Free DET Listening Practice

Stuck at 95? Your brain is working too hard.

You're hearing every word separately. Five mental operations for one idea. By the time you process the verb, you forgot the subject.

This practice teaches you to hear two chunks instead of ten words — plus five signal words that tell you what's coming next.

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What's in the practice?

Three exercises. Real audio. Takes 10 minutes.

1. Listening passage (35 seconds)

Fill in 5 blanks while you listen. No pausing — just like the real DET. Tests whether you can process connected speech in real time.

2. Dictation (2 sentences)

Write exactly what you hear. Tests your spelling and morphology patterns — the endings that trip up most students.

3. Chunking (2 sentences)

Find the WHO and WHAT chunks in complex sentences. This is the skill from the video — now you practice it.

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Email me your answers and I'll tell you exactly where your listening is breaking down.

Why you're stuck at 95

You're processing every word separately. "The... old... ugly... woman... runs." Five words. Five mental operations. Too slow.

Fluent listeners don't do this. They hear in chunks — groups of words that form one idea.

Instead of five things:

"The old ugly woman" = WHO

"runs" = WHAT

Two chunks. Two ideas. Done.

Plus, there are five signal words that tell you what's coming next:

  • However — opposite coming
  • By the time — too late
  • Eventually — finally happened
  • Unfortunately — bad news
  • In the end — final result

Less processing. Faster comprehension. Higher score.

This is for you if:

You're stuck between 90-100 and can't break through.

Listening feels too fast — you catch words but miss meaning.

You understand when you read, but not when you listen.

You want a specific technique, not generic advice.

Not for you if:

You're a beginner (this is for B1+ level).

You want someone to do the work for you.

You're not willing to actually do the exercises.

Ready to fix your listening?

Get the practice. Do the exercises. Email me for feedback.

Free. Takes 10 minutes. Could change your score.