Cambridge English Preliminary Preliminary English Test (PET) Speaking Supplement including: © Exam Vips and Guidance for the Speaking section of the exam © Sample Answers for alt cheae eee GENERAL NOTES ON PART 1 {2-3 minutes) KEY POINTS: jin interlocutor addresses each candidate individvay in tun, Candidates are not expected to talk to each ther at this stage + At the begining of the test, candidates are asked to spelt out all or part of their name. + Part 1 aims to evaluate the cancidate's abilty to use simple everyday language. One-word answers should be avoided, + Questions are personal in nature and relate to present ciccumstances, past experiences and future plans. * Candidates should be able to express their opinions and feelings, ad tak about their experiences, + Topies include 1: Family and Home Life 2: Dally Routines 3: School and Learning (the learring of English in particular) 4 Sport/Hobbies/Free time 5: Work and Jobs 6: Likes and Dislikes (food, drink, music, film, TV, fashion etc) 7: My (the candidate's) neighbourbood 8: Travel and Holidays ~ Students should avoid teacring off their answers as this wil sound unnatural to the examiner and such responses may fll to correctly answer the exact questions asked. ~ RII WORK: in the classroom, students can be given a set of questions (or topics and asked to try to write their own questions) and work in pais alternating between the roles of student and exarriner. Indeed, to make this task more interesting, teachers might consider changing the context to that of say reporter and interviewee, One could even go a step futher and get the Students to create an imaginary persona {rock star, movie star, celebrity, famous footbaler etc] for themselves, and then interview each other, and find out as much information as possible about the personel fe of their partners) for indeed groups) Group work can also be used effectively and the Find someone who game is particularly relevant. n this game, students are given a let of statements/tasks [for example: Task 1 Ftd scmeone who comes from a family of four] and aust tick off each task by finding Someone ia the room for which the statement is true. In order to do ths task and succeed, students must ask a= many Guestions to as many students as possible (and answer as many questions from as many students as possible, The aforementioned tasks all require students to use the target language for part 1 ~ INTERVIEWS: ideally, maving towards exam time, students should be given the opportunity to take part in practice interviews which simulate exam conditions, This will both familiarise them with the format and put them at ease with the demands of the speaking exam. WHAT TO PRACTISI is an example of how the speaking exem, Part I, is conducted. You wil also finda list of alternative sample questions dtecty fok ‘owing the example, You should familiarise your students with both the format and the types of questions used Phase 1 INTERLOCUTOR Phase 1 Back-up Prompts A/B Good morning / afternoon / evening. i ‘Can have your mark sheets please? (and over the mark shoots to the assessor) YB nse 20 ES 1 aren He / she is just going to listen to us. A Now, what is your name? Thank you, B And what is your name? Thank you, B Candidate B, what's your suraame? How do you spot it? Can you tell me your family name / second name? How do you wite your family name / second name? Thank you.TERLOCUTOR JA nd Candidate A, what's your surname? How do you spel it Thank you (Ask the folowing questions. Use candidates ‘names throughout. Ask Candidate A first) Where do you lve / come from? Adult students Do you work or are you a student? What do you do / study? Schootage students Do you study English at school? Do you tke it? (Repeat for Candidate B Phoso 2 INTERLOCUTOR (Soiect one or more questions from the list to ask ‘each condidate. Use candidates’ names throughout Ask Candidate 8 first) Do you enjoy studying English? Do you think thot English vll be useful for you in the future? What did you do last weekend? ‘What do you tice to do in your free time? Thank you, FAMILY 1. Do you come from a big oF small family? 2. Hove you got any brothers or sisters? 3. Who is the eldest in your family? 4, Are you the youngest child? 5. What does your father do for tving? 6. What does your mum do? NEIGHBOURHOOD 7. Where do you tive? 8 Do you tke your neighbourhood? 9. What can you do in your neighbourtiood? SCHOOL, 10, Do you tke school? 11, What fs your favourite subject? 12, What is your least favourite subject? 13. Do you Tike tearning English? 14. Do you iearn any other foreign languages? 15. How long have you been Fearing aun? HOLIDAYS AND TRAVEL. 16, Dig you go on holiday last year? 17, Where dic you go? 18, Did you have 2 good time there? 19, What did you do during the summer/winter holidays? 20. What will you do during the surrmer/winter holidays? hase 1 Back-up Prompts What's your family name / secord name? How do you write your amily name / second name? Do you five in ...? Do you have a job? What job do you do? Are you at univesily? What subject's) do you study? Do you have English lessons? Do you enjoy your English lessons? Phase 2 Back-up Prompts Do you like studying English? Wii you need / use English in the future? Did you do anything last weekend? What? What do you enjoy daing in your free time? Further examples of Part 1 questions (his itis meant any as 2 ell gue ands by no means exhaustive ROUTINE 22. What do you do atter school? 