Heroes

🎧 About this Worksheet

In this engaging B2 Listening activity, students hear four people talk about their heroes — from scientific pioneers like Mary Anning to activists, environmentalists, and cultural icons like John Lennon. The task helps learners understand different perspectives, identify key information and specific details, and develop note-taking skills through comprehension questions.

💡 Why teachers love it:

This lesson exposes students to authentic speech patterns, including connectors for cause and contrast, and a variety of tenses and modal verbs (“she ought to be,” “he has been campaigning,” “she continued to search”). It also encourages reflection on values, courage, and perseverance, which makes discussions naturally meaningful.

Key benefits:

• Boosts listening comprehension through real-life narratives.

• Expands vocabulary related to admiration, social causes, and achievements.

• Reinforces B2-level structures such as the passive voice, contrastive linkers, and modal verbs of obligation and deduction.

• Promotes critical thinking and emotional connection as students can discuss their own role models afterward.

This worksheet is ideal for lessons on inspiration, personal values, or historical figures, and works perfectly as a bridge to speaking or writing tasks on “people who inspire us.”