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
Practice recognizing words you know when you hear them in complete sentences. Use hints when you need help.
Whenever or When Ever: One Word or Two?
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Who Said What? Passing On a Message
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Who booked the room? A name and I or a name and me
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Who or Which: Choose the Right Pronoun
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Whose bag is it? Describing people and their belongings
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Why English class matters: four practical habits
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Will or Going to: Choose the Right Future
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Will or be going to: choose your future form
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Work out
You can work out a bill, work out why a device failed, work out at the gym, or hope a plan works out. The object and subject reveal the meaning.
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Write a Formal Letter: Clear Rules and Examples
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You're Welcome vs Your Welcome: Quick Spelling Guide
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Young animal words: Naming Offspring in English
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Your or Yours: How to Choose
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abstract nouns: everyday rules and examples
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across vs through: choose the right path
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because although so however: connect your ideas
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housewife vs homemaker: what is the difference
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make or made: choose the right form
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their there they're: choose the right word
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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.
Practice at your level
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 the recording in Test, but hints are not available.
