The whole Listening paper, in the shape and the order of the real one. Every recording is played twice, exactly as in the exam. Do a part, check it, and if it did not go well open the support — the transcript opens with it — and do the part again. Tudo é tocado duas vezes, como na prova. Se errar, abra o apoio: a transcrição abre junto.
For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear each recording twice. Cinco gravações curtas e separadas. Cada uma é tocada duas vezes.
Part One. There are five questions in this part. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear each recording twice.
One. You will hear two friends talking about a bus.
GIRL: Have we missed it?
BOY: The half past four? Yes. Two minutes ago.
GIRL: Oh no. When’s the next one?
BOY: There’s one at ten to five, but it doesn’t go to the station. The next one that does is quarter past.
GIRL: Quarter past five it is, then. Come on, there’s a bench.
Two. You will hear a woman leaving a message about a parcel.
WOMAN: Hello, it’s Priya from number twelve. Your parcel came here by mistake this morning. I tried the shop but they were closing, so I’ve left it with Mr Hale at number fourteen. Don’t look in the porch — it isn’t there. Bye!
Three. You will hear a boy getting ready for school.
BOY: Right. PE kit — got it. Lunch — got it. Mum, where’s my reading book? I know I put my homework in the bag last night — the book’s still on the kitchen table, isn’t it?
MOTHER: It’s under the newspaper. Go on, you’ll miss the bus.
Four. You will hear a weather report on the radio.
MAN: …so a wet start in the north, and it stays cloudy through the middle of the day. The rain clears by two, and most of us will see some sun by late afternoon. Cold tonight, though — three degrees in places, so cover the plants.
Five. You will hear a woman talking about a football match.
WOMAN: We won, which was lovely, but I’d taken my nephew for his first match and he couldn’t see a thing — we were behind a pillar. Next time I’m buying the more expensive seats. The pie was excellent, mind you.
Now listen again.
[The five recordings are repeated.]
That is the end of Part One.
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. In Part 1 you hear the answer and the two wrong options, out loud, in the same twenty seconds. So do not listen for a word — listen for what the question actually asks: which bus, which place, which part of the day. As três opções são ditas em voz alta. Ouvir a palavra não é achar a resposta.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Listen for the small words that turn a sentence round: but, though, actually, instead, it isn’t there. The answer very often comes immediately after one of them. A resposta quase sempre vem logo depois de um “but”.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
You will hear a man telling a walking club about a trip. Write one word, a number or a time in each gap. You will hear the recording twice. Uma palavra, um número ou um horário em cada lacuna. Copie exatamente o que ouvir.
Meeting place: outside the 6 ______
Time to meet: 7 ______ am
Bring a packed lunch and a 8 ______
Length of the walk: 9 ______ kilometres
Phone Dan on the day: 07700 900 10 ______
Part Two. You will hear a man called Dan Ferris telling a walking club about a trip on Saturday. For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one word, or a number, or a time. You will hear the recording twice.
[pause 20s — look at the notes]
DAN: Right, everyone — Saturday’s walk. Two changes, so listen.
DAN: We’re not meeting at the station this time because of the building work, so it’s outside the library instead. That’s the one on Bridge Street, next to the bank.
DAN: We’ll start walking at nine, so please be there for half past eight. Half past eight, outside the library. If you’re late we can’t wait, I’m afraid.
DAN: Bring a packed lunch, and please bring a hat — it’s going to be sunny and there’s no shade on the hill at all. You won’t need walking boots; trainers are absolutely fine.
DAN: It’s twelve kilometres altogether. That’s a bit longer than last month’s, which was nine, so take your time and drink plenty of water.
DAN: And if anything goes wrong on the day, ring me: it’s oh seven seven double oh, nine hundred, three one four. See you Saturday.
Now listen again.
[The recording is repeated.]
That is the end of Part Two.
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. Part 2 is the only part where spelling counts, and the only part where you can read the whole task before you hear a word. The notes tell you what kind of answer each gap wants — a place, a time, a thing, a number — so decide that first. Leia as notas primeiro: elas dizem que tipo de resposta cada lacuna quer.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
In this part the speaker almost always says the wrong thing first and then corrects it: not the station, the library; not nine, half past eight; not boots, a hat. Wait for the second half of the sentence before you write. Ele diz o errado primeiro e corrige depois. Espere o fim da frase.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
You will hear Nila talking to Tom about the bus he used to drive. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear the conversation twice. Uma conversa só, cinco perguntas, na ordem da conversa.
Part Three. You will hear Nila talking to a bus driver called Tom about the bus he used to drive. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear the conversation twice.
[pause 20s — read the five questions]
NILA: Tom, how many years did you drive the number 12?
TOM: Thirty-one on the buses, but only nineteen on the 12. Before that I was on the 176.
NILA: And you started at half past four in the morning?
TOM: Some weeks. The early shift starts at twenty to five, and you have to be there twenty minutes before that, so I got up at ten past three. I never got used to it. The late shift was worse for the family, though — you miss the children’s tea every night.
NILA: What did you like best about it?
TOM: People think it’s the driving. It isn’t. It’s the regulars. There was a lady who got on at the same stop for eleven years, and when she stopped coming I worried about her for months. Then one day her daughter got on and told me she’d moved to Wales.