22, What did you do yesterday evening / last weekend? 23, What will you do this weekend? 24, What da you ke to da on weekends [at the weekend? FREE TIME 25, What do you do in your spare time? 26. Do you play any sports? 26, How often do you play annanon? 27. Do you play 3 musical instrument? 28. Do you have a hobby? 29. Do you enjoy playing computer games? LIKES AND DISLIKES 30. What Kind of owsic da you tke? 31, Do you erioy reading, books? 32, Do you prefer watching DVDs or going to the cinema? 23. Who is your favourite actor? 34, What is your favourite toad? WORK & JOBS 3, What do you want to do when you finish school? 36. Would you like to be 2 doctor? 37. Why do you want to be 3 2 38. What type of job do you want to have when you grow up? 39, Do you want to make a lot of money?See ea GENERAL NOTES ON PART 2 (2-3 minutes) ~The examiner sets up the activity using a standardised rubric. + Candidates interact with each other. Candidates must be able to: 1: Make and respond to suggestions. 2: Discuss alternatives. 3: Make and respond to recommendations. 4 Negotiate agreement (agree on a decision) based on the situation they are presented with ~ This is not a roleplay. Candidates must only imagine a situstion and give their own opinions on how the situation cen be resolved. ~ A sheet of visual prompts is given to the candidates to help them to generate ideas. However, the candidates may use their ‘own ideas if they want to; they are not cesircted to discussing the visual prompts. = Candidates are not assessed on their ideas; only thei use of appropriate language and interactive strategies. + Candidates should be encouraged to make a positive contribution (move the discussion forward, but should also be aware that they should not be tempted to reach a conclusion too quickly - the discussion is an opportunity to show off thei language shils {the outcome of the discussion is not assessed, only the language shils used to reach the outcome). HOW TO PRACTISE: Pair and group discussions in class will help the students leara the skils they require to succeed in this task. Candidates should practise exem-type questions and learn to discuss the situation and alternatives fully (making use of the range of Visual prompts provided) before drawing their conclusions. ~ PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: Candidates can also be encouraged to develop the required language skills by problem solving in pairs oF groups. Teachers can use reallife/imaginary scenarios and pravide visual prompts, a set number of options ‘or draw sketches on the board wich the students can use for ideas. For example: Your house is on fre and you have 20 seconds fo get aut before itis too Jate. You can only carry one item out of the house with you What do you take? a} laptop computer b) mobile phone ¢) photo album a) wallet e) IMP3 player. Another example: You find a genie in a bottle and he ‘rants you one wish. What do you wish for? a) world peace b} to be rich c) to be famous a) a long We a) happiness. ~ INTERVIEWS: keally, moving towards exam time, students should be given the opportunity to take part in practice interviews which sinuiate exam conditions, WHAT TO PRACTISE: Here is an example (based on Test 1 in this book) of how the speaking exam, Part 2, is conducted, The 10 Speaking Test - Part 25 provided in this book are aa excellent cescurce for practising this section of the exam, INTERLOCUTOR Im going to describe a situation to you. ‘Say to both candidates Your friend John needs your help because he can't decide which school hobby club to join John is very Strong and fit and loves the outdoors. Takk together about the different hobby clubs he cout join and say which one would be best. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you. Pause PM say that again, ‘Your friend John needs your help because he car't decide which school hobby club to join. John is very strong and fit and loves the outdoors. Talk together about the different hobby clubs he could join and say ‘which one would be best Allright? Talk together Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task. Prompt only if necessary. SAMPLE DIALOGUE 'A: Wel, we know John likes the outdoors, so I don't think he would enjoy playing the piano, do you? B: You're absolutely right; he woulde't want to be indaors all day. What about ballet? A: It's an indoor hobby, too, so I don't think so. Plus, think it's for girls! B: Maybe you're right! John might not fike it very much. think he might lke to go hiking though; that sounds ike fun. JA: Sure; and he'd get to spend lots of time in the fresh ait. Let's think about il. What about salting? 