FCE Listening Exam Part 2
Hi, in this week’s lesson we are going to look at the Cambridge FCE listening exam,
in particular, part 2.
There are 4 parts to the listening exam and I have a video with advice on each part and
a sample question. So I would advise you to watch the videos in order. So if you haven't
watched my video on FCE Listening exam part one, you can go to the video by clicking the
link above now.
So let’s look at Listening part 2 in more detail.
In This part of the listening test you must complete 10 gapped sentences with information
that you hear from one speaker. It tests your ability to listen and understand specific
information or opinion, from a single long speech, The listening may be broadcasts, talks
or classroom presentations.
Each correct answer in Part 2 receives 1 mark.
Remember The questions follow the order of the information in the audio.
and Answers will not exceed three words in length.
The word, number or phrase required will be heard on the recording and will not need to
be changed in any way.
and Minor spelling errors are not penalised, but you must be clear in what you write.
and There are no words above a B2 level.
so here are some Tips for Listening Part 2 Remember You need to get into the habit of
reading not only the text in front of the gap, but also the text which follows the gap,
which may affect their answer. Remember that the tested items come in the same order as
they are heard on the recording.
Don't write too much. no answer will need more than three words, and that in many cases
they will need only one or two words. sometimes students write too much, either
by including unnecessary detail, or by trying to rephrase what they hear on the recording.
Irrelevant detail can spoil what would otherwise have been a correct answer. Remember not to
change what you hear. You write down exactly what you hear.
Now I have included a sample listening part 2 test:
The answers will be at the end of the test.
OK, so let’s see how you did...
9 funny
10 feet
11 holes
12 (a) cow
13 being hungry
hunger
(rather than loneliness)
(not loneliness)
14 (the) stars
15 (the) (dark) gardens
(with (lurking) cats)
16 (upturned) umbrella
17 (local) museum
18 (puffin) mouse(-)mat
I hope you did well and remember to keep listening to as much as possible in English to improve
your understanding and therefore your score.
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of the FCE
listening exam
part 3.
Bye
and thank you for watching.
FCE Listening Exam Part 2