British Council arnEnglish Professionals

Page Content

FCE Listening 2b - Taking Notes

In this section, you practise listening and taking notes. There are two listening exercises. First, you listen to a woman asking about a car that has been advertised and you then study some vocabulary for parts of cars. In the second listening extract, you hear a doctor talking about the causes of insomnia (sleeplessness) and how to deal with it. You then work on multi-word verbs which occur in the talk.

1 Enquiring about a car

You'll hear a woman phoning a man about a car which he wants to sell. Complete the notes which the woman makes. Write numbers where possible.

2 Parts of a car

Look at these extracts from the telephone conversation in Exercise 1. Match the label with the correct part of the car.

A picture of a car    
  • .. it's got quite a powerful engine under the bonnet ...
  • It's got four doors - plus the one in the back to the boot - so five, I suppose.
  • Any extras? A radio, a sunroof, and a sports car steering wheel .... Oh and it's got a dark tinted windscreen too.
  • ... it's got a bit of a scratch on a bumper from coming out of the garage ...

3 When you cannot sleep

You will hear a radio talk in which a doctor gives advice about what to do if you suffer from insomnia, in other words, you have difficulty sleeping. For questions 1-12, complete each of the sentences.

4 Multi-word verbs

Look at these extracts from the radio programme in Exercise 3 and then match the multi-word verbs on the left with their definition on the right.

5 Multi-word verbs in context

Now drag the missing verbs into the gaps in the paragraph below.

LearnEnglish Professionals - Exams    

Welcome to FCE preparation!

BEC

IELTS

Bulats

FCE

CAE

Exam tips

FCE paper 4: Listening

Part 1 What are they talking about?

Part 2a Avoiding accidents

Part 2b Taking notes   

Part 3 The Internet, students and fathers

Part 4 Keeping fit

The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland)
Our privacy and copyright statements.
Our commitment to freedom of information. Double-click for pop-up dictionary.

© British Council

Text Only Options

Top of page


Text Only Options

Open the original version of this page.

Usablenet Assistive is a UsableNet product. Usablenet Assistive Main Page.