U3 – Part 2 Sentence completion

Listening Part 2 Sentence completion

In this lesson, you will enhance your listening skills and improve your performance in Part 2 of the B2 First Listening paper.

In Listening Part 2, you hear one long monologue that lasts 3–4 minutes.
You read a short text with ten gapped sentences. You listen and complete each gap with a word or a short phrase (one, two or three words)
Each question is worth one mark. There is a total of 10 marks.

The text you read is a summary of what you hear. So, the ten sentences in the text are paraphrased.
Before you listen, read the questions and think about the kind of information which might fit each gap. Is it, for example, a place or a number, a noun or an adjective?
Look for cues in the text, in front of the gap and in the text that follows the gap, that will help you identify the right word(s).
You may hear distractors which could fit the gap but do not answer the question.
The words you write must fit the sentence grammatically.
You must make NO changes to the word(s) you write. Write them exactly as you hear them.
You should always try to spell the word(s) you write correctly.

Word/phrase	Meaning
to host	to organize and manage an event
to get the chance (to do sth)	to have the opportunity to do something
apparently	something seems to be true based on what has been heard, seen, or understood
to dress up	to wear more formal or stylish clothing than one would typically wear
to take off	to have a performer exit or leave the stage during the course of the performance
to set up	to prepare or arrange something in advance, typically before an event or activity

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