1B: I think sailing is too difficult - you need a lot of practice to get good at i A: Okay, but don't forget it's a very uncommon hobby and it right be interesting B: I see what you mean, and John is strong and fit so he should be able to do it. Maybe he'd like sailing afterall ‘A: Well let's thnk abut that one, too. Now, what about horse riding and tennis? Doesn't Jotn already play tennis?A: Defiritely, So i's either horse riding or hiking, which one should we choose? B: That's a hard decision, | think hiking because John is so fit and strong he would probably be really good at it 1A: And maybe horse riding would be very expensive, too, so perhaps hiking is the best option. B: Then we're agreed, A: Agreed, We've decided to choose the hiking club for John. Looking at the sample dialogue, you might notice that there is a pattern here: generally, a student chooses one picture to talk about, makes one or two comments end then asks the other student for bis opinion tis important for students to have a system that they are comfortable with to use in a discussion like this, Pethaps the simplest and easiest to fotow approach is ‘student A: Comments on first picture and asks Student 6's opinion. Student B; Comments on first picture, then moves on to second picture, comments on it and asks Student A what he thinks. Student A: Comments on second picture, then moves on to third picture, comments on it and asks Student & what he thinks. ‘And 0 On. ‘This process is then epeated until all the pictures have been discussed, Itis known as the pass the baif method. The students pass the imaginary bel back and forth. Once the ball is in your court, you have to comment on what was last sold, say something new and ‘ask for the other student's opinion. In fact, Pass the Ball can be 2 reat game for practising tis task in pairs or in groups. The rules are very easy to remember and once everyone knows what to do once the bal isin their court, the gaime flows well. Using a real ball, this game can be 2 lot of fun for young leaner, wile at the same time they are practising the key skills they need to succeed in Part 2 of the exam. ‘Students need to be taught simple phrases to perform the linguistic functions required in Part 2. For example: Giving an opi F tht Hf you ask me. in my opinion... ITY VIEW Inviting an opinion; What do you think? Wouldnt you agree? What about..? What's your take? ‘Agreeing: Definitely Youre absolutely right. ‘coulit agree more. For sure, Disagreeing (politelyy: Okay, but | thnk. Maybe, but I okeve nu {see what youre saying, but thnk Making suggestions: 1 ih 2 SHOU owe Why dont Wen Let Sonne Perhaps we shoud... GENERAL NOTES ON PART 3 (3 minutes) KEY POINTS: = Each candidate will receive one colour photograph to describe, > The candidate should describe the photograph as fully as possible, (They should imagine that they are describing the photograph to someone whi can't see it) + The candidate should name all the objects including Hlustrative details tke colours, peoples clothes, people's shapes, time of doy, weather ete. Simple English is all that is required, but candidates who can demonstrate a good range of descriptive vocabulary (adjectives) vill be renerded, Candidates who can paraphrase to describe items in the photograph that they have either forgotten or don't Jinow the name of wil also be looked ypon favourably = The photographs that Candidates A and B receive will have a common theme and the candidates wit be told what that theme is, but this information wit be mare relevant for Part 4 HOW To PRACTISI + CLASSROOM GAMES: There are a number of games that are suitable for practising tasks of this nature, These ere outlined below: Listen & Draw; Students must get into the habit of deseribing what they see, as though the person they are describing it to cannot see the photograph at all So, create just that scenario, Students can work in pars or groups. One student is given a photograph/picture He is not allowed to show this to the rest of his team. The other team members must fisten to this student describe the picture and tty f0 draw the image that is being described, as accurately as they can, an a blank sheet of paper. No names: No names is a game where students are given an object to describe to ther teara/partner. They canot say the name of the object, but they con say what it looks like, iS used for etc, This game is very helpful in developing paraphrasing sl WHAT TO PRACTISE: Here is an example (based on Test 1 in this book) of how the Speaking exam, Part 3, is conducted, T provided in this book are an excellent resource for practising this section of the exam. 10 Speaking test - Part 38 ‘Students wil need to be taught and given time to practise relevant descritive language and wil need to be shown how to parerbrase,Cire eae INTERLOCUTOR ‘Now, fd tke each of you to talk on your own about something. tm going to give each of you 2 Say to both candidates photograph showing people on boldays, Candidate A, here is your photograph. like you to show it to Candidate B, but tt like you to talk about it. Candidate 8, youll just listen. Ml give you your photogranh in a mament Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in the photograph, Approximately ! minute. If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used. ‘Now, Candidate B, here is your photograph It also shows people an holidays. Please show it to Candidate A and tellus wihat you cen see in the photograph. Approximately 1 minute, ‘SAMPLE ANSWERS /A: 1 see a lot of deop snow on the ground. A woman, | think, i standing in the snow and holding a brown walking