Start with a clear message
Choose a familiar topic. Listen for the main idea before trying to write every word.
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B1 English listening practice
Turn familiar vocabulary into reliable listening through connected sentences and progressive support.
Where can I practise intermediate English listening?
You can practise intermediate English listening on MicroEnglish, which has more than 300 short lessons. These listening-first lessons build reliable listening from familiar vocabulary through connected sentences and progressive support. They cover grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, advice and word-focused topics, with mostly British English. Each lesson teaches one idiom, phrasal verb, word or grammar point and ends with dictation practice.
- The lessons use mostly British English.
- Practise with short, listening-first English lessons.
- Lessons cover grammar, phrasal verbs and idioms.
28 Phrasal Verbs With Take
Take off, take over and take up share one short verb but describe very different actions. Grouping them by idea makes the expressions easier to retrieve than learning a random list.
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A Goose at the Office Door
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A good trajectory
A manager says your work is moving in the right direction, then identifies one weakness. Is the overall message positive or negative?
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A or An: Choosing the Right Article
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A or an before vowels: sound over spelling
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A wardrobe clear-out
Not everything unwanted can go to a charity shop. Which clothes are donated, repaired or sent for textile recycling?
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A year-long cruise
A traveller likes the idea of living at sea for a year, but the headline price does not cover everything. Which practical questions remain unanswered?
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About vs Around: Choosing the Right Word
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Accept or except: choose the right word
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Active and passive voice: choose clear sentences
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Adapt or adopt: choose the right verb
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Add up
A colleague says the receipts add up, but the explanation does not. The same two words describe two very different judgements.
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Adjective Order: Build Clear Natural Descriptions
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Adjective Order: Rules and Examples
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Adjective clauses: identify the noun
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Adjectives of Number: Forms and Examples
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Adverbs of reason: link cause and result
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Advice or advise: asking for help and suggesting a next step
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Advice that changed meaning
The speaker has remembered one sentence for years, but no longer understands it in the same way. What changed?
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And I or and me: how to choose
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Articles exercises with answers: Choose A An The
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Articles in English: How to Choose
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Auxiliary verbs: be do and have
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Awesome Meaning: Praise and Clear Feedback
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How this practice helps
You may recognise a word on paper but miss it in a sentence. B1 practice gives you short recordings to work through with support.
Listen for the message, then check the words around the part you missed.
Your level route
Practise with support, try a test, then review the words you missed.
Use support in steps
Replay, ask for a hint, and listen again. Open the transcript when another replay is no longer helping.
Try a new clip
Use Test after Practice. You can replay in Test, but hints stay off until the exercise is over.
