This listening exercise is a tour guide talking about a shopping centre visit. This is a multiple-choice listening exercise for Part 3 of the B1 Preliminary Listening Test. This gives you practice before you take the Cambridge English B1 Preliminary exam.
B1 Preliminary Listening Test Part 3 – Shopping Centre Visit
You will hear a tour guide talking to some tourists about a visit to a shopping centre.
Tour guide: Before we go on to look at the cathedral, we’re going to spend a couple of hours here in the shopping centre. So get out your wallets and your credit cards. Some of you might want to get some cash first of all. There is a bank. It’s on the first floor. You can’t miss it – it’s next to the cookie shop. Just follow the delicious smell l If you’re looking for particular shops, it might be a good idea to have a map. The newsagent’s over there has some which are free. See where I mean? OK?
When you’ve spent all your money, you’ll want to have something to eat. If you want a proper meal, there’s a really good restaurant in the main square opposite the fountain. But if you want to spend more time shopping, so just want to have a quick snack there are several places where you can get a sandwich and a drink, but the best one is the snack bar just over there beside the lifts. As well as sandwiches you can get salads and cakes. It’s open now, but it does most of its business in the morning and at lunchtime, so it closes at a quarter past two. It’s best to get there by about one o’clock anyway or there isn’t much choice.
Now, the last thing is very important. We’re meeting again at a quarter to three. If you go out of the centre through these doors and turn left, you’ll see a large shop selling carpets. The coach will meet us outside the shop. The shop’s name is Whitmarsh. Now, do you want to write that down – I’ll spell it for you. That’s W-H-I-T-M-A-R-S-H. OK? Now, have a good time and I’ll see you later.
More exercises available for B1 Preliminary Part 3:
Part 3 - Gap-Filled Exercise
Part 4 - Multiple Choice Exercise
The B1 Preliminary Speaking test has four parts and you take it together with another candidate. There are two examiners. One of the examiners talks to you and the other examiner listens.
Part 1 - Read five real-world notices, messages and other short texts for the main message.
- Notices and Messages How to Video
- Notices and Messages Set 1
- Notices and Messages Set 2
- Notices and Messages Set 3
- Notices and Messages Set 4
- Notices and Messages Set 5
- Notices and Messages Set 6
- Notices and Messages Set 7
- Notices and Messages Set 8
Part 2 - Match five descriptions of people to eight short texts on a particular topic, showing detailed comprehension.
Part 3 - Read a longer text for detailed comprehension, gist, inference and global meaning, as well as writer’s attitude and opinion.
Part 4 - Read a longer text from which five sentences have been removed. Show understanding of how a coherent and well-structured text is formed.
Part 5 - Read a shorter text and choose the correct vocabulary items to complete gaps.
- Bagpipes
- Book Recommendation
- Mountain Climbing
- Playing Computer Games
- Popular Website
- Saving a Tree
- Single or Mixed-gender Schools
- Work of Art
Part 6 - Read a shorter text and complete six gaps using one word for each gap.
Write about 100 words, answering the email and notes provided.
Write about 100 words, either an article or story.
Articles
Short Stories
- Air Travel Crossword
- Computer Crossword
- Crime Crossword
- Entertainment Crossword
- Financial Language Crossword
- Food Crossword
- Health Crossword
- Home Crossword
- Language Crossword
- Leisure Crossword
- Money Crossword
- Natural World Crossword
- Places Crossword
- Shopping Crossword
- Sports Crossword
- Technology Crossword
- Texting Crossword
- Time Crossword
- Transport Crossword
- Travel Crossword
- Work and Jobs Crossword
- Adjectives with -ing Word Search
- Art Word Search
- Bonfire Night Word Search
- Buildings Word Search
- Classical Music Word Search
- Countryside Word Search
- Drama Word Search
- Education Word Search
- Entertainment Word Search
- Fast Food Word Search
- Feelings Word Search
- Food and Drink Word Search
- Football Word Search
- Gambling Word Search
- Haunted House Word Search
- Health Word Search
- Home Word Search
- Internet Word Search
- Language Word Search
- Leisure Word Search
- Natural World Word Search
- Shopping Word Search
- Sports Facilities Word Search
- Sports Word Search
- Sushi Word Search
- Technology Word Search
- Time Word Search
- Town and City Word Search
- Travel Word Search
- Weather Word Search
- Work Word Search
- Clothes Word Puzzle
- Color Word Puzzle
- Communication Word Puzzle
- Easter Word Puzzle
- Education Word Puzzle
- Entertainment Word Puzzle
- Environment Word Puzzle
- Food Word Puzzle
- Health Word Puzzle
- Hobbies Word Puzzle
- Language Word Puzzle
- Medicine Word Puzzle
- Natural World Word Puzzle
- Technology Word Puzzle
- Time Word Puzzle
- Weather Word Puzzle
- Air Travel Exercises
- Animals and Pets
- British and American English
- Chinese New Year
- Christmas
- Clothing
- Computer Exercises
- Easter (A2 – B1 Levels)
- Education
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Environmental Issues
- Finance Exercises
- Food and Drink
- Leisure and Hobbies
- Money Exercises
- Phoning and Texting Exercises
- Places and Buildings
- Relationships
- Transport and Travel
- Work and Jobs
- Short Story – In Free Fall
- News Report – Bank Robbery
- Article – Being Famous
- Email – Barbecue Invitation
- Letter – Most Important Time
- Email – School Holidays
- Email – Holiday Plans
- Email – New School
- Email – Saving Energy
- Email – Borrowing
- Short Story – Art Competition
- Article – Schools for Boys and Girls
- Email – Favourite Film
- Email – Computer Games
- Email – Summer School
- Short Story – The Angel
- Email – Subject Choices
- Article – The Cardboard Bike
- Short Story – Computer Problems
- Book Review – The Call
- Report – Eating out in Berlin
- Movie Review – Ted
- Article – Work of Art
- Blog Post – A New Life in Japan
- Email – Holiday in Thailand
- Speech – Course Introduction
- Email – about University
- Email – Visiting a relative
- Email – Party Invitation
- Short Story – Talent Contest
- Report – Features of Glaciers
- Article – The Countryside
Cambridge English exams are designed for learners at all levels from the pre-intermediate level Cambridge English: Key (KET) to the very advanced level Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE). These exams give candidates proof of their ability to use English in a wide variety of contexts, relevant to work, study and leisure activities.
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