SPEAKING: Interview (3 minutes - about 1.5 minutes for each student)
The examiner will ask you some short questions about yourself
To prepare for this part of the test, think about short answers to typical questions. Some examples are shown below .
Your home town / village
Name: What is the name of your home town?
Location: Where is the town located?
Is it near to the capital city or any major cities?
Is it inland or by the coast?
Speciality: Is your town well-known for something (for example, a building or a type of food)?
What is the most interesting part of your town?
Geography: Is it in a flat, hilly or mountainous area?
Does it have a river?
Size: Is it a large or small town?
What is the population?
Type: Do you live in a city centre, a suburb, a town, a village, or in the countryside?
Industry: What are the main industries?
What kinds of jobs do people do in your town?
Environment: Is it clean or polluted?
Is it quiet or noisy?
Are there many parks and other green areas?
Opinion: Do you like living there?
Are there many things to do?
Comparison: If you are not living in your home town now, what are the main differences between your current town and your home town?
Your family
1- Do you have a large or small family?
2- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
3- Are they older or younger than you?
4- Do you live with your parents?
5- What do they do?
6- Do you have any pets?
Your work or study
1-Are you working or studying at the moment?
2-Can you tell me something about yourself?
3-What were you doing before you started your current work or studies?
4-Why are you studying English?
5-Where are you studying?
6-How long have you been studying English?
Leisure
1- What do you like doing in your spare time?
2-Do you have any hobbies?
3- What kind of music do you like?
4-Do you like sports?
5-How do you like to spend your holidays?
6-Do you enjoy reading?
7-What is your favourite film?
Future plans
Job: What sort of job would you like to do in the future?
Future life: What do you think you will be doing after 5 or 10 years?
Country: Do you want to live in your home country or abroad?
SPEAKING: Individual task (4 minutes - about 2 minutes for each candidate)
You will be given two photographs and asked to compare and contrast them, and give your opinion about them.
You will only have one minute to do this. Try to keep talking; avoid any long gaps.
The pictures may show anything, but typically the subject will be: a building, a landscape, a town, a person (or a group of people) doing something
You can keep looking at the photographs while you are talking.
Describing each of the pictures
You might start by giving a brief description of each of the pictures. You do not have to describe them in detail.
If you are not sure what the picture is, use your imagination and say what you think it is. It doesn't matter if you are wrong.
There are different ways in which you can refer to the pictures. For example:
The first picture (referring to the one on the left or on top); the second/other picture (referring to the one on the right or on the bottom)
The picture on the left / the left-hand picture; the picture on the right / the right-hand picture
The top picture / the picture on the top / the upper picture; the bottom picture / the picture at the bottom / the lower picture
After introducing the pictures, you may be able to refer to them using a subject name, for example the nstead of picture you could say photo or photograph, or you could refer to the
For example:
The first/second picture/photo shows ...
Comparing and contrasting
Liking: I prefer A to B. I like A more than B. I like A, but I dislike B. A is more ... than B
Giving your opinion
In my opinion, ...
For me, ...
I think that ...
The examiner will ask you some short questions about yourself
To prepare for this part of the test, think about short answers to typical questions. Some examples are shown below .
Your home town / village
Name: What is the name of your home town?
Location: Where is the town located?
Is it near to the capital city or any major cities?
Is it inland or by the coast?
Speciality: Is your town well-known for something (for example, a building or a type of food)?
What is the most interesting part of your town?
Geography: Is it in a flat, hilly or mountainous area?
Does it have a river?
Size: Is it a large or small town?
What is the population?
Type: Do you live in a city centre, a suburb, a town, a village, or in the countryside?
Industry: What are the main industries?
What kinds of jobs do people do in your town?
Environment: Is it clean or polluted?
Is it quiet or noisy?
Are there many parks and other green areas?
Opinion: Do you like living there?
Are there many things to do?
Comparison: If you are not living in your home town now, what are the main differences between your current town and your home town?
Your family
1- Do you have a large or small family?
2- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
3- Are they older or younger than you?
4- Do you live with your parents?
5- What do they do?
6- Do you have any pets?
Your work or study
1-Are you working or studying at the moment?
2-Can you tell me something about yourself?
3-What were you doing before you started your current work or studies?
4-Why are you studying English?
5-Where are you studying?
6-How long have you been studying English?
Leisure
1- What do you like doing in your spare time?
2-Do you have any hobbies?
3- What kind of music do you like?
4-Do you like sports?
5-How do you like to spend your holidays?
6-Do you enjoy reading?
7-What is your favourite film?
Future plans
Job: What sort of job would you like to do in the future?
Future life: What do you think you will be doing after 5 or 10 years?
Country: Do you want to live in your home country or abroad?
SPEAKING: Individual task (4 minutes - about 2 minutes for each candidate)
You will be given two photographs and asked to compare and contrast them, and give your opinion about them.
You will only have one minute to do this. Try to keep talking; avoid any long gaps.
The pictures may show anything, but typically the subject will be: a building, a landscape, a town, a person (or a group of people) doing something
You can keep looking at the photographs while you are talking.
Describing each of the pictures
You might start by giving a brief description of each of the pictures. You do not have to describe them in detail.
If you are not sure what the picture is, use your imagination and say what you think it is. It doesn't matter if you are wrong.
There are different ways in which you can refer to the pictures. For example:
The first picture (referring to the one on the left or on top); the second/other picture (referring to the one on the right or on the bottom)
The picture on the left / the left-hand picture; the picture on the right / the right-hand picture
The top picture / the picture on the top / the upper picture; the bottom picture / the picture at the bottom / the lower picture
After introducing the pictures, you may be able to refer to them using a subject name, for example the nstead of picture you could say photo or photograph, or you could refer to the
For example:
The first/second picture/photo shows ...
Comparing and contrasting
Liking: I prefer A to B. I like A more than B. I like A, but I dislike B. A is more ... than B
Giving your opinion
In my opinion, ...
For me, ...
I think that ...
