Listening for key information Warm-up Think of the names of some famous explorers. What were they most famous for discovering? If you...

LISTENING FOR KEY INFORMATION Introduction to Listening part 3 The focus The focus of Listening Part 3 at Expert and Mastery level is to...

Listening to dialogues Tips from the examiners Note! The Practice Test recording will say ‘ you will hear each of the short conversations...

Listening Booster Look at the drawings. Match the emotions to the people. embarrassed furious surprised bored anxious Think of the...

Listening to dialogues Look at the following statements and say whether you agree or disagree with them. Then judge how strongly you feel...

Look at the pictures. With your partner, discuss who the people are, where they are and what they may be talking about. Who? Where? What?...

Listening to dialogues INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING PART 2 TASK The focus of Listening Part 2 at the C1-C2 level is to listen to...

Listening to respond INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING PART 1 Understanding context, meaning and function of a range of utterances TASK Listen...

LISTENING TO RESPOND Tips from the examiners Before you listen Read the four possible answers carefully and try to imagine what the...

We express many different things in conversations. It will help you to prepare to answer the questions in Listening Part 1 if you think...

Degrees of formality In Listening Part 1 of the International ESOL test, you will also be tested on your ability to recognise differing...

Exam Practice Idiomatic language expresses ideas and feelings in a metaphorical rather than a literal way. Idiomatic expressions can...

Phrasal Verbs ‘fall out’, ‘break into’ and ‘run out of’. There are more than 3,000 combinations of verbs with adverbs and prepositions...

Listening booster Stress matters! Look at the list of functions. Do you know how to express them? Agreeing Disagreeing Persuading...

EXAM PRACTICE Reading and Use of English Part 2 For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap....

in spite of and despite; but, although and though; even though and even if; participle clauses; before and after + -ing; when, while and...

EXAM PRACTICE Reading and Use of English Part 1 For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits...

because, as and since; so and therefore; in order to, to + infinitive and so (that); so and such; enough and too Context listening You...

Exam practice Reading and Use of English Part 4 For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the...

Defining and non-defining relative clauses; relative pronouns and prepositions CONTEXT LISTENING You are going to hear a man showing some...