Richmond Practice Tests for Flyers

Speaking
Test 1

My name is .............................................................................................................
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TEST 1
Speaking Script

Examiner does this Examiner says this Minimum response expected Back-up questions
Introductions Hello, (child’s name), my Hello.
name’s ____.
What’s your surname? (Child’s surname) What’s your family name?
How old are you? 11 Are you ten?
1 Find the Now look at these two 1 Point at relevant
difference pictures. My picture is nearly difference(s)
the same as yours, but some
Show candidate things are different. 2 Repeat
both pictures. For example, there are three statement.
butterflies in my picture, but
Give candidate his/ in your 3 Ask back-up
her picture then des- picture, there are two. questions.
cribe things without
pointing. I’m going to say something
about my picture. You tell
me how your picture is
different.
In my picture, it’s yellow. Is the tent green?
In my picture, the tent is
green. In my picture, there’s a dog Is the dog sitting in front of
In my picture, there’s a dog sitting behind the tent. the tent?
sitting in front of the tent.
In my picture, the girl is In my picture, the girl is cooking Is the girl cooking soup?
cooking soup. a chicken. Is there is a duck on the
In my picture, there’s a duck In my picture, there’s a swan on river.
on the river. the river. Are the horses going down
In my picture, there are two In my picture, there are two the hill?
horses going down the hill. horses going up the hill.
In my picture, the girl cat- In my picture, the girl catching Is the girl catching butter-
ching butterflies is wearing a butterflies is wearing a red dress. flies wearing a pink dress?
pink dress.
2 Information Here’s information about
exchange Sarah and Betty’s family. I
don’t know anything about
Briefly show can- Sarah’s family, but you do. So
didate both cards. I’m going to ask you some
Then give candidate questions.
his/her card.

Point to the pictures What kind of pet has Sarah’s A parrot. Point at the information if
of the families on family got? necessary.
the candidate’s card. What’s Sarah’s husband’s John.
name?
Point to the questio- What is Sarah’s family doing? Having dinner.
ns about the families How many children has Three.
on the candidate’s Sarah got?
card. Does Sarah live in a house or (In a) house.
a flat? Point at information cues if
Respond using What kind of pet has Betty’s necessary.
information on A dog. family got?
examiner’s card. Nick. What’s Betty’s husband’s name?
Having dinner. What is Betty’s family doing?
Two. How many children has
In a flat. Betty got?
Does Betty live in a house or a
flat?

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TEST 1
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Examiner does this Examiner says this Minimum response expected Back-up questions
3 Tell the story These pictures tell a story. 1 Point at the pictures.

Point to the pictures The name of this story is ‘The 2 Ask questions about the
in the story. Naughty Monkeys‘ pictures.
Just look at the pictures first.

Point at the first Three boys are walking on

picture. the beach. One of the boys
sees some coconuts in the
trees. He wants to get one.

Now you tell the story. One boy is getting rocks. The What is the boy picking up?
others are throwing rocks at the What are the boys
coconuts in the trees. throwing?
What do they want to hit?

There are monkeys in the trees. What animals are in the

They are afraid of the rocks. trees?
Why are they afraid?

The monkeys are throwing coco- What are the monkeys

nuts (down) at the boys. doing?

The boys are eating the coconut. What are the boys eating?
They are happy. Are they smiling?
4 Personal
questions

Put the pictures Now let’s talk about your

away and turn to the school.
candidate.
What time do you start A quarter past nine. Do you start school at 9
school? o’clock?
What subjects are you good Maths and Music. Are you good at maths?
at?
What sports do you play at Football. Do you play football?
school? Juan. Do you sit next to a boy or
Who do you sit next to in girl? What’s his/her name?
class?

Tell me about what you do

in the evenings after school.
Okay, thank you (Child’s Goodbye.
name).
Goodbye.

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Find the differences

Candidate’s copy

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Find the differences

Examiner’s copy

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Information exchange
Candidate’s copy

Sarah’s family Betty’s family

Husband’s name ....................................John Husband’s name ....................................?

How many children ..............................3 How many children ..............................?
Kind of pet ...............................................parrot Kind of pet ...............................................?
Live flat / house ......................................house Live flat / house ......................................?
What / doing ...........................................having dinner What / doing ...........................................?

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Information exchange
Examiner’s copy

Betty’s family Sarah’s family

Husband’s name ....................................Nick Husband’s name ....................................?

How many children ..............................2 How many children ..............................?
Kind of pet ...............................................dog Kind of pet ...............................................?
Live flat / house ......................................flat Live flat / house ......................................?
What / doing ...........................................playing a game What / doing ...........................................?

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Picture story

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