Listening Corner

Practice your listening skills in English, French or Spanish with our micro listening exercises.

Understanding speakers in fast, everyday speech is one of the biggest challenges that we all face when learning a new language.

Try it!

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we speak”

Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher

Practice listening for free

3 Languages

1. Listen to the Audio
2. Choose a difficulty level
3. Write what you think you hear

In Listening Corner, you get instant feedback, word by word. You will know immediately if you have heard correctly, or if you made a mistake and need to listen again (or check your spelling!).

The exercises have been designed to encourage you to experiment, to keep listening and trying until you correctly understand the words you have heard. Doing this will help you to improve your listening quickly and easily.

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The English Corner

Try your knowledge!

Level 1

Lisa describes the city where she lives

It's a northern city, its quite big city, very vibrant. It has 2 massive football teams.

It's a city, its quite big city, very vibrant. It has 2 massive teams.

It's , , . It has .

Lisa describes the city where she lives in UK. Can you guess where she is from?

Thom gives his opinion

I loved the book, I did prefer the film. , I liked both.

I the book, but I prefer the film. , I liked both.

, . , .

Thom gives his opinion

Thom’s preferences

I like Chinese food, , I prefer French food.

I like Chinese , , I prefer French .

, , .

Thom talks food preferences. Listen out for v. common British English filler expression! (3 words)

Level 2

Mike talks to musician friend Michael about his job

Often a will come to you with a film and they’ve got some music they and they want you to do something in that direction.

Often a film maker will come to you with a film and they’ve got some and they do something in that direction.

Often

Mike is talking to musician friend and composer Michael about how he makes music for films.

Mike and Kate talk about dating

So you started with girls when you were 13 and were you the one who used to with them or did they break up with you or a bit of both?

So, you with girls when you were 13 and were you the one who used to or did they or a bit of both?

with girls when you were 13 and were you the one a bit of both?

Kate asks Mike about dating when he was a teenager. Listen out for 2 phrasal verbs used when talking about dating!

Level 3

Mike asks Julie what she would do with 6 hours extra in a day

Not work basically, I think we all work enough. So I would use it for . I would probably try and in another

Not work basically I think we all work enough. So I would use it for fun things. I would probably try and .

, I think . it fun things. .

Mike asks his friend Julie what would she do with an extra 6 hours in a day?

Sam describes Julie’s personality traits

You have such a warm and positive , but sometimes if there’s something that maybe is quite you would and dwell on it a bit.

You have such a warm and , but sometimes if there’s something said that maybe is quite personal you would think about it and a bit.

,

Sam describes his friends Julie saying what her strengths and weaknesses are.