Exam Practice
Listening Part 1
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1–8, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
1) You overhear a girl leaving a voicemail message.
Why is she calling?
a. to issue an invitation
b. to ask for some advice
c. to change an arrangement
2) You hear two friends talking about the weekend.
What is Martin annoyed about?
a. The adventure camp wasn’t what he expected.
b. He didn’t have any friends with him.
c. His brother hadn’t explained his plans fully.
3) You hear two students talking about a school project.
What do they decide about their projects?
a. They will do the project together.
b. They will do projects in the same field.
c. They need more time to plan their projects.
4) You hear two people talking about a gym.
What do they agree about?
a. It should provide a wider range of classes.
b. It should have better equipment.
c. It should have longer opening hours.
5) You hear a girl talking about a website.
What pleased her about it?
a. how easy it is to use
b. how detailed the information is
c. how up to date it is
6) You hear a man talking about his job.
What does he dislike about it?
a. working at night
b. getting no exercise
c. dealing with customers
7) You hear a teacher talking to a group of
students. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
a. It will get warmer during the day.
b. There will be some rain in the morning.
c. There might be thunderstorms later.
8) You hear two people talking about someone
they met. What do they agree about?
a. He talked too much.
b. He had interesting things to say.
c. He was amusing.
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GRAMMAR FOCUS
Grammar focus task
These sentences are from the recording. Complete the missing question tags.
1 You know what I mean, don’t you?
2 That wasn’t why we went, _____?
3 We can help each other out, _____?
4 They’d get more people using the gym then, _____?
5 You’ve looked at the websites Mrs Wilson recommended, _____?
6 You’re not working today, _____?
7 You won’t forget them, _____?
8 You didn’t really think his jokes were funny, _____?
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