How many times is Goethe B1 Hören Teil 1 played?

Each recording twice. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are played once, Teil 4 twice again. The player here follows the same rule, does not let you rewind, and shows its controls only when the recording has ended.

What is the true-or-false statement asking?

What the whole recording is about, not a detail. A statement can be false even though every word of it was said: the recording talks about a new date, the statement claims a cancellation. Read as a detail question, it is easy to lose.

How many items do I need right, and how many does Teil 1 have?

Hören is passed with 60 of 100 points, which is 18 of 30 items correct across all four Teile. Teil 1 has ten of them, about 33 points. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so never leave an item empty.

Goethe-Zertifikat B1 · Hören · Teil 1

Goethe B1 Hören Teil 1.

Fünf kurze Texte – eine Nachricht auf dem Anrufbeantworter, eine Durchsage, das Radio. Zu jedem Text eine Richtig/Falsch-Aufgabe und eine Mehrfachauswahl. Sie hören jeden Text zweimal.

30 exercises
2 free to try
10 questions · 10 min each
Played once or twice — exactly as the exam does it

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What Goethe B1 Hören Teil 1 asks you to do

Five short recordings — a voicemail message, an announcement, a traffic report, a radio tip — that have nothing to do with each other, about half a minute each. Every recording has two items: a true-or-false statement about what it is about, then a multiple-choice item (a, b or c) about one detail. That is ten of the module's 30 items, about 33 of the 100 points, more than any other Teil. Each recording is played twice, unlike Teil 2 and Teil 3, and reading time is short: 10 seconds before the example, then only brief pauses.

The trap is that all three options are said. A landlord's agent says on voicemail: “The handover on Wednesday at ten does not work. On Thursday at two I am at the notary, and on Friday morning I have a tradesman in the house — but I could offer you Friday at four.” The item asks “When does the handover take place?”, and you hear all three days, “Friday” even twice. Only the last is offered. Listen for what the speaker does with each detail — offers it, cancels it, changes it, merely mentions it — not for the word you recognise.

Use the two hearings differently. On the first, settle the true-or-false statement and put a plus or a minus beside each option you hear (valid, or cancelled, changed, only mentioned); on the second, check only the option you are unsure of. In every pause read the question above a, b and c first — it tells you whether to listen for a time, a place or a reason — and do not stay with one recording while the next one starts.

Hören Teil 1 questions

How many times is Goethe B1 Hören Teil 1 played?
Each recording twice. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are played once, Teil 4 twice again. The player here follows the same rule, does not let you rewind, and shows its controls only when the recording has ended.
What is the true-or-false statement asking?
What the whole recording is about, not a detail. A statement can be false even though every word of it was said: the recording talks about a new date, the statement claims a cancellation. Read as a detail question, it is easy to lose.
How many items do I need right, and how many does Teil 1 have?
Hören is passed with 60 of 100 points, which is 18 of 30 items correct across all four Teile. Teil 1 has ten of them, about 33 points. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so never leave an item empty.