stick. She's wearing @ pair of warm grey boots, blue jeans, a ight brown hat and jumper, and a bio sleoveless jacket. She's carrying a pink rucksack ‘on her back. To her right, there is a big tree with green leaves and snow covering it, There are a lot of mauntalns in the distance. There are mary trees growing on the mountains and the tops of the mountains are snow-covered, The woman is very Figh up and between her and the mountains is a valley. in the distance, the sky is cloudy, but near the woman { can see some blue sky. The woman is looking avay from the camera at the beautiful view, Bi I can see a man and a small child on the beach. They ore holding hands and looking away from the camera towards the sea. The ‘sand at the bottom of the picture is ight brown in colour and fooks soft. Gut where the sand meets the water it changes to a darker brown colour, The man és tall and sim. He is wearing a pink T-shirt with some writing on it, and a pair of shorts or a towel ttm not sure. The chid is wearing shorts and a white T-shirt. He is also wearing armbands. The man has black hair and the child has brown or dark red hair | think, There is a big wave coming towards the beach. It is @ greenish colour, | can see two people ‘swimming in the Sea, too. The sea is dark blue, There are footsteps in the sand. [STUDENT TIP: The key thing to remember is not to try to use very complicated language - keep it simple, but provide as much detail as you can. You have to talk for a minute, so make this seem shorter by describing the basic things - colou's, shapes, clothes ete, ‘Name things you know and say what they look tke (ie. I see a big tree It Is brown with green leaves). Use numbers, too. (Now ‘many people are there in the picture?) Here are some pieases that will help students to complete this task Opening phrase what Where 1 seo... a man/men infat the top right-hand corner of the photograph can see ‘a child/chidren invat the top left-hand corner of the photograph There is a big dog at the bottom left side of the photograph There are two monkeys at the bottom right side of the photograph in the midate of the photograph (nthe right-hand side. (nthe left-hand side behind theo. infront of the beside the under the .. (an top of the. above. ‘Students should also be taught the order of acjectives. Here is the simplest form of the rules Number 2: Size 3: Colour 1 see three big black dogs. The man has, short dark brown hair.remem For people: We use the present continuous to describe what someone is, ‘She is very attractive / pretty / beautitu wearing. For example: He is very handsome / good-looking, He / she is very slim. She is wearing a brown jacket. He / she is a litle overweight, He is wearing blue jeans. For places: For parts of the body, we use the verb fo have, For example: Lis very beautiful I is a very uply place. ‘She has long black hair The scenery is amazing, ‘She has a cute nose, The view is breathtaking. There are buildings everywhere For the way someone looks, we use the verb to be For weather; She is very tall The weather is horrible / very bad, ‘She is extremly beautiful is raining buckets She is little overweight, Itis a beautiful, clear day. itis a bright, sunny day. it is partly cloudy. tis overcast; there are a lot of dark clouds in the sky. Itis snowing heavily GENERAL NOTES ON PART 4 (3 minutes) + This is a general conversation section and the candidates interact with each other, > The candidates tak about ther tikes and distikes, opinions, preferences, experiences and habits, ~The theme established in Part 3 is the starting pont for the conversation ~The candidates are expected to negotiate ths task independent (the interlocutor wil set itp, but only intervene with prompts if there is an almost complete communication breakdown. 7 Candidates shoud be able to talk enthusestically about ther ovm tikes and dstices and clit information from theit partner * Views and preferences should be qualified by reasons to back them up. Crecit wil be given if the candidate demonstrates appropriate inleractve strategies and shows an interest in what their partner has to say. ~ Marks will not normally be fost for the occasional repetition, so either candidate needs to hear something again, they should ask frit to be repeated (whether by their partner or te interlocutor) HOW TO PRACTISE: ~ Students wil need to practise discussing themes of general interest together (oeferaby in pais). They should be cormfortable ‘offering up ther own opinions and responding directly to what has already been said by thei partner, In loss, it woul be usefl to give students retovant themes to discuss and on wich to practise the target language. To tmake such exercises more interesting, a context coud be proved. For example, showing students pictures of rock stars they may know and other “ordinary” professionals and asking them to coasider the pros and cons of different jobs. Aga students could be asked to formulate their oun theme-based discussion questions [a form of brainstorming which aso efits background knowledge). Try to choose themes that are relevant to promote discussion, The more practise students got at this form of speaking the bette (and the more naturally they wil be able to interact) * _INTERVEWS: