SPEAKING – B1

Task 1 – Role Play

Directions: Study the situation. Prepare for the role assigned to you.
PLANNING YOUR WEEKEND

Student A Student B

You want to do something with your
friend next weekend. Your friend
makes suggestions but you don’t
accept them.
 Give reasons.
 Make 2 suggestions about
things to do and say why you
want to do them.
 Reach an agreement.
Your partner starts.
You want to do something with your
friend next weekend.
 Make suggestions about places
to visit and things to do.
 Disagree with your friend’s first
suggestion and accept the
second one.
You start.

MEETING A NEW NEIGHBOUR

Student A Student B

A new neighbour moves into the flat You have moved into a new flat. Your
next to yours and you go to speak to neighbour comes to speak to you and
them. invites you to tea / coffee.
 Greet your neighbour.  Say hello and tell them your
 Explain who you are. name.
 Invite your neighbour for a cup  Accept the invitation and say
of tea / coffee to get to know you'll bring cookies.
each other better.  Ask if you could bring your pet
 Accept your neighbour's request dog with you.
and say that you would not
mind. Your partner starts.
You start.
Speaking B1 – Task1 and 2
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Task 2 – SUSTAINED MONOLOGUE: Describing experience

1. Main prompt: ● Tell me something about your family.

Follow-up prompts: ● How much time do you spend with members

of your family? What do you do together?
● In what way is your family important to you?
● Who are you closest to in your family? What sorts of things
do you like to do together?

2. Main prompt: ● Tell me about how you spend your leisure time.

Follow-up prompts: ● Would you rather stay in or go out?

● Have you done anything fun in the last couple of weeks?
● When was the last time you tried something new and
exciting?
● How has the way we spend our free time changed
recently?

3. Main prompt: ● Tell me something about your friends.

Follow-up prompts: ● Are your friends mostly your age or different age? Why?
● Do you have one or two really close friends?
● What do you usually do with your friends?

4. Main prompt: ● What are the biggest environmental problems in

the world nowadays?

Follow-up prompts: ● How has the weather changed in recent years?

● What can we do to help save the planet and preserve our
environment?
● Do you recycle plastic/metal, paper and glass?
● What can you do to improve the place where you live? (plant trees,
collect litter, etc.)
Speaking B1 – Task1 and 2