Advanced Lesson 4 -
Peter Is Rescued

Listening Exercise

ESL Listening Apostle Peter Is Rescued by an Angel
Gerrit van Honthorst The angel frees Peter from Prison c 1630 Museo Civico di Prato, Prato, Italy

The story of how Peter Is Rescued by an angel is found in Acts 12:6-19. This is a lesson for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

Let’s start with the Listening Exercise. This exercise is the first part of Advanced Lesson 4, or you can do it as an individual listening exercise.

First, be prepared to find the answers to these five questions as you listen:

  1. Where was Jesus at the beginning of the passage?
  2. How did the angel help Peter escape?
  3. What was Rhoda’s reaction when Peter knocked on the gate of Mary’s house?
  4. What did Peter say to the Lord’s followers who had gathered at Mary’s house?
  5. What did Herod do the next day?

Ready to Listen?

Click the play button when you are ready to listen. Find the answers to the five questions. Listen again and again, and become more familiar with the words each time you listen.

Before you look at the transcript of this passage, try shadowing the speaker. That is, say the words along with him, repeating what he says and how he speaks. Do your best, but don’t worry because shadowing can be difficult. Try several times! It’s very good speaking and pronunciation practice. In the Reading Exercise, you can practice shadowing again when you can read from the transcript as you listen.

Now, move on to the Reading Exercise.

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  1. Claudiane

    Thank you for this lesson. It was amazing to learn with this verses of the bible. Please, I ask you keep doing this fantastic job. Learn english with the bible is the bets thing that has happened to me this days. May God Bless you

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