Listening Exercises - Intermediate Level

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3L1 You've Changed!

Two friends meet after not seeing each other for a long time.

Present Perfect to talk about changes

American & British 2m 47s B1/B2
3L2 Sports news on the radio.

Bulletin of sports news.

Vocabulary of sports - tennis, golf, motor racing, baseball, etc

British 3m 09s B1/B2
3L3 Haybridge Hall

Listen to this tourist guide as you walk through an old country house.

History of a building, past simple, past simple passive

American 3m 39s B2
3L4 Online Trouble

A website customer calls online support to report a problem with the website.

Problems with ordering online, internet vocabulary

American 3m 19s B1/B2

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3L5 Parent/Teacher Meeting

A mother speaks to a teacher about her son's progress and behavior.

Question tags

American 3m 22s B1/B2
3L6 The Answering Machine Complaint

A customer leaves a message of complaint on an answering machine.

Complaints, personal details

British 3m 11s B1/B2
3L7 Love Is In The Air

Carolina talks about the great love story in her life.

Subject/object questions, past simple describing narrative

British & International 3m 26s B1/B2
3L8 Here Is The News

Brief bulletin of world news on the radio.

Use of present perfect to describe recent events

British 3m 01s B1/B2

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3L9 The Room-Mates

Two friends discuss some problems they are having living together in the apartment.

Use of should/shouldn't to express obligation politely

American 2m 31s B1/B2
3L10 Democracy In Action

A politician speaks to a potential voter on the doorstep.

Politics vocabulary, going to for future intentions

American 2m 24s B1/B2
3L11 Eavesdropping

What are these people talking about? It's not very clear, is it?

Mix of past, present and future tenses among the mini-dialogues. Subjects of conversations never made explicit

American & British 2m 55s B1/B2
3L12 The Island Of Vanuatu

Presentation of facts and figures about Vanuatu by single speaker, island nation in the Pacific.

Dense load of statistical data: numbers, dates, etc. Good for practice of listening for specific information

American 4m 41s B2
3L13 Global Change

Two friends discuss environmental issues.

Environmental vocabulary & expressions

American 5m 51s B2
3L14 The Home Fort

Radio interview discussing home security and how to make your home less attractive to thieves.

Modal verbs and phrasal verbs

British 3m 59s B1/B2
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