Speaking Test 2: Part 1

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5 What do you think the examiner will say about

their answers?
giving reasons
vocabulary and grammar
answering the question

6 2.3 Watch and check your answers.

7 Work in pairs. Read the Part 1 questions and

complete the answers with your own ideas.
1 Do you enjoying going to the cinema?
Part 1 2 Do you like having holidays in hot countries?
Before you watch Not really
I prefer
1 Work in pairs. What do you remember about
No, I don’t because
Part 1?
1 What sort of questions does the examiner ask? After you watch
Give an example.
2 Who do you talk to? 8 Discuss the advice with your partner.
Which advice is more important for you?
3 How many questions do you answer?
What do you need to practice most?
4 How long are your answers?
1 Try to say more than one sentence.
5 Which question does the examiner always ask?
2 Try to use the correct prepositions when you say where
2 Match 1–5 to A–E to make Part 1 questions. you come from.
1 When did you last A favourite sport? 3 Listen to the tense in the questions and use the correct
tense in your answers.
2 What’s your B reading books?
4 Try to say a couple of sentences even if your answer
3 Do you spend a lot of C go to a party?
is ‘no’.
4 Do you enjoy D you from?
5 Where are E time watching films? 9 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer
the questions.
While you watch 1 Where do you live?
3 2.1 Watch Wakana and Yunha and answer 2 What do you like about living there?
True (T) or False (F). 3 What’s your favourite day of the week?
1 They only say the country where they are from.  T/F 4 Do you enjoying cooking?
2 They use correct prepositions. T/F 5 What’s your favourite place to go on holiday?
3 They look at the examiner. T/F 6 What job would you like to do in the future?
4 They give clear, full answers.  T/F

4 2.2 Watch the candidates answering the

next questions.
1 Is Wakana’s question easy for her? Why? / Why not?
2 Watch Yunha answer her question. What does the
examiner need to do? Why?

