1. An extract.

A photo of a man and woman sitting at a table. They appear to be arguing or in disagreement about something.

Listen to the first extract and choose the option that fits best according to what you hear.

2. An extract.

A photo of a man and woman sitting at a table. They appear to be arguing or in disagreement about something.

Listen again and follow the transcript. Then, choose the best definition of the underlined words and expressions.

A: I'm exhausted. Been run off my feet all day.
B: Yeah, tell me about it. Me too. Didn't even have time for lunch. Walters called a surprise meeting, which lasted over two hours and put me behind for the rest of the day.
A: Bummer.
B: Yeah. So, are you peckish?
A: Let's do something quick and easy.
B: Sure. Sounds good to me. I'll do something with yesterday's leftovers. Would you mind taking out the rubbish, while I whip something up?
A: Actually, I don't think I could even manage that. I'm dead on my feet.
B: Well, not to worry. I'll stick it out on the landing for the neighbours to savour.
A: Oh, thanks. I really don't think I could manage much more than crashing on the sofa and sipping this herbal tea.
B: And nibbling on something, of course.
A: Of course.

3. A second extract.

Listen to the second extract.Choose the option that fits best according to what you hear.

4. A second extract.

Use the phrases and words to complete the dialogue. Listen again to check your answers. This exercise is in two parts. Scroll down to see the second part.

Part 1

Now complete Part 2.

Part 2

5. What's it about?

Imagine that you have just tuned in to the following radio programme. What do you think the programme is about?

6. Listening for gist.

A photo of a bottle washed up on a beach. Inside the bottle there is a rolled up piece of paper or a document of some kind.

Now listen to the complete excerpt. Did you guess right in the previous exercise? As you listen, put the topics in the order that they are mentioned.


7. Listening for details.

Listen again and complete the notes by typing a missing word or number in each space.

8. Listening in detail.

Listen to the end of the extract and type in the missing words.

Now listen to the complete extract and follow the transcript.