NILA: Did the job change while you were doing it?
TOM: The traffic changed. When I started you could do the whole route in fifty minutes; at the end it was an hour and twenty on a bad day, same road, same bus. And people stopped talking to the driver, because of the doors and the cards. That’s the bit I miss.
NILA: Would you do it again?
TOM: Tomorrow. Not the early shift, mind. But yes.
Now listen again.
[The conversation is repeated.]
That is the end of Part Three.
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. The five questions follow the order of the conversation, so question 11 is answered in the first ten seconds and question 15 in the last. If you are hunting for question 13 and you hear the answer to 14, you have gone past it — move on. As perguntas seguem a ordem da conversa. Se você ouviu a 14, a 13 já passou: siga em frente.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
In this part all three options are usually things the speaker really says — the wrong ones are attached to the wrong thing. Twenty to five is a real time, but it is the early shift’s time. Always ask: he said it, but did he say it about this? Ele diz as três frases. Duas estão ligadas a outra coisa.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
You will hear five short recordings. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear each recording twice. Cinco pessoas diferentes, cinco assuntos diferentes.
Part Four. There are five questions in this part. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear each recording twice.
Sixteen. You will hear a woman talking about a shop.
WOMAN: I went in for a birthday card and came out forty minutes later with two plants and a book about bees. That’s the problem with that place — nothing is where you expect it, so you have to walk past everything twice.
Seventeen. You will hear a man talking about a holiday.
MAN: Six days of rain. Six. We played every board game in the cottage twice and my daughter learnt to make bread. And do you know, when I look back on it, that’s the holiday all four of us talk about.
Eighteen. You will hear a girl talking to a friend about her new school.
GIRL: The teachers are fine and the building’s nice. It’s the journey — three buses, or one bus and a long walk. I’m getting up an hour earlier than I did last year and I fall asleep in maths.
Nineteen. You will hear a woman on the radio talking about a football club.
WOMAN: They lost, and they should have won, and the manager will be asked about it all week. But there were nine thousand people there on a Tuesday night in the rain, and four years ago this club nearly closed. Remember that.
Twenty. You will hear a man leaving a message for his neighbour.
MAN: Hi Kate, it’s Sam. Don’t worry about the cat — I’ve fed her and she’s asleep on your sofa. One thing: your kitchen window was open and it rained, so I’ve shut it and put a towel down. Nothing’s broken. See you Sunday.
Now listen again.
[The five recordings are repeated.]
That is the end of Part Four.
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. Each of these is one person making one point, and the point is almost always in the last sentence. The first sentence is the setting — often a complaint that turns out not to be the speaker’s real feeling. A primeira frase é cenário; a última é a opinião.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Three of these five speakers say something negative first and something warmer afterwards. The exam is testing whether you can wait. Três dos cinco começam reclamando e terminam elogiando. A prova está testando se você espera até o fim.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
You will hear Nila telling Tom what her family are doing on Saturday. For each person, choose the correct answer A–H. There are three extra answers you will not need. Oito opções, cinco pessoas: três sobram.
A a birthday party · B a football match · C a walk in the hills · D a music festival
E a driving lesson · F a market · G a school trip · H a day at the beach
Part Five. You will hear Nila telling Tom what the people in her family are doing on Saturday. For questions twenty-one to twenty-five, choose the correct answer, A to H. You will hear the conversation twice.
[pause 20s — read the eight options]
TOM: So is anyone at home on Saturday?
NILA: Nobody! Mum’s going to the hills with her walking group — she’s been talking about it for a month.
TOM: And Leo? Still playing?
NILA: He’s stopped playing, actually. He’s got his first driving lesson at nine, and he’s more nervous about that than he ever was about a match.
TOM: And Bea?
NILA: Bea’s got a school trip to the museum. She wanted to go to the festival with her friends but they’re all sixteen and she isn’t, so that’s that.
TOM: What about your uncle?
NILA: Dev is doing what Dev always does — he’ll be on the beach at eight with a flask of tea, whatever the weather.
TOM: And your grandmother? Don’t tell me she’s walking too.
NILA: Gran? No. It’s her friend Joyce’s eightieth, so there’s a party at the church hall. Gran is making the cake.
Now listen again.
[The conversation is repeated.]
That is the end of Part Five. That is the end of the test.
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. In Part 5 the people come in the order printed on the page, so you never have to search — you only have to keep up. The danger is that each person is linked to two activities: the one they are doing and one they are not. As pessoas vêm na ordem da folha. Cada uma aparece ligada a duas atividades: uma real, uma falsa.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Three answers are never used, and they are the ones said out loud in the conversation: the football match Leo has given up, the festival Bea cannot go to, and one that is never mentioned at all. Hearing an activity is not the same as someone doing it. As opções que sobram são justamente as que você ouve. Ouvir não é fazer.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
The marks below are your best unaided attempt on each part — the one you did after the support, not the one you did with it open. A nota abaixo é da tentativa sem ajuda.
If you needed the transcript, the problem is usually speed, not vocabulary: play the part again with the transcript open and follow the words with your finger, then play it once more with the transcript closed. Ouça com a transcrição aberta, depois fechada. Quase sempre o problema é velocidade, não vocabulário.