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English Listening Exercises for B1 – Navigation nightmare

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1. Complete the gadgets in the sentences.

  • 1)
    He used a c r to record the school play.
  • 2)
    I need a new M r so I can listen to music when I go running.
  • 3)
    Without the s v, we would never have found the hotel.
  • 4)
    She wears a B h t so she can speak to the office while she’s in her car.
  • 5)
    His s h doesn’t just tell him what the time is but also how far he’s walked every day.
  • 6)
    If I had a g c in my bedroom, I probably wouldn’t do much homework.
  • 7)
    Now that I’ve bought this t t, I hardly ever use my laptop.
  • 8)
    My new d r is also a B s r, so I can use it to stream music from my s .
  • 9)
    I’ve saved all of my school work onto a m s k.

Listening Strategy

You may have to distinguish fast from opinion in a listening task. Listen for clues to help you decide. An opinion might begin with a verb connected with thinking (e.g. think, believe, expect, reckon, etc.) or a phrase for introducing opinions (in my view, as I see it, etc.).

2. Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to four short dialogues. Are the sentences below facts (F) or opinions (O)?

Audio
FO
1   The best place to keep a copy of photos is on a memory stick.
2   Smartwatches will get cheaper over the next few years.
3   Watching films on a tablet is more popular than going to the cinema.
4   People buy fewer gadgets now than they bought in the past.

3. Complete the phrases for expressing opinions with the words below. Then listen again and check.

Audio
  • as in opinion problem to
  • 1)
    In my ,
  • 2)
    I see it,
  • 3)
    my view,
  • 4)
    The is
  • 5)
    It seems me that

4. Express your own opinions about these topics using the phrases from exercise 3.

  • 1)
    students using their phones in school
  • 2)
    drivers using satnav to find their way
  • 3)
    having hundreds of ‘friends’ on social media

5. Listen to four dialogues. Circle the correct answers.

Audio
  • 1)
    In dialogue 1, which sentence is a fact, not an opinion?
  • a)
    They are driving along a road called West Way.
  • b)
    There can’t be two hotels with the same name in the same part of town.
  • c)
    The Adelphi Hotel has two buildings.
  • 2)
    In dialogue 2, why do they decide to use the paper map, not the phone?
  • a)
    There is no map app on their phone.
  • b)
    Mobile phone reception is not reliable.
  • c)
    The map on the phone is not big enough.
  • 3)
    In dialogue 3, which sentence is an opinion, not a fact?
  • a)
    They can’t drive along the High Street.
  • b)
    There’s a market next to the park on Saturdays.
  • c)
    The fastest route to the station is along Park Avenue.
  • 4)
    In dialogue 4, why will the man’s mistake not make him late?
  • a)
    The train he is on is faster than the train he wanted.
  • b)
    He can still catch the train he wanted.
  • c)
    Both trains go to the same destination.

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