How many times do you hear the audio in telc B1 listening?

Teil 1 is played once. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are each played twice.

Is there time to read the statements before listening?

Yes. In Teil 1 you get 30 seconds to read statements 41 to 45, and in Teil 2 you get one minute to read statements 46 to 55. Use it to underline times, days and words like nur or nicht.

Can the recording be stopped during the exam?

No. The recording plays without a break, so if you miss a statement, mark your best guess and move on to the next one.

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Updated 21 October 2026, Faust Academy team

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In telc Deutsch B1 (Zertifikat Deutsch), Hörverstehen has three parts and 20 statements. For each statement you decide richtig or falsch: you mark plus for richtig and minus for falsch on the answer sheet S30. The recording runs without a break, so you cannot pause or go back.

The players below hold the three recordings of Übungssatz 1: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The statement we solve is in Part 3, the second of five short announcements.

Recordings

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

The task: Hörverstehen Teil 3, statement 57 (Übungssatz 1)

In Teil 3 you hear five short texts, such as announcements and recorded phone messages. You hear each text twice, and each text has one statement.

Statement 57: „Die Einführung zur Fotoausstellung beginnt um 16 Uhr.“ In English: the introduction to the photo exhibition starts at 4 pm.

Try it first: play Part 3, listen to the second announcement, and decide richtig or falsch before you read on.

What the announcement says

A man speaks to the visitors of an exhibition. The key sentences:

„Liebe Gäste, um sechzehn Uhr öffnen wir die Türen zu unserer neuen Fotoausstellung.“ At 4 pm the doors of the exhibition open.
„Sie haben dann eine halbe Stunde Zeit, selbst durch die Räume zu gehen.“ Then you have half an hour to walk through the rooms on your own.
„Um sechzehn Uhr dreißig beginnt im vorderen Raum eine kurze Einführung zu den Fotografien.“ At 4.30 pm a short introduction to the photos starts in the front room.

Answer: falsch

Statement 57 is falsch. You do hear sechzehn Uhr, but it belongs to the doors opening („öffnen wir die Türen“). The introduction starts half an hour later, at sechzehn Uhr dreißig.

This is a typical trap in telc listening: the number in the statement is in the recording, but it belongs to a different event. Do not tick richtig because you heard the number. Listen for the verb and the noun that go with it: öffnen goes with the doors, beginnt goes with the Einführung.

On the second play, listen only for the part of the sentence you were unsure about. That is what the second play is for.

The same trap in Teil 2: statement 49

Statement 49 in Part 2: „Die Gruppe trifft sich jede Woche.“ In the interview, Anna Berger says: „Wir treffen uns jeden zweiten Donnerstag.“ Jeden zweiten Donnerstag means every second Thursday, so the statement is falsch.

Here the trap is the frequency, not the time. Words like jeden, jeden zweiten, nur, erst and nicht mehr decide many telc B1 statements.

telc B1 listening at a glance

Teil	What you hear	Statements	How often	Reading time first
Teil 1	Five short texts, people talk about their experiences	41 to 45	Once	30 seconds
Teil 2	One longer conversation or interview	46 to 55	Twice	One minute
Teil 3	Five short announcements and phone messages	56 to 60	Twice	Not printed

Time and points

Listening has 3 parts, 20 statements and 75 points. It takes 30 minutes.

You pass telc Deutsch B1 with 60 percent in the written exam and 60 percent in the oral exam: at least 135 of 225 written points and at least 45 of 75 oral points. Listening counts toward the written total; there is no separate pass mark for listening alone.

How Faust marks this paper

You listen and answer online. Faust checks each answer against the key when you hand in and shows the reason for every statement, like the ones above for 57 and 49.

When you finish Übungssatz 1, take Übungssatz 2 next: the same three parts with new recordings.

Frequently asked questions

How many times do you hear the audio in telc B1 listening?: Teil 1 is played once. Teil 2 and Teil 3 are each played twice.
Is there time to read the statements before listening?: Yes. In Teil 1 you get 30 seconds to read statements 41 to 45, and in Teil 2 you get one minute to read statements 46 to 55. Use it to underline times, days and words like nur or nicht.
Can the recording be stopped during the exam?: No. The recording plays without a break, so if you miss a statement, mark your best guess and move on to the next one.

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