KET Listening Overview

1. KEY ENGLISH TEST
LISTENING PARTS

2. O
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V
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3. TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 1
A B C

4. A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C

5. A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C
In this part you:
Read: 5 questions
and look at three
possible picture
answers.
Listen to: 5 short
conversations
(are either
between friends
and relatives, or
between a
member of the
public and a shop
assistant, booking
office clerk, etc.)
and choose the
right answer.

6. A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C
A B C
In this part you:
The
information
focused on in
these dialogues
is, for example,
prices,
numbers,
times, dates,
locations,
directions,
shapes, sizes,
weather,
descriptions of
people and
current
actions.

7. TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 1
Tips: In part 1 you
often have to answer
questions about where
people or things are in
the house.
Remember: in
under
between
next to
on
A B C

8. TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 1
Tips:
• You’ll hear information that you
see in all three pictures but ONLY
ONE is right.
• If you don’t know answer, don’t
worry. Guess A, B or C.

9. TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 1
Tips: You often
have to answer a
question about
numbers.
A B C

10. TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 1
Tips: You often have to answer
question are doing at home. Pay
attention to the verbs. Are they
present, past or future?
A B C

11. Task type and format:
• Matching
• Read: two lists of items
• Listen to: a long informal dialogue
• 5 items (1 integrated example) and 8 options
• Listen to identify key information
Overview
TEST 1 PAPER 2 Listening
Part 2

12. FRIENDS
6 Milton
7 Saskia
8 Elis
9 Lydia
10 Ali
WORKPLACE
A hotel
B park
C police station
D restaurant
E school
F sports stadium
G television centre
H zoo

13. Listen to Joel telling his older sister about his
friends. Where would they like to work one day?
For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each
person. You will hear the conversation twice.
Listen to Joel telling his older sister about his
friends. Where would they like to work one day?
For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each
person. You will hear the conversation twice.
Read the instructions carefully, underline key words

14. FRIENDS
6 Milton
7 Saskia
8 Elis
9 Lydia
10 Ali
WORKPLACE
A hotel
B park
C police station
D restaurant
E school
F sports stadium
G television centre
H zoo

15. FRIENDS
6 Milton
7 Saskia
8 Elis
9 Lydia
10 Ali
WORKPLACE
A hotel
B park
C police station
D restaurant
E school
F sports stadium
G television centre
H zoo
G television centre

16. FRIENDS
6 Milton
7 Saskia
8 Elis
9 Lydia
10 Ali
WORKPLACE
A hotel
B park
C police station
D restaurant
E school
F sports stadium
G television centre
H zoo

17. FRIENDS
6 Milton
7 Saskia
8 Elis
9 Lydia
10 Ali
WORKPLACE
A hotel
B park
C police station
D restaurant
E school
F sports stadium
G television centre
H zoo
D
B
H
E
C

18. Test 1 Paper 2 Listening
Part 3
Overview
• You will listen an informal conversation
(e.g. between people who know each other
well) or a neutral one (e.g. a conversation
takes place in a shop) twice.
• You have to answer 5 questions (11-15) by
choosing A, B or C.

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Guidance
• Read the instructions,
example and
questions carefully.
• Try to guess the
information you will
hear.
• The second time you
listen, check that the
answers you chose
during the first
listening are correct.

20. Key words

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22. Overview
• Listen to a longer neutral or information
dialogue ( e.g. In shops, schools, etc.)
• There are 5 gaps that you have to fill in with
one or two words or numbers
• Your ability to listen and write down
specific information ( e.g. numbers, times,
dates, prices, spellings and words) is tested
in this part of this part of the paper
Test 1 PAPER 2: Listening
Part 4,5

23. Guidance
• Read the instructions, example and the note
carefully. This way you will know what the
speakers will talk about.
• Try to guess the type of information that is
missing from the gaps.
• The second time you listen, check that the
answers you wrote during the first
listening are correct.
• Check that your spelling of common words
are correct.
Test 1 PAPER 2: Listening
Part 4,5

24. Part 4
(Dialogue)
Date
Tip!
Look carefully at the form before
you listen. What kind of
information will you need to
write?
Time
Subject
Name
Channel
The speaker may mention many days, so
listen carefully for the right one
When you see name you
should listen carefully for
spelling.

25. Wednesday
7
science
Coastley

26. Part 5
(Monologue)
• You have to
answer questions
about prices,
colors, addresses,
phone numbers,
time, places… in
this part of the test.

27. silver
7.30
052214
Argyll
gold
120