Listening and retelling English B1 (Pearson exam B1)

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Listening English B1

(Pearson exam)

• Listening for gist
• Listening for details
• Retelling

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/meeting-old-friend

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners

Preparation task (vocabulary)

in the next slides you have to choose the right explanation for the words in CAPITAL 

It's been AGES

1. a long time
2. a short time

It DIDN'T WORK OUT

1. was succesful
2. was not succesful

The dream job wasn't really A DREAM

1. perfect
2. boring

It's CRAZY expensive

1. a little
2. very

Time FLIES

1. goes quickly
2. goes slowly

You shoul'd COME ROUND to the house

1. go outside
2. visit

Meeting an old friend

Exam task:

You will hear a short conversation. 

After the dialogue, you will have 90 seconds to retell the dialogue in English. 

Try to retell as much of the situation as you can, 

• the setting,
• the characters, 
• actions 
• and ending

In order to prepare for the retelling answer 

the true or false questions on the next slides

Patrick and Selina have never met each other before.

1. true
2. false

Selina still lives in London.

1. true
2. fals

Selina didn't like her job in London.

1. true
2. false

Selina is living with her parents.

1. true
2. false

Patrick also went to London.

1. true
2. false

Selina is surprised that Patrick is married.

1. true
2. false

Patrick has a daughter named Marigold.

1. true
2. false

Patrick invites Selina to his house.

1. true
2. false

Now you'll got questions in detail

Give your own answer

They have not seen each other for over .... years

15/fifteen

Selina was in London for... years

2/two/a couple of

Selina has been back for ... month.

5/five

Patrick has been married for ... years.

10/ten

Patrick's children are ... and ... years old.

5/five and 8/eight

Assignment

You listened and answered the plot questions and checked all the details.

Now you have to retell the story. Try to retell as much of the situation as you can:

the setting ( the situation),

the characters (who were talking),

actions (what they have done)

and ending

You've got 90 seconds.