تمرین شنیداری انگلیسی سطح B1

Advice that changed meaning

The speaker has remembered one sentence for years, but no longer understands it in the same way. What changed?

Articles exercises with answers: Choose A An The

Articles in English: How to Choose

Auxiliary verbs: be do and have

Awesome Meaning: Praise and Clear Feedback

Back down

A manager changes a policy after staff challenge it. She does not move backwards, but people say she backed down.

Back up

A colleague backs you up, research backs up a claim, and software backs up a file. What changes when the object changes?

Beside or besides: position and addition

Beside, Besides, or Except: Choose the Right Word

Blow away

A performance blows the audience away while a gust blows the programmes away. Emotion and wind create different meanings with the same form.

Booking a hotel room

A guest books three nights and asks for one room feature. Which services are included, and when does free cancellation end?

Bored or boring: Talk about your class

Bother

Noise can bother you, a thought can bother you, and you may not bother to reply. The first two affect feelings; the last describes effort.

Brake or break: Choose the Right Spelling

Break up

A couple breaks up, a meeting breaks up, and a phone call starts breaking up. Only one involves a romantic relationship.

Breathe when public speaking: Pause before each point

Bring about

A small decision can produce a large result. Bring about connects the cause to the change that follows.

Bring up

You can bring up a difficult topic, bring up a child, or bring up a file on a screen. Context tells you which action is happening.

Bump into

If you bump into an old friend, you meet unexpectedly. If you bump into a table, the surprise may hurt a little more.

Burn out

A worker, a campfire and a motor can all burn out, but each one reaches a different kind of end.

Business English phrases: clear workplace communication

Call off

You can call off a match before it starts, call off a search already in progress, or call a threatening dog off.

Can or may: Ability and permission

Cancelling a subscription

The customer cancels renewal today but keeps access until the thirtieth. Does that mean another monthly payment is due?