Practising English
Listening practice for learners of B1 intermediate and B2 upper-intermediate levels of British English. Learn British English by listening to stories. Original and exciting stories written for learners and students of British English. Practise and prepare for Cambridge: B1 PET Preliminary and FCE First Certificate exams. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes English grammar explanations and practice exercises, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocations help, British English pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 English examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start practising and improving your British English listening, vocabulary and speaking levels today!
Episodes
326 episodes
326. Dracula (extract 2) B2 story
The B2 phrases we'll be studying are:Transcript available at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-326.htm1. Bizarre situationDefinition:...
325. Treasure Island (chapter 16) B1 Story
I'm back from my holiday. It's a new season! My sixth year with Practising English Podcasts. There'll be new things this season, which I'll let you know about soon. Firstly, here is the continuation of Treasure Island with interesting B1 langua...
324. Drawing Conclusions (B2 story) summer repeat
Drawing Conclusions is a mystery story about a woman who witnesses some strange things happening at the house next door.The B2 phrases analysed before the story can be found at the show notes of your podcast app and at Practising English...
323. Coming Home (complete version) B1 - B2 Story
This story is the complete version of the B1, B2-level, Coming Home, first published here in 2024. Now you can enjoy the full story with vocabulary exercises below and at my website: h...
322. The Harmonica Players (full version) B2 story
This is the complete version of the B2-level story, The Harmonica Players. I include here for you a B2 vocabulary list of words and expressions to listen for in the story:Practi...
321. The Visitors (full version) B2 story
Comprension questions and vocabulary tasksAt my website, you can also find B1 and B2 vocabulary tasks to do for this story: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-...
320. Bully! (B1 short story)
Hello, and welcome to Practising English! Mike Bilbrough is on his summer holiday, so we'd like to offer a B1 story recorded way back in 2022. It's called Bully, and it's taken from Mike Bilbrough's book for preparing for the Cambridge Prelimin...
319. The Hole (complete story) B2 level
Mike Bilbrough is taking his summer holiday at the moment. Meanwhile, we'd like to offer you a story recorded last year in two parts as one complete story for you to listen to, learn from and enjoy. You can follow the story transcript and see t...
318. Treasure Island (chapter 15) B1 story
These are the B1 phrases we'll study today:https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-318.htm1. AttemptDefinition: To try to do something, especially someth...
317. Dracula (extract 1) B2 story
The B2 phrases we'll be studying are:Full story transcipt: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-317.htmon behalf ofDefinition: Instead of someone else...
316. Treasure Island (chapter 14) B1 story
Here are the words and expressions we''l study today:https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-316.htm1) to handleDefinition: To deal with a situ...
315. The Importance of Being Earnest 2 (B2 level)
Here are the B2 phrases we'll be studying today:1) far too many/much/few etc.There are far too many games in this new 48-team tournament, and our players look absolutely exhausted.The manager chose far too few midfielders ...
314. Treasure Island (chapter 13) B1 story
These are the B1 phrases we'll be studying today!See full story audioscript here with B1 words highlighted: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-314.htm1. Tak...
313. The Importance of Being Earnest (B2 story)
These are the B2 phrases I'll be studying today:(See transcript at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-313.htmas far as sth is concernedDefini...
312. Treasure Island (chapter 12) B1 Story
These are the B1 phrases we're going to study today:https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-312.htm 1. after a whileDefinition: after some time h...
311. The Adventure of the Western Star (part 2) B2 story
These are the B2 phrasal verbs we're studying today:For full stiry transcript: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-311.htm1. Turn up (Meani...
310. Treasure Island (chapter 11) B1 story
These are the B1 expressions we'll study today:For full story audio script: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-310.htm1) just in caseDefinition: to ...
309. Adventure of the Western Star (B2 story) Part 1
These are the B2 phrases we'll be studying today:For audioscript see: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-309.htmpeculiarDefinition: strange or un...
308. Treasure Island - chapter 10 (B1 story)
These are the B1 phrases we'll be studying today:See transcript at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-308.htm1) on one's own Definition: alo...
307. Cowboy (B2 story) Part 2
These are the B2 expressions we're going to study today. For full transcript of the story, you can go to: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-307.htm1) take the bla...
306. Treasure Island - chapter 9 (B1 story)
These are the B1 phrases we are going to study today.To read the full transcript of the story, please go to: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-306.htmNon-B...
305. Cowboy (B2 story) Part 1
Here is the B2 vocabulary I'll be studying today. The link takes you to see the audioscript.https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-305.htm1) Reckon
304. Treasure Island - chapter 8 (B1 story)
These are the B1 words and expressions we'll be looking at today: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-304.htm1) Binomial pairsNeat and tidy (mea...