In this post, I want to test your listening skills and I’m going to give you some information about the British weather. It’s our favourite topic of conversation, after all!

You need to listen to what I say and answer the questions.

The questions are in the video and they are also below. The answers and the full transcript are below the video (but don’t look until you’ve done the work!).

The questions:
1. What was the rainfall in December 2015?
2. How many days per year does in rain in the UK?
3. Which year is famous for its heatwave and what was the hottest temperature that year?
4. What was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK?
5. How much of their life does the average British person spend talking about the weather?

Watch the video here

The answers (no looking until you’ve done the work!):
1. What was the rainfall in December 2015?
91% above average.
2. How many days per year does in rain in the UK?
156.2
3. Which year is famous for its heatwave and what was the hottest temperature that year?
1976 / 35.9°C
4. What was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK?
40.3°C
5. How much of their life does the average British person spend talking about the weather?
6 months

The full text:

There have been a few weather records broken in recent years: December 2015 was the wettest month on record with rainfall 91% above average. It rains on average for 156.2 days each year and Cardiff is the UK’s wettest city.
1976 is famous for its heatwave although the hottest day was a mere 35.9 °C compared to the record of 40.3 in July 2022.
Apparently more than 9 out of 10 Brits have spoken about the weather in the last 6 hours and in total we spend about 6 months of our lives talking about it.

Was that easy? Difficult? Somewhere in between? Let me know in the comments!

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In this post you’ll find a video with some geography facts about the United Kingdom.

This video is one of many videos and transcripts you’ll find to help your listening skills.

I’d like you to listen to the video and then EITHER write down the numbers you hear OR transcribe the whole text.

The full transcript is below the video (but no looking until you’ve done the work!):

You can watch the video here

The full transcript:

The UK’s coastline is 7,723 miles which makes it the third largest in Europe after Norway and Greenland.

The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland at 1,345 m

The longest river is the river Severn at 220 miles.

The largest freshwater lake is Lough Neagh which is 383 km2 or 3.53 km³ in volume.

 Was this easy? Were some facts easier than others? Let me know in the comments.

But don’t worry – I’m here to help! 

In this video I’m going to give you some facts about screen time in the United Kingdom and I’m going to ask you some questions. The answers are below the video (but don’t look until you’ve done the work!).

I’d like you to listen and then EITHER answer the questions OR transcribe the whole text.

Your questions:

1. Who loves screen time?
2. How long do around half of British adults spend binge-watching TV each day?
3. How long do we spend on Facebook?
4. How long on Instagram?
5. How long on Tiktok?
6. How long on YouTube?

Watch the video here:

Here are the answers and the full transcript:

As a nation, the UK loves screen time. About half of British adults spend between 3 and 4 hours a day binge-watching TV, about 2 hours a day on Facebook, 90 minutes on Instagram and 75 and 25 minutes on TikTok and YouTube respectively.

Even if we’re multitasking and watching more than one thing at once, that’s a lot of screens!

1. Who loves screen time? People of the UK
2. How long do around half of British adults spend binge-watching TV each day? 3-4 hours
3. How long do we spend on Facebook? About 2 hours a day
4. How long on Instagram? 90 minutes
5. How long on Tiktok? 75 minutes
6. How long on YouTube? 25 minutes

How was that? Easy? Difficult? Somewhere in between?

Let me know in the comments.

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