Listening comprehension exercises and videos to practise oral part

Here have you a link for practising listening:

• KET Exam: click here 
• Other exercises: click here for a list of exercises
• Listening for A2: click here

Let's take the oral topics and watch some videos as examples. Remember that they are only suggestions; you don't have to do it in the same way:

• FAMILY: describe your family
• YOUR HOBBIES: what you do in your free time or this video for vocabulary
• YOUR HOUSE: describing your house
• GOING TO A RESTAURANT/COFFEE SHOP: ask for something to have in a cafe or in a restaurant or this one
• GIVING DIRECTIONS: how I can get to somewhere; click here
• YOUR FREE TIME: what you like doing, click here or this video
• WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY: click here

Preparing Oral Exam NB2

These are the typical topics in oral exams. You can prepare the topics at home and try to record the ones you can such as descriptions, expressing your opinion, giving instructions and so on. Topics:

• Going shopping:

  buying clothes or items

  having a problem: complaining

• Health problems:

  going to the doctor's 

  at the chemist's 

  being on a diet 

  getting fit

• Describing your town:

  giving/asking for directions 

  describing places 

  what to do in a town

• Eating out:

  Going to a restaurant 

  At a cafeteria/fast food restaurant

• Family:

  describing relatives 

  talking about problems (generation gap, elderly people...)

• Comparing things, animals, towns, people...
• Food: habits about food, how much/how many, recipes
• Using past tenses:

  Talking about past events, stories, etc. 

  Talking about memories: past tenses and used to

• Modals: suggestions (should, why don't you..., don't do..., shall we), habilities (can/could), permision (can, could,may), rules and prohibitions (must, have to, can't/couldn't), possibility (can/may/might)
• Habits, likes and dislikes (enjoy/love/hate+----ing)
• Expressing opinions (I think..., from my point of view, etc.)
• Agreeing and disagreeing (with reasons: I know what you mean but..., don't you think ..., I don't agree, I don't think so)
• Talking about future (present – will – going to):

  predictions, plans (going to): it's going to rain, we're going to play tennis 

  possibility or not planned (will): I'll do it if I can; I'll go, no problem

  something sure to happen (present): the train leaves at 5; I'm working tomorrow