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English Listening Exercises for B1 – Margaret Fuller

8 ejercicios

1. Read the Listening Strategy. Then complete the table with the headings below.

  • contrast emphasis example result
1) 2)
indeedin facthowevermind youthough
3) 4)
as a resultconsequentlyfor that reasonfor examplefor instance

2. Choose the correct linking word or phrase in the sentences.

  • 1)
    She worked hard at school. Consequently, / Mind you, she did well in her exams.
  • 2)
    The town has excellent leisure facilities. For instance, / However, there is a new sports centre.
  • 3)
    The journey had been long and tiring. For example, / For that reason, they decided to get an early night.
  • 4)
    The weather was extremely cold. Indeed, / However, it reached -12°C one night.
  • 5)
    Ellie spent all afternoon at the beach. As a result, / Mind you, she got slightly sunburned.
  • 6)
    The house is in a terrible condition – in fact, / though it would be impossible to live there.

3. Match sentences 1-6 with endings a-h. Use the linking words to help you. There are two extra endings.

  • 1)
    She stayed up all night doing her homework. As a result, she
  • 2)
    He tried very hard to contact his parents. For instance, he
  • 3)
    They climbed the mountain in one day, though it
  • 4)
    She really disliked the film. In fact, she
  • 5)
    He applied for about twenty jobs. However, he
  • 6)
    He decided he wanted to be a journalist. Consequently, he
  • a)
    eventually managed to get in touch.
  • b)
    needed more time.
  • c)
    phoned and emailed them.
  • d)
    sent his CV to all the national newspapers.
  • e)
    left before the end.
  • f)
    overslept and was late for school.
  • g)
    was difficult and exhausting.
  • h)
    only got two or three interviews.

4. You are going to listen to a radio interview about Margaret Fuller. First, read the sentences and circle the correct endings.

  • 1)
    Margaret was an excellent student. In fact,
  • a)
    by the age of six, she was translating Latin poetry into English.
  • b)
    she always found Latin particularly difficult.
  • 2)
    Boys often learned Latin, but girls learned different things: for instance,
  • a)
    girls usually started school at a later age.
  • b)
    how to behave in public.
  • 3)
    She taught herself several languages and read great literature from around the world. Indeed,
  • a)
    novels from Germany, France and Italy.
  • b)
    Many people considered her the best-educated person on the East Coast.
  • 4)
    At that time, there were certain jobs which people thought of as suitable for women: for example,
  • a)
    being a teacher.
  • b)
    Margaret was not interested in these jobs.
  • 5)
    Some of the reviews she wrote were very negative. As a result,
  • a)
    she was not always popular with novelists and poets of her time.
  • b)
    she praised good writing when she came across it.
  • 6)
    She definitely tried to make the world a better place. Mind you,
  • a)
    she particularly wanted to help people who couldn’t help themselves.
  • b)
    during her lifetime, she was actually best known for being bad-tempered!

5. Now listen to the interview. Check your answers to exercise 4.

Audio

6. Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

Audio
  • 1)
    Margaret Fuller was educated both at home and at school.
  • 2)
    In those days, most girls were expected to read great works of literature.
  • 3)
    She worked as a teacher before she became a journalist.
  • 4)
    She didn’t become editor of the New York Tribune because she was a woman.
  • 5)
    She reviewed novels and poetry for the New York Tribune
  • 6)
    As a journalist, she took an interest in groups of people whose lives were difficult.

Extra exercises

7. Read the Strategy. Then read the extract from a recording and sentences 1-3. What is the topic of each question?

Strategy

example, if the stem is The conversation takes place …, you need to listen for the setting of the conversation, and specific ideas or feelings are not relevant.

  • Welcome back, listeners. I hope you enjoyed the last sone. Now with us in the studio today we have a great musician and composer who I’ve looked up to my entire life. I am so thrilled to meet him at last, and I look forward to hearing about his latest album. So let’s welcome
  • 1)
    The conversation takes place in
  • 2)
    The speaker feels that her guest is
  • 3)
    The guest is going to discuss

8. You will hear five extracts twice. Circle the correct answers (A-D).

Audio
  • 1)
    What is the man doing at the moment?
  • A interviewing someone for a job
  • B offering someone a job
  • C talking to a co-worker
  • D preparing for an interview
  • 2)
    The speaker is advertising something that
  • A you must accept within a time limit.
  • B will last for 24 months.
  • C will give you free internet service for a short time.
  • D is expensive but very good quality.
  • 3)
    The girl admits that she
  • A has arrived home late several times.
  • B did not behave in the right way.
  • C wanted to make her parents angry.
  • D thinks her parents are right.
  • 4)
    The conversation takes place
  • A in a radio studio.
  • B in a TV studio.
  • C in a school classroom.
  • D in a university classroom.
  • 5)
    Which of the following statements is true?
  • A You only need your password for the website.
  • B You can only get help online.
  • C You must change your personal information before you can speak to someone.
  • D You can speak to someone without another phone call.

Cómo Practicar

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