Pearson Edexcel GCSE Russian · 1RU0
GCSE Russian listening practice
34 Russian listening texts, grouped by the Pearson Edexcel themes: short readers and dialogues written only in GCSE vocabulary, read aloud, each with its own comprehension questions. Listen first, answer, then check the transcript.
Press Listen and let the recording play through once without reading anything.
Answer the questions from what you heard. Slow it down or replay it if you need to.
Only then read the transcript, and find the sentences that caught you out.
General
Не в полночь, а в полдень
ReaderFoundationNot at Midnight, at Midday · 7 questions
Слишком много сахара
ReaderFoundationToo Much Sugar · 7 questions
Где Мурка?
ReaderFoundationWhere Is Murka? · 7 questions
Скучный музей?
ReaderFoundationA Boring Museum? · 7 questions
Коробка для Гали
ReaderFoundationA Box for Galya · 7 questions
Сегодня не понедельник
ReaderFoundationIt Isn't Monday · 7 questions
Я не англичанин!
ReaderFoundationI'm Not English! · 7 questions
Жалоба на барабан
ReaderHigherA Complaint About the Drum · 7 questions
Identity and culture
В магазине: подарок для мамы
DialogueFoundationIn the Shop: A Present for Mum · 7 questions
Кто на фото?
ReaderFoundationWho's in the Photo? · 7 questions
В кассе: билеты на концерт
DialogueFoundationAt the Box Office: Concert Tickets · 7 questions
Кто пылесосит?
ReaderFoundationWho's Doing the Hoovering? · 7 questions
По телефону: что делаем в субботу?
DialogueFoundationOn the Phone: What Are We Doing on Saturday? · 7 questions
Балалайка и видеоигры
ReaderFoundationThe Balalaika and the Video Games · 7 questions
В кафе с мамой подруги
DialogueFoundationAt the Café with a Friend's Mum · 7 questions
Обед у бабушки
ReaderFoundationLunch at Grandma's · 7 questions
В магазине одежды: синий свитер
DialogueFoundationIn the Clothes Shop: A Blue Jumper · 7 questions
Эмма на Масленице
ReaderFoundationEmma at Maslenitsa · 7 questions
Где мой кот?
ReaderHigherWhere Is My Cat? · 7 questions
Бабушка-знаменитость
ReaderHigherGrandma the Celebrity · 7 questions
Local area, holiday and travel
Как пройти к Эрмитажу?
DialogueFoundationWhich Way to the Hermitage? · 7 questions
Самое интересное место в Казани
ReaderFoundationThe Most Interesting Place in Kazan · 7 questions
На вокзале. Билет до Москвы
DialogueFoundationAt the Station. A Ticket to Moscow · 7 questions
Паспорт в рюкзаке
ReaderFoundationThe Passport in the Rucksack · 7 questions
Кошелёк в прачечной
ReaderHigherThe Purse in the Launderette · 7 questions
School
Новое расписание
DialogueFoundationThe New Timetable · 7 questions
Цифры везде одинаковые
ReaderFoundationNumbers Are the Same Everywhere · 7 questions
Директор в библиотеке
ReaderHigherThe Head Teacher in the Library · 7 questions
Future aspirations, study and work
Работа в кафе на лето
DialogueFoundationA Summer Job at the Café · 7 questions
Кто здесь журналист?
ReaderFoundationWho Is the Journalist Here? · 7 questions
Ошибка в списке
ReaderHigherA Mistake on the List · 7 questions
International and global dimension
Волонтёры для реки
DialogueFoundationVolunteers for the River · 7 questions
Три коробки для планеты
ReaderFoundationThree Boxes for the Planet · 7 questions
Медведь и камера
ReaderHigherThe Bear and the Camera · 7 questions
Learn it in the order the specification sets it
The GCSE Russian course teaches the specification's words and grammar, Foundation before Higher, with drills that remember what you already know.
Questions
How can I get better at GCSE Russian listening?
Little and often beats one long session. Listen to a short text once without the words, answer what you can, then read the transcript and replay the parts you missed. The misses are usually a handful of words you know on paper but not by ear, and those are the ones to drill.
Is the audio a real person?
No. The recordings are generated by a text-to-speech voice, so they are clear and steady but flatter than a real speaker. Use them to learn to recognise the GCSE words by sound, and listen to real speakers as well.
Is it free?
The texts, the questions and the transcripts are free for everyone. Most of the recordings are part of Kilo Lingo Plus, which starts with a free week.
Are these past paper questions?
No. The texts and questions are our own, written only in words on the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Russian vocabulary list, so they practise the skill without reproducing the exam board's papers.
Themes and tiers from the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Russian (1RU0) specification. Kilo Lingo is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pearson Edexcel.