LEVEL 3 Cambridge practice test A

Paper 4: Speaking – Teacher’s To Student B:

­instruction pack Where do you live?
Time: 12 minutes per pair of students Who do you live with?

Thank you.
INFORMATION
This paper carries a total of 20 marks.
To Student A:
There are four parts to the test.
For each part a mark is given out of five for each Where do you live?
student.
Who do you live with?
See the Answer Key for the mark scheme.
Thank you.
Student’s Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Total
name (out (out (out (out (out
of 5) of 5) of 5) of 5) of 20) Back-up prompts

• Do you live in name of town, city or region?

• Do you live with your family?

Phase 2
Examiner
Select one of more questions from the list to ask each
Student.
Ask Student B first.

To Student B:
Tell us about a family member you like.
How often do you go shopping?
PART 1 (2–3 MINUTES)
Thank you.
Phase 1
Examiner
To Student A:
To both students:
How do you usually get around town?
Good morning/afternoon/evening.
Which season is your favourite, spring or summer?
I’m ____ and this is ____. (Why?)

To Student A: Thank you.

What’s your name? How old are you?
Back-up prompts
Thank you.
• Which family member do you like? (Why?)
To Student B:
• Do you often go shopping?
And what’s your name? How old are you?
• Do you usually drive to get around town?
Thank you.
• Which is better, spring or summer? (Why?)

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 LEVEL 3 Cambridge practice test A

PART 2 (2–3 MINUTES) PARTS 3 AND 4 (6 MINUTES)

1A Part 3
Examiner Examiner
Now I’d like each of you to talk on your own about Now, in this part of the test you’re going to talk about
something. I’m going to give each of you a photograph something together for about two minutes. I’m going
and I’d like you to talk about it. to describe a situation to you.
A, here is your photograph. It shows two people • Some friends are going to spend an afternoon at
doing something together. another friend’s house.
B, you just listen. • Here are some activities they could do at their
friend’s house.
A, please tell us what you can see in the photograph.
• Talk together about the different activities they
could do at their friend’s house, and say which
Student A ……………………………….
would be most entertaining.
¸ approx. 1 minute
All right? Now, talk together.
Back-up prompts Students A and B ………………………..
• Talk about the people/person. ¸ approx. 2–3 minutes
• Talk about the place. Examiner Thank you.
• Talk about other things in the photograph.

Examiner Thank you. Part 4

Students A and B
1B ¸ approx. 2–3 minutes
Examiner Examiner
B, here is your photograph. It shows a group of Use the following questions, as appropriate:
friends doing a hobby.
• Would you like to spend more time at your
A, you just listen. friends’ places? (What would you like to do?)
B, please tell us what you can see in the photograph. • When you visit your friends, how long do you
stay?
Student B ………………………………. • Do you prefer to visit your friends at their house
¸ approx. 1 minute or invite them to your place? (Why?)
• When is the best time of the week to visit with
Back-up prompts
your friends? (Why?)
• Talk about the people/person.
• Which do you think is more interesting: doing
• Talk about the place. indoor activities with friends or doing outdoor
activities with friends? (Why?)
• Talk about other things in the photograph.
Select any of the following prompts,
Examiner Thank you. as appropriate:
• How/what about you?
• Do you agree?
• What do you think?

Examiner Thank you. That is the end of the test.

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