deal, moving towards exam time, students should be given the opportunity to take part in practice interviews wich sinuate exam conditions. This will both famiarse them with th fermat and put them at ease withthe demands of the speaking exam, WHAT TO PRACTISE; Here is an example (based on Test 1 in this book) of how the speaking exam, Part 4, is conducted. The 10 Speaking Test - Part 4s, Provided in this book are an excellent resource for practising this section of the exam. INTERLOCUTOR Your photographs showed people on hofidays ‘Say to both candidates Naw, td tke you to talk together about the types of holidays you prefer, and what places you would ike to visit in the futur. /Alow candidates encugh time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt only if necessary, ‘Thank you. That is the end of the testSAMPLE DIALOGUE Ac Well, may I start? 8: OF cause, 4%: don't know about you, but | fove sun holidays. f really lke to spend my time relaxing at the seaside, 'B: Me too! I love making sand castles and playing beach volleyball, }At Yeakt That's a tot of fure What about swimming? {love to swim, don't you? Actual, m not such a good summer, but [Tove the beach anyway. Holidays in the countryside are rie, teo,thoush | guess it's nice to relax in the countrys; it's rice and quiet there, But! prefer the cy mysel.16k2 to go shopring and vist museums, : Yeah; that can be fun, to. The only type of holiday I really dstke isthe winter holiday; you know, going sking and so on. Its too cok %: No way! ove to ski Every winter, my family goes to the mountains for a week and we have 2 great time, 'B: What about places you'd like to vist? | know If love to go to Landon I could practise my English all tho tine! }%: Yeah, And there are lots of nice places to visit, ike The Tower of London, 8: | know; it would be great! fs there anywhere else you would like to go? ‘Ac Maybe someday Hl visit Egypt. | fove history and Ive alvays wanted to see the pyramids, 5: That would be amazing! | thnk Id tke to see New York as well! watch a lot of movies about America and Ive alnays vtanted to go there A: know what you meort | want to go there some day, too. Al the shops and interesting places to visit would be a lot of fun Bi For sure! Notice how, inthe sample dialogue, the students indicate that they have acknowledged what was just said by thei partner. These acknowledgement pirases make the conversation sound more natural. For example: 1 te toot 2: OF course, 3 Yeant 4: For suret 5: No way! Hriendly negative that can also be used to mean J don't believe you 6: 1 known 7: Pow what you meant 8: Detinitonys 9: Nit me! iriendly negative} Other useful language skits for this part of the test inclide being able to: 1: Agree 2: Disagree 3: Give an opinion 4 Invite an opinion Here Is a general list of themes that may be broached in Part 4: 1: Fashion (clothes and accessories, shopping ) 2: Communication and Technology (devices that make our lives easier) 3 Education (what we tke and dislike about schoo, i (wiy] getting a good education is important) 4: Entertainment and the Media (programmes we like/dsike, favourite films, favourite actors) 5: The Environment {how we can help Keep it clean, environmental problems, recycling) 6: Food and Drink (les and cslkes, going out) 7; Wealth and Medicine (how to stay healthy, exercise, experiences of doctors/hospital ‘8: Hobbies and Leisure (being able to talkin detail about your pastimes) ©: House ard homes (describing your Home, talking about what's good and bad about where you live, where you'd like to five) 10: Language fwhy it's important/good to tearn a foreign language) Ui: Travel/Places (where you've been/would lke to go) 12: The Natural World (favourite animals/places, outdoor activities, pets} 13: Work and Jobs (what jobs you think would be interesting/boring)eras Ceo Speaking Tests: Sample Dialogues Every test starts (Part J, Phase 1) in this (or a very similar) manner, so when you are practising with your students, especially in an interview setting, you may wish to famiarise them with the format hy conducting your practise sessions in the same way. PART 1, PHASE 1 interlocutor: {To both candidates) Good morning / afternoon / evening [Candidates A + B: Good morning / afternoon /evening Interfocutor: Can | have your mark sheets please? Candidates A +B: OF course, here you go. Interlocutor: (Hand over the mark sheets to the assessor) AT sence AN HIS 15 eonme Candidates A +B: Nice to meet you {both). Interlocutor: He / she is just going to listen to us, {To A] Now, what is your name? Candidate A: My name is. Interlocutor: Thank you, {To B) And what is your name? Candidate Be MY nae 18 wenn Interlocutor: Thank you, Candidate B, what's your surname? Candidate BE 1S sermnemne Intorlocutor: How do you sped it? Candidate B: rata interlocutor: Thank you. And Candidate A, what's your surname? Candidate A: My family NaMe'S pnne neue How do you spel i Interlocutor: Thank you. Noles In the next section of Phase 1, the questions may vary a litte, but only one set of example questions is being provided hecause most of the question variations will be covered as a matter of course as students practise for Phase 2. (Ask the folowing questions. Use candidates’ names throughout. Alternate turns for the first question, ask Candidate A first then repeat the question for Candidate B ond for the second question, ask Candidate B first) then repeat for Cancidate A) ‘interlocutor: Where do you live / come from? Gandidates A/:| come from 3 suburb Of sna (iy) Called aocven ve in a nice area and I realy tke it Or J come from a town called woaneu It'S quite near the city Of uu and it's a lovely place to live or Hive in a small vilage in the countryside. t's quiet there, but | have lots of room to play! Adult students; Intertocuter: Do you work or are you a student? Candidates A/B: | work. Fm employed 28 a nun - W'S an interesting job / it's not such an interesting job. or Fam a student at serum University. | study (subject) tm in my third year. interlocutor: What do you do / study? (f not already answered as above} Schookage students interlocutor: Do you study English at schoo Candidates A/@: Yes, | do. | have English lessons three times a week Interlocutor; Do you like it? Candidates A/B: Very much, | lke learning languages and Enalish is important for my future or {t's a litle dificult to be honest, but | try my best (Repeat for Candidate 8.)planted below and in the folowing pages, you wil find sample questins and answers for Part J, Phase 2 as wel as alogues for Parts 2,3 and 4 of Practice Tests 1-10, j TEST 1 | PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) (Peet one or mere questions from the ist to ask each caldate. Use candidates! names tvoughout. Ask Candeate B first) Do you enioy studying English? 3: (enjoy studying English very much. ke lersing anguoges and want to travel inthe future, be able to tak to lots of aifferent peaple from all over the wor'd i | speak English. |: Do you think that English will be useful For you in the future? Yas for sie. Iwi helo me find a better job be abe to tok to more foreign people andi wil be easier to travel sod. 1: What did you do last weekend? 5 Ov soturdy. | Nada Feo, Then | went tothe park and played games with my friends. On Sunday, the shopring with ‘mum and dad, and then ! went to the cinenra with my sister, ‘What do you like to do in your free time? ao Day Footbal. | pay football tree times a week. also enjoy reading Books, especially novels, And fm keen on going to the cinema, Thank you. PART 2; SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - Starting a hobby {Em going to describe sition to you. Your friend John needs your help because he carlt decide wtich school hobby club to eta wey Stong and fit and loves the cutdoors. Tak tagether about the ferent hobly cbs he cold jon ard sy ‘which one would be best. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you, Pause) ray at agsin Your friend John needs yeu help because he cart decide which school hobhy chb to join, John s very RIGS ond fit and loves the outdoors. Tak together about the diferent hobby clubs he could jin and soy which ove veel be best. il right? Talk together, Alow the candidates encugh time to complete the task Prompt only it necessary) a: 2: Well we know Job likes the outdoors, so | don't think he would enjoy playing the piano, do you? B: You're absolutely right; he wouldn't want to be indoors all day. What about ballet? A: It's an indoor hobby, too, so dont think so. Pls, | think i's for girs FZ; Maybe youre right John might not fike it very much. | thik he might tke to go hiking though; that sounds tke fun 2; fe; and held get to spend tots of time inthe fresh air. Let's think about it. What about saling? B: | think saling is too dificult - you need a lot of practice to get good at it A: Okay, bot dont forget it's avery uncommon hobby ant t mente mvecting B: | see what you mean, and John is strong and fit so he should be able to do it. Maybe he would like sailing after all, i }A: Wel, let's think about that one, too. Now, what about horse riding and tennis - doesn't John already play tennis? | Be Li youre et, ol’ forget tha. | hk oro riding sands more exciting than sang tush ar so agree? | ‘A: Definitely. So it's either horse riding or hiking, which one should we choose? i A jt’ a hard decision 1 think king because John isso tit and strong he would probably be realy good ati | JA: And maybe horse riding would be very expensive, too, so perhaps hiking is the best option. i B: Then we'e agreed JA: Agreed, We've desided to choose te hiking ct for John PART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) Fano ee gat of you to tak on your own ahout something m going to give each of you a photograph showing people on orroxmately | minut. there is 2 need to mtervene, prompts rather than drect questions should be secdt Mat, Now, Candidate 8 here is your photograph I aso shows people on hokdays, Please show t's Condidate A ad tell us | hat you can seen the photograph. | Approximately 1 minute] Thank you. Sample Answers: ero at wot taee snow on te ground. A woman | thick is standing inthe snow and holding a brown waking stick She i wearing Beat Narm ere boots, bu jars, alight brown hat and jumper, and blue sleeveless Jacket. Shes cory ach seks her Many Ha it ete a big tee with green leaves and snow coverng it. There area bl of motmtens wins Geer He end The meta aamountains and the Lops of the mountains