Listening - Travel & Tourism

A tour guide introduces visitors to Corper Castle, describing its history and features.

Present simple for giving a tour and describing historical features, rooms, and gardens

A promotional advert for a beach resort, highlighting its facilities and special offers.

Present simple for describing resort features and making persuasive recommendations

A public announcement at a train station about schedule changes and platform information.

Present simple for train schedule updates and information about future departures

Two friends have a conversation during a flight to Los Angeles.

Mainly present simple and past simple

Two friends at the airport discussing their future vacation plans.

Present simple, going to future, past simple

Henrietta meets a friend on the train and asks him about his European vacation.

Past simple, adjectives

Leroy sends a "talking postcard" home to his family from his European vacation.

Review of past simple, present continuous and going to future

A businessman checks into a hotel.

Functional language to give instructions, orders, etc

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

History of a building, past simple, past simple passive

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

Four people talk about problems they had on vacation.

Past Perfect, adjectives

A couple try to agree on a summer holiday, comparing two very different destinations and struggling to compromise.

Comparatives, expressing preferences, making suggestions