B2 Speaking worksheet 1 (standard)

Simon and Santiago

Before you watch
1 Work in pairs. Discuss questions 1–4 about the B2 First Speaking test.
1 How many parts are there in the B2 First Speaking test?
2 
What do candidates practise in each part of the test?
3 Which parts contain questions for individual candidates to answer?
4 In which part of the test do the candidates discuss something together?

While you watch

Part 1

2 Predict the missing information in the examiner’s questions 1–6 and what the candidates’ answers
might be. Watch Part 1 of the video and check your ideas. Then ask and answer the questions with
your partner.
1 Who are you your family? 4 Tell me about a really good of yours.
2 
If you could learn a new , what would 5 
Have you done anything with your
you choose to do? friends recently?
3 Do you like ? 6 Have you seen a good recently?

Part 2

3 Look at Simon and Santiago’s photos below and the questions they have to answer. Watch Part 2
of the video and decide how well they answer the questions.
Pair 1: Pair 2:
Why are the people using laptops in these Why are the people learning about the natural
places? world in these places?

4 Work in pairs. Compare the two pairs of photos in Exercise 3 and ask and answer the questions.

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Simon and Santiago
Part 3

5 Watch Part 3 and match the topics (a–e) with the phrases (1–5) the candidates use to talk about
them. Then do the Part 3 task with a partner.

a career 1 ‘If it’s special, you have plan something.’

b free-time activities 2 ‘It’s important to have a plan B.’
c holidays 3 ‘You need to plan because it’s a big goal.’
d special occasions 4 ‘I don’t think it’s something that requires a lot of time.’
e studies 5 ‘I think it’s something you have to plan.’

6 What do the candidates think are the most important things to plan carefully? Watch the rest of
Part 3 and check. Do you agree with Simon and Santiago? Tell your partner.

Part 4

7 Watch Part 4 and complete the gaps in questions 1-5 and choose the correct options in italics. Then
ask and answer the questions, using some of the words and phrases below.
1 A: Do you like making plans for the ?
B: Yeah, … but I’m very bad in / at it.
2 A: Is it important for students to make plans about the future while they’re still ?
B: It’s important to make plans about what are you / you are going to study.
3 A: Do you think it’s true that people who plan their lives are more likely to lead happy lives?
B: At / In some point in / of your life, you will have to deal with things.
4 A: Some people say that the best times in life are planned. Do you agree?
B: If you plan something, could / it could be really great, for example …
5 A: Some people say that before making , we should talk to as many people as possible.
Do you agree?
B: You have to talk to the people who care / cares.

After you watch

8 Work in groups. What could the candidates do to improve their performance in their next
Speaking test?

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Teacher’s notes
Before you watch
1 Ask the students to discuss the questions in
pairs. Then check answers with the whole
class.
Answers
1 There are four parts in the test.
2 In Part 1, candidates answer questions
about themselves and their lives. In Part 2,
students compare two photos they are given
and answer a question about their partner’s
photos. In Part 3, students discuss a situation
and several options to answer a question. In
Part 4, students are asked questions which
extend the topic discussed in Part 4.
3 Parts 1, 2 and 4 have questions for individual
candidates to answer.
4 Candidates discuss a task in Part 3 together.
While you watch
Part 1
2 Ask the students to predict the missing
information in the examiner’s questions and
suggest what the candidates might say in
reply. Then play Part 1 of the video for them
to watch and check. Check answers with the
whole class. Students then ask and answer
the questions in pairs.
Answers
1 most like 2 skill 3 reading
4 friend 5 interesting 6 film
Candidate answers
1 Simon: most like his brother. They play sports
together.
2 Santiago: learn another language like French –
would be interesting.
3 Santiago: likes reading books, lots of kinds, for
example, Game of Thrones.
4 Simon: friends since age two, retained contact.
He plays American football and ice hockey.
5 Simon: a lot of fun parties
6 Santiago: Shutter Island with Leonardo di
Caprio. Pretty good.
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Part 2
3 Students discuss in pairs how well each
candidate answers the question on their
page. Discuss students’ ideas as a whole class.
Encourage students to come up with other
things Simon and Santiago could have said to
answer their questions more fully.
Answers
Simon talks about what the people might be
doing on their laptops, but he doesn’t say much
about the places, apart from the fact that the
man in the second photo is probably on his way
to work.
Santiago describes what is happening in each
picture and gives reasons for why the people are
learning about the natural world. He doesn’t say
why they are learning in these places.
4 Ask students to look at the photos then ask
and answer the questions in Exercise 3.
Answers
Student’s own answers
Part 3
5 Play Part 3 of the video up to 08:13 and
ask students to match the topics with the
phrases. Check answers with the whole class.
Then students do Task 3 in pairs.
Answers
a 3 d 1
b 4 e 2
c 5
6 Play the final section of Part 3 for the students
to check what the candidates say. If there is
time, students discuss their own ideas and
report back to the class.
Answers
The candidates agree that studies and career are
the most important things to plan carefully.
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Teacher’s notes
Part 4

7 Play Part 4 for the students to listen and

complete the questions. Check answers.
Students then choose the correct option.
Note: the incorrect sentences are all from the
video.
Answers
1 future; at
2 at school; you are
3 carefully; At, in
4 never; it could
5 a big decision; care

After you watch

8 Students work in small groups to discuss their
ideas and report back to the class.
Suggested answers
Simon: Try to improve grammatical accuracy,
and practise giving extended answers to
questions.
Santiago: Try to use more complex sentence
structures, and extend his answers in each part
of the test

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