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English Listening Exercises for B1 – Poetry in motion

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1. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

  • apathetic era foolish lethargic the norm
  • peers quick fix straight
  • 1)
    She was feeling , so she spent the afternoon watching DVDs.
  • 2)
    She loves classical music, though most of her prefer pop.
  • 3)
    Unfortunately, there is no for the problem of homelessness.
  • 4)
    Some people complete their degree in four years, though three years is
  • 5)
    It’s easy to become about your future when there don’t seem to be many opportunities on offer.
  • 6)
    We need to get these things to avoid similar misunderstandings in future.
  • 7)
    It’s quite an interesting play, but it isn’t very relevant to our
  • 8)
    I felt when I realised that I had sent the email to the wrong person.

Listening Strategy

Sometimes the information you need for a listening task is implied rather than stated directly. For example, if somebody says ‘I wish I was back home’, it implies they are not happy with their current situation.

2. Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to four monologues and circle the correct implication for each speaker.

Audio
  • Monologue 1
  • a)
    Josh enjoyed the modern dance performance a lot.
  • b)
    Josh didn’t really enjoy the modern dance performance.
  • Monologue 2
  • a)
    Hannah expected to get a part in the show.
  • b)
    Hannah didn’t expect to get a part in the show.
  • Monologue 3
  • a)
    Ben is a big fan of modern art.
  • b)
    Ben is not very keen on modern art.
  • Monologue 4
  • a)
    Fatima prefers modern pop to 1980s pop.
  • b)
    Fatima prefers 1980s pop to modern pop.

3. Listen again and complete the sentences from the monologues. Use them to help check your answers to exercise 2.

Audio
  • 1)
    Let’s this: I’m glad Katy liked it!
  • 2)
    That was surprise – there was only one part.
  • 3)
    With a lot of the pictures, it was the point.
  • 4)
    He claims it’s much better than today’s pop music, but

4. Read the poem and listen to three speakers talking about poetry. Which speaker is talking about the poem below?

Audio
  • BY ANDREW WATERMAN
  • As in the Underground there’s no mistaking the train’s approach, it pushes air ahead, whirls paper, the line sings, a sort-of dread suffusing longing and my platform shaking – so it is before our every meeting, till you arrive. Hear how my heart is beating.
  • Speaker is talking about this poem.

5. Listen again. Match speakers 1-3 with sentences A-F. There are two extra sentences.

Audio
  • The speaker:
  • A wanted a career in poetry.
  • B used a poem to apologise to somebody.
  • C made a new friend as the result of reading a poem.
  • D tried to persuade somebody to like a particular poem, but failed.
  • E enjoyed poems without really understanding them.

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