are snow-covered. The wotran is Very high up aed Gah ee he Fray oe es 2 valley Inthe distance, the sky is cloudy, but neae the vaman I cane wore Dae dey the mee looking Javay from the camera at the beautiful view Saat ata 4 goal lls on the beach. They are holding hans and looking away from the camera towards the sea. The and al the bottom of the picture is ight brown in colou and looks soft. But where the sand meets the metce g changes to a darker ein The hid seats fal and sim. He is eating a eink Tshit vith some wetng on it and @ pat of sorts oy everett Serre at ae ees od 2 white stir. He is aso veering armbands, The mah has blac Nai and We che fee bey too Th soe eg ee, 2b wove coming towards the beach. Iisa gresnish colour I can see two people sommes fee too, The sea is a dark blue. There are footsteps in the sand,PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) Your photographs showed people on holidays. Now, fd like you fo tak together about the types of holidays you prefer, and what places you would ke to visit in the future, (Allow candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt only i necessary} ‘Sample Dialogue JA: Well, may I start? 1B: Of course. : | don't krow about you, but | love sun holidays. | really ike to spend my time relaxing at the seaside Me toc! love making sand castles and playing beach volleybal : Yeat! That's a lot of fur What about swirming? Hove to swim, don't you? ‘Actually, Im not such @ good swinsner, but I fove the beach aryway. Holidays in the countryside are rice, too, though. 4 guess i's nice to relax in the countryside is nice and quiet there. But | prefer the city mysell.| ke to go shopping and visit ‘museums. 'B: YeaHy that can be fun, too. The only type of holiday I really distke is the winter holiday; you know, going sking and so on. I's too cold! }A: No way! tove to ski. Every winter, my family goes to the mountains for a week and we have a great time. BB: What about places you would like to visi. | know | would fove to go to London, | could practise my English all the time! JA: Yeah. And there are lots of nice places to visit, ike The Tower of London B: | know; it would be great Is there anywhere else you would lke to go? |A: Maybe someday IM visit Egypt. | love history and Iva alnays wanted to see the pyramids. 'B: That would be amazing! think Id tke to see New York as well! watch a lot of movies about America and fve always wanted to go there A: {ow what you mean | want to go there some doy, too. Al the shops and interesting places to visit would be 2 fot of fun For sure! TEST 2 PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate. Use cendidates' names throughout, Ask Cancldate B first) ‘Do you come from a big or smal fan? 'B: | come from an average-size family, | think, There are four of us in al, There's my mum, Greta; my dad, Sam, my sister, Tara and me [informal of Do you have sisters or brothers? Yes. {have a sister and a brother. tm the eldest chill 'm eleven years old, my brother is eight and my sister is three - she's the baby of the family! ‘What will you do during the summer holidays? 'B: Usually my mum and dad take us on a week's holiday somewitere, bul | don't know where we'l go yet. fl have a lot of tree time uring the summer, soil probably play with my friends often Il go to the beach if the weather is good, 100, |fove to go ‘swietring and sunbathing, and | sometimes play beach volleybal when fm there. | will definitely retax because Hl have no school What did you do during the summer holidays last year? Last summer, went to France for one week with my family. We stayed in Paris tis a very nice city, We went sightseeing every day and we ate out at lovely restaurants overy evening, The food was delicious! | had a great time. Thark you, PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - Starting a youth club {Tim going to describe a situation to you. You have been given some money to start a new youth chib in your area. Talk together ‘bout the things that might be good to have in the youth club. Then decide which thing would be best to spend the money on Here is a picture with some ideas to help you, (Pouse) UiLsay that again. You have been given some money to start a new youth club in your area. Tak together about the things that ‘might be good to have in the youth club. Then decide vtich thing would be best to spend the money on All right? Talk together, (Alow the conddates enough time to complete the task. Prompt only if necessary] ‘A: Okay then, what about board games like chess? | think they've a good idea because they're fun to play and cheap to buy. Br Maybe, butt think they're a bit old-fashioned. Let's thisk about that one. | think we have to have some computers, don't you? }A: Definitely. Even though they're very expensive, computers wil be very popular with the children; they can play games and learn at the same time. What about a television sel? % Hmm. I dont think we need a television as well as computers because nowadays you can get TV on your computer. What do you think? 