KET 3 — Test 3 Listening
Listen to 5 parts with 25 questions. Use the YouTube audio above, jump to each part, take notes, and get instant auto-grading.
Five short conversations
You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1–5, choose the right answer (A, B or C).
This is the Key English Test, Paper 2 Listening, Test 3.
Example — How many people were at the meeting? (30 = C)
Q1 — When will they go on holiday?
Man 1: Do you want to come on holiday with me in the summer?
Man 2: Sure. I can go in June, July or September.
Man 1: June will be best for me. July’s too hot and I have to work in September. (A — June)
Q2 — How is Patti going to travel?
Patti: I’m going to go to Vienna on Saturday.
Man: How long does it take to fly there, Patti?
Patti: Oh, I’m going to drive. (C — by car)
Q3 — What will Sam do?
Mother: You must phone me while you’re on holiday, Sam.
Sam: Telephoning’s too expensive. I’ll send you a postcard from the camp-site.
Mother: Can’t you send me a letter?
Sam: I won’t have time for writing letters. (B — postcard)
Q4 — What was the weather like in Portugal?
Man: What was the weather like in Portugal, Debbie?
Debbie: It was cloudy every day, but it didn’t rain. (A — cloudy)
Q5 — What has the girl broken?
Girl: Be careful, Mum, there are pieces of glass on the floor.
Mother: You haven’t broken that nice picture, have you?
Girl: It’s alright. The lemonade bottle fell on the floor. (B — bottle)
Patrick's old school friends — what is each person wearing?
Listen to Patrick talking to his mother about a photo of his old school friends. What is each person wearing? For questions 6–10, write a letter A–H. You will hear the conversation twice.
Mother: How was the party with your old school friends, Patrick?
Patrick: Great. Look at this photo. This is Peter in a sports jacket. (example: Peter = D jacket)
Mother: And does Martin still wear a t-shirt and dirty jeans?
Patrick: He’s a businessman now, but he was wearing jeans. (6 Martin = E jeans)
Mother: Is this person with the long coat Joanna?
Patrick: Joanna’s standing next to Amy and wearing a red sweater. (7 Joanna = G sweater)
Mother: Is that Amy? That black dress doesn’t look very good on her. (8 Amy = B dress)
Patrick: That man in the big hat is her husband, James. (9 James = C hat)
Patrick: See the man in the red t-shirt with the blue trousers? That’s Robert. (10 Robert = H t-shirt)
School holiday activities at the library
Listen to Jenny asking Mark about school holiday activities. For questions 11–15, choose A, B or C.
Mark: Hello, Jenny. This is my daughter, Sarah. It’s the school holidays.
Jenny: There’s a show for children this afternoon in the library where I work.
Mark: What time is the show?
Jenny: It starts at two and finishes at three thirty. (11 = B 2.00)
Mark: How much is a ticket?
Jenny: One pound fifty for adults and seventy-five pence for children. (12 = B 75p)
Jenny: And if children under ten, like Sarah, read four books in six weeks, we give them something. (13 = B 6 weeks)
Mark: Like a book?
Jenny: This year it’s a pen. (14 = A a pen) Meet me after the show and I’ll tell you what to do. (15 = C today)
Guitar lessons for Judy — fill in the notes
You will hear Judy asking about music lessons. Listen and complete questions 16–20. You will hear the conversation twice.
📋 Guitar lessons for Judy — fill in the notes
Man: Good morning, Central School of Music.
Judy: I’d like some information about guitar lessons. I’m a beginner.
Man: There’s a beginners’ class on Wednesday evening and another on Tuesday morning. (16 Wednesday)
Judy: I work during the day so I’d like the evening class.
Man: It begins at half past seven and it’s a two-hour class. (17 7.30)
Man: Each lesson costs five pounds fifty. (18 5.50)
Judy: And the teacher’s name?
Man: It’s Mrs Capelle. That’s C-A-P-E-L-L-E. (19 Capelle)
Man: Classroom number three hundred and twenty-eight on the third floor. (20 328)
School trip — fill in the notes
📋 School trip — fill in the notes
Teacher: I want to tell you about our school trip on Saturday. We’re going to visit the film museum. (21 film museum)
We’ll leave at eight forty-five so don’t be late. (22 8.45) Please meet me in the car park. (23 car park)
The cost will be six pounds seventy pence each. (24 6.70) Take a pencil with you to write things down. (25 pencil) You needn’t bring any food.