists of a longer recording (one person speaking or an interview) and six questions. You have to listen to the recording and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question.

Here you have some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3      EXERCISE 4 

PET / B1 :LISTENING PART 1

Listening part 1 consists of seven short recordings. For each recording, there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the tapes and choose the right answers.

Here you can find some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

VIDEO BOOKS

Have you ever thought about using video books with subtitles to improve your listening, grammar and vocabulary English skills?

You have some links here:

https://agendaweb.org/listening/video-books.html

https://agendaweb.org/listening/video-books2.html

https://agendaweb.org/listening/video-books3.html

WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING 1: LISTENING TO MUSIC

 “Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend- without a song” So I keep singing a song. – Elvis Presley

Some years ago one of my students asked me, “ why do you want us to learn English by listening to music?” My answer was “It works, you learn everyday language and up-to-date colloquial speech, you improve your pronunciation and your understanding, and of course, listening to music and singing songs is enjoyable!

Here you have some links you can use to improve your English:

- https://es.lyricstraining.com/en: it shows YouTube videos and provides subtitles. Choose the video of a song you like, then select your game mode ( esay, medium or hard) and start listening. Simple to use, no registration is necessary. It’s my favourite website.

-  talkingdictionary.clubefl.gr: has youtube music videos and interactive exercises.

- https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/learn-english-with-songs.html: choose one of the videos and practice your English listening skills.

- lyricsmode.com: good website for accurate song lyrics to print-o

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING

Listening comprehension is one of the hardest skills for learners of English as a foreign language so I want to share with you my favourite tools to improve my listenings skills. Of course! Remember everyone learns differently so use the method that works better for you. Here you have a video which explains how to deal with it.