LISTENINGS

UNIT 1
Dictation 1 [Track 2] Listen and write the sentences you hear, including the punctuation.

[Track 3] Listen to Simon, Melanie and Nick talking about writing blogs. For questions 1–5
choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

1 What can you see on Simon’s blog?

A Selfies with his friends on holiday
B Photos of people who are special to him
C Selfies and information about special places

2 How does Simon feel about the comments on his blog?

A He doesn’t mind negative comments.
B He thinks it’s best to ignore the negative comments.
C He feels bad about the negative comments.

3 Melanie writes her blog

A at different times every day.
B just before she goes to bed.
C when she is in bed.

4 How does Melanie feel when she writes her blog?

A Worried
B Excited
C Relaxed

5 What does Nick write about?

A Computer games and books
B The news and computer games
C Personal stories and computer games

UNIT 2

[Track 4] Listen and write the sentences you hear, including the punctuation.
[Track 5] Listen to a conversation between Lucy and Damian. Complete the sentences with up
to four words.

1 Damien doesn’t want to eat out because he doesn’t have ____________________________

take away.

2 Lucy knows how to cook without using ________ _________________.

3 Damien offers to put ______________________.

4 Lucy tells Damien to _______________________ the frying pan.

5 Damien and Lucy forgot about ______________ _____________.

UNIT 3
1 [Track 6] Listen and write the sentences you hear, including the punctuation

[Track 7] You will hear some people talking about their work. Are the statements 1-5 true (T) or
false (F)?

Speaker 1
1 He doesn’t like the person he works with. ____

Speaker 2
2 She lives in a town that is popular with tourists. ____
3 She sometimes works until late in the evening. ____

Speaker 3
4 The good thing about her job is the money she earns. ____
5 The manager of the café works hard when the café is busy. ____