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.
Project handover
The research is finished, the slides are not, and two colleagues own different next actions. Who must do what, and by when?
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Project status update
A colleague reports three tasks, but each has a different status. Which task is finished, which is blocked, and what happens next?
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Proper Adjectives: Rules and Examples
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Prose or poetry: telling them apart
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Public speaking nerves: Four recovery steps
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Pull out
A company may pull out of a deal, a parent may pull a child out of a team, and a car may pull out into the road. The grammar shows who chooses to leave.
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Punctuation Marks: Rules and Everyday Examples
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Put behind
A mistake may still be part of your history, but it does not have to control your next decision. You can learn from it and put it behind you.
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Put off
Rain can put off a picnic until Friday, while an unpleasant smell can put you off your lunch. One meaning changes the time; the other changes how you feel.
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Put on
Before guests arrive, you might put on a clean shirt, put the lights on and put on some music. The object tells you which action happens.
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Put out
You can put out a candle, a company can put out a statement, and a late request can put someone out. The object changes the meaning.
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Put up with
A neighbour's music may be annoying, but you might accept it for one evening. If you continue accepting the annoyance, you put up with it.
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Reasons to Learn English: Practical Personal Goals
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Redelivered parcel
The parcel has visited one address, could go to a depot, and may reach a neighbour. Where will it actually be left tomorrow?
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Reflexive Pronouns: Choose the Right Form
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Reflexive Pronouns: Rules and Examples
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Relative pronouns: choose the right word
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Renewing library items
A borrower has two books and one DVD, but only two items receive new due dates. What blocks the other renewal?
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Repair inspection fee and quote
The technician mentions £35 and up to £120, but only one amount is definitely charged. Which cost needs permission first?
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Reporting a home repair
A tenant reports water near an electrical fitting. Which detail makes the repair urgent, and what should happen before the contractor arrives?
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Rescheduled interview voicemail
An employer changes both the day and format of an interview, then asks for confirmation. Which original details no longer apply?
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Resume experience lines: write clear bullet points
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Returning an online order
A customer can return a faulty item even without its original box, but several other conditions still apply. Which requirements remain?
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Returning faulty headphones
The headphones work on one side, the paper receipt is missing, and the customer considers two remedies. Which solution is agreed?
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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.