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Part 2
Before you watch
1 What do you remember about Part 2 of the
test? Make a list and compare your ideas with
your partner.
2 2.4 Listen to Wakana’s question and look
at the photographs. What does she need to
talk about?
3 Work in pairs. Discuss what she might say.
While you watch
4 2.5 Watch Wakana and answer the
questions.
1 Are her ideas the same as yours?
2 What does she say is the same about the photos?
3 What does she say is different?
4 Does she answer the question?
5 Does she speak for a full minute?
5 2.6 Listen to Yunha’s short question. Does
she answer it well? Why? / Why not?
6 What do you think the examiner will say about
Wakana and Yunha’s answers? Think about:
describing the photographs
vocabulary
expressions to compare and contrast
7 2.7 Watch and check your answers.
8 2.8 Listen to Yunha’s question and look at
the photographs in Test 2, Part 2. Work in pairs
and discuss what she might say.
9 2.9 Watch Yunha and answer the questions
(1–5) in Activity 4.
10 2.10 Listen to Wakana’s short question.
Does she answer it well? Why? / Why not?
11 2.11 What do you think the examiner will
say about their answers? Watch and check
your answers.
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After you watch
12 Wakana and Yunha use some good phrases in
their answers. Match the strategies (1–5) to the
phrases (A–E).
1 to identify which photo she’s talking about
2 to give an example
3 to talk about an action happening now
4 to say what is the same in the photos
5 to give her opinion
A such as a suit / like that
B I think / is more important / because
C both photographs / both of them
D in the first photo / the first one
E people are listening / their mother is serving
13 Add some examples to make sentence to
compare and speculate about the Part 2
photographs.
Compare
both: Both photos show people listening to music.
however:
the main difference between:
more + adjective + than:
Speculate
I think:
it looks like:
might:
look:
14 Work in pairs. Answer the questions below
with different photographs. Take turns to
answer the questions and try to use the
phrases in Activity 12 and 13.
Street music / Eating with your family
Student A Your pictures show people spending
time with others. Compare the photographs
and say what you think the people are enjoying
about spending time with other people in these
situations.
Student B Do you usually eat with your family?
People in gym / People at indoor concert
Student A Your pictures show people doing
different activities in their free time. Compare the
photographs and say how they are benefitting
from doing these activities in their free time.
Student B Which activity would you prefer to do?
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Part 3
Before you watch
1 Work in pairs. Discuss what you remember
about Part 3.
2 2.12 Listen and complete the examiner’s
instructions.
1 The examiner will stop you after minutes.
2 Don’t come to a decision . Let’s start with this point.
While you watch
3 Read the Part 3 question. Work in pairs and
write four more prompts around the question.
to get a job
Is it important for
everyone to learn
a second language
at school?
4 2.13 Listen to the question and look at
the diagram in Test 2, Part 3. Can you see your
ideas from Activity 3?
5 Work in pairs. Say two things about each point.
6 2.14 Watch and answer the questions.
1 Did Wakana and Yunha say the same things as you?
2 How many points did they talk about?
3 How do they show that they are listening to each
other?
7 2.15 Watch the second part of the task
about coming to a decision and answer the
questions.
1 Do they agree with each other?
2 Which point do they say is most important? What are
their reasons?
3 Do you agree with Wakana or Yunha? Why?
8 2.16 What do you think the examiner will
say about the way they answered Part 3?
Watch and check your ideas.
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After you watch
9 Add the headings (A–D) to the lists of useful
phrases (1–4) for doing Part 3.
A Asking and giving opinion
B Moving on to another point
C When you don’t understand
D Starting the task
1
Shall we start with this point?
2
What’s your opinion?
I think it’s important. How about you?
I think you’re right.
I completely agree.
I’m not sure.
That’s interesting, but …
3
What do you think about this one?
We haven’t thought about this one.
Shall we look at this one now?
4
What did you say?
I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that.
Could you repeat that please?
10 Work in pairs. Do the Test 2, Part 3 task
together and try to use the phrases in
Activity 9.
Remember!
DO give yourselves the correct time –
two minutes for the main question and one
minute for the decision.
DO have a good conversation about some of the
points and don’t try to talk quickly about them all.
DO make sure you both talk for about the
same time.
DO give reasons or examples for your opinions.
You DON’T need to agree on the decision.
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Part 4
Before you watch
1 2.17 Are these sentences about Part 4
True (T) or False (F)? Watch and check your
answers.
1 The questions are about general topics, related to
Part 3.
2 You and your partner don’t discuss, you answer
questions separately.
3 You must agree with each other.
2 Match the first part (1–4) to the second part
(A–D) to make Part 4 questions.
1 Some people say that children learn
2 Do you think it’s better to speak
3 Do you think that your language is
4 Is it true that you need a teacher to
A another language, or to read and write it?
B languages more easily than adults. Do you agree?
C learn another language?
D difficult for other people to learn?
While you watch
3 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions in
Activity 2.
4 2.18 Listen to the first question in Part 4
and answer the questions.
1 Which question from Activity 2 does Wakana answer?
2 Does she discuss it with her partner?
3 Do you think it’s a good answer? Why / Why not?
5 2.19 Watch Yunha and answer the
questions.
1 Which question from Activity 2 does she answer?
2 Tick (✓) the reasons she gives:
a writing is not important
b speaking is more important that reading
c speaking is more practical
3 Do you think it’s a good answer? Why? Why not?
6 2.20 Listen to the next two answers that
the candidates give and answer the questions.
1 Who answers each question?
2 Who agrees with the question?
3 Do they give examples or reasons to extend
their answers?
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7 Complete the phrases with the correct words.
because if opinion totally why
1 Yes, I agree children are still learning …
2 That’s my teacher taught me pronunciation …
3 In my , I think learning how to speak …
4 you cannot speak properly, I think it’s a big
T/F problem.
5 I agree with you and also Korean is very hard to
T/F learn.
T/F
8 What do you think the examiner will say about:
the candidates’ interaction?
answering the other parts of the Speaking test?
9 2.21 Watch and check your answers.
After you watch
10 Work in pairs. Read the Part 4 questions below
and give one reason why you agree, and one
reason you disagree. Then swap partners and
discuss the questions.
• Do you think it’s easier to learn a second new
language once we’ve learned a first? Why / not?
• Some languages in the world are disappearing
because not many people speak them now.
Should we try to keep them alive?
• Which language do you think will be the most
important for people to learn in the future?
Why?
11 Match the advice (1–5) with phrases (A–E).
Remember!
1 If you don’t understand a question, ask the examiner to
repeat it.
2 If you can’t think of anything to say, tell the examiner
and she will move on to another question.
3 To give yourself some time to think, refer to the question.
4 If you have something you’d like to say about your
partner’s question, wait until they have finished and
add your ideas.
5 To show good interaction, ask your partner what they
think after you’ve answered a question.
A That’s a really interesting question.
B Can I add that I think … ?
C I’m sorry, I’ve never thought about that. I’m afraid I’ve
got no ideas.
D What do you think? Do you agree?
E Could you say that again please?
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