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.
Catch up
Fall behind on a walk, at work or in a friendship, and catch up helps you close the gap in three different ways.
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Cereal or Serial: Choose the Right Word
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Changed appointment time
A caller mentions Thursday, Monday morning and Monday afternoon. Only one is the new appointment. Can you track the change?
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Changed museum tour
The planned first gallery is closed, so the tour changes order and finishes in a different place. Which locations remain part of the route?
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Changing a plan
A friend cannot meet at the agreed time. Can you hear why the plan changes, identify the new time, and notice how the request stays polite?
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Changing a restaurant booking
The booking begins with four people at seven. By the end, both the number and time have changed, but the seating request has not.
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Check English sentences: Eight clear steps
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Checking a café order
A customer orders for two people, changes one ingredient, and mentions an allergy. Can you separate preference from essential safety information?
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Checking a hotel bill
Breakfast appears on the bill, parking does not, and a minibar charge belongs to another room. What remains in the final total?
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Chip away
A huge task may not disappear at once, but each small action can chip away at it.
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Choose between at night and in the night
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Choose she and I or her and me
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Choose the verb that fits the subject
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Choosing Between Onto and Unto
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Choosing Synonyms: Pick the Best Word
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Choosing an evening course
One course is cheaper and online; the other offers classroom practice but clashes with work. Which factor finally determines the choice?
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Collective nouns: choose the right group
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Come across
You may come across an old photograph, come across as confident, or make sure your main idea comes across clearly.
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Come down with
A scratchy throat and sudden tiredness may make you say, I think I am coming down with something.
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Come up with
When a problem needs a plan, a name or some money, someone has to come up with what is missing.
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Commas in English: Separate Ideas Clearly
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Common English idioms: everyday listening guide
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Concrete nouns: simple rules and examples
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Conditionals
When you say, "If I have time," are you describing a real possibility or only imagining a different life?
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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.
