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English Listening Exercises for B2 – Hashtag activism

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1. Choose the correct linkers (a-c) to complete the text.

  • c

2. Listen and check your answers to exercise 1.

Audio

Listening Strategy

As you listen, pay special attention to discourse markers (linking phrases), which connect pieces of information to each other. For example, however introduces a contrast, whereas for instance introduces an example.

3. Read the Listening Strategy and match the sentence halves.

  • 1)
    I am not sure who to vote for.
  • 2)
    We couldn’t go to London to demonstrate.
  • 3)
    I don’t really understand how Twitter works.
  • 4)
    My sister went on a protest march at the weekend.
  • 5)
    Scientists say it will be difficult to reverse global warming.
  • 6)
    Journalists are sometimes difficult to trust.
  • a)
    Nevertheless, I will try to use it.
  • b)
    Even so, that’s no excuse not to do it at all.
  • c)
    Still, we managed to protest effectively in other ways.
  • d)
    Talking of protests, did you sign that petition about equal rights?
  • e)
    By the way, did you know that Matt is studying journalism at university?
  • f)
    All the same, it would be better to try to do something about it.

4. Listen and check your answers.

Audio

5. Listen and match speakers 1-4 with sentences A-E. There is one extra sentence.

Audio
  • This speaker:
  • A talks about a particular online protest and how it evolved into something else.
  • B explains that the perceived lack of interest in politics in the young is not accurate.
  • C took action to encourage young people’s interest in politics.
  • D proves that social media is essential in political campaigns.
  • E feels that there is no division between social media campaigning and other forms of protest.

Extra exercises

6. Read the Strategy and look at the statement below. Underline the key words and choose the group of words you would expect to hear in the recording. What situations do the other groups refer to?

Strategy

Before you do a true or false task, look at the statements and underline the key words. Predict three words that you expect to hear in the recording.

  • The speakers are at a rally.
  • A musicians, singer, stage
  • B crowd, pitch, players
  • C microphone, placard, speech

7. You will hear three texts twice. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

Audio
  • Text 1
  • 1)
    The speakers are teachers.
  • 2)
    They are both in favour of the new reform.
  • Text 2
  • 3)
    The speaker describes a natural disaster that was nearly as bad as the last one the country suffered.
  • 4)
    The speaker’s intention is to appeal for money to help the victims of the disaster.
  • Text 3
  • 5)
    It is a fact that other European countries have offered more help to refugees than the UK.
  • 6)
    The speaker thinks that British people need to be convinced to welcome more refugees into the country.

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