4 agree. How about 2 library? t dont think we need a collection of books because the ctldren can find al the information they want using the computers, ‘Absolvely. And you con even read backs on your computer now. | tke the idea of basketball courts though, You? ‘Yeah, Me too. t's importent to have some physical activities to Go, Chicren need to stay fit and healthy. Basketball is 9 great idea, Now, what about arts and crafts? Yes, | like the idea. it gives our youth club a nice mix of diferent activities and children love to hands. What about otter sports lke football Ont dont think we need a basketball court and a footbal field Besides, all you need to play footbell is some open space. Okay. So what should we spend the money on? I's not easy to decide, 1s t? For me, i's between the basket ball courts and the computers. | thik they're both realy good things. t Yes, | totally agree. But, you know, | think young people sit around a lot these days. | think it would be better for them to play basketba, even if they might prefer the computers. So, 1¢ say let's spend the money on basketball courts. What do you think? | think thai's smart, actualy. Good idea, ‘aw and make things with their = Ss = Se > w ExTames DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) Nd tke each of you to tak on your own'about something. 'm going to give each of you a photograph that has to do with healthy living. Cancidate A, here is your photograph. fd like you to show it to Candidate B, but Vé like you to tak about i Candidate B, you'l just Hsten. Ml gwe you your ahotograph in a moment, Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in the photograph, Approximately 1 minute, If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used) Thank you, Now, Candidate B, here is your photograph. It also has to do with healthy ving. Please show it to Candidate A and tell Us winat you can see in the photograph. Woproximately 1 minute} Thank you, Sample Answers: A: | see a man running or maybe jogging in the park. He's exercising. He is in the middle of the picture. He is ruming on green grass. He is very fit and sim. He is wearing wiite trainers, navy tracksut bottoms ard a light blue jacket. He has short, black haw and 2 light [complexion. Behind the man, the image is blurry but I thik there may be a city with some large beiklings. B: | can see someone in kitchen, cutting up vegetables, They/re bell poppers | thnk There's a red pepper and a yellow pepper and sotne orange tomatoes too, The woman is wearing a white jumper, but I can't see much else. Ok, | think she's wearing dark trousers. She's cutting the vegetables on a white board with a big sharpe Wrife, They are on a white counter top, and I can see a cooker with a big pot behind her. | think she is getting ready to cook a healthy meal. It looks like a soup pot, so maybe she's going to make soup. Everything looks very clean, G: This is a picture of a doctor. She has short light brown hr. She's wearing a white lab coat and she has the instrument to listen to the heart around her neck. She is writing notes with a pen, She looks very serious, but she doesn't look stressed. She looks calm. The all behind her is yellow. Lets see, The picture has to do with heathy living because a doctor helps people keen healthy. Maybe she is writing out what mecicine a patient aeeds. | think itis important to go to the doctor for check-ups. That way we can keep hoalthy. PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) 1: Your photographs had to do with healthy living. Now, like you to talk together about what people can do to stay healthy and vty it's important to stay healthy. ‘Allow cencldates enough time to complete the task without intervention, Prompt only if necessary ‘Sample Dialogue Shall | start? By all means, : Welh | think one of the most important things is exerciso; we havo to get lots of exercise, wouldn't you agroe? Absolutely. We should play sports or go to the gym. Exercise is not just good for the body, i's also good for the mine. Sore. And eating wel is important, too. We have to have a balanced dt. : Yes. I's bad to eat too much chocolate and too many fatty foods, isnt i {t certainly i, Fast food is the worst, even though its delicious! We have to eat lots of feut and vegetables. Yeah, and meat and fish, to. Ive heard fish Is very good for your brain. It makes you smarter! Then we should definitely eat lots of fish! What about the second part of the question: why is it important to stay healthy? | think i's because being unhealthy is dangerous. It can make you weak and you might not lve a long life. What do you think? | totally agree. Plus, if youre unhealthy, you canit enjoy ife as much. If you're not fit, you can't run fast and play games with your friends. And another thing: being urhealty can make you tired and depressed. You're right. And that's not good, is it? B: No way. | think you are more tkely to get diseases lke cancer if you dos't try to stay healthy, too, JA: That's another good reason to be careful about what you eat Br Definitely. And, of course, we must be caretul about bad hctits fke smoking and drinking. They're realy bad for you JA: Yes, we musta't drink a lot or smoke. Smoking is one of the biggest causes of disease, ‘now. wil never take up smoking. A: Me neither! SERPRSE SESE TEST 3 PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate, Use candidates’ names throughout. Ask Candidate 8 first.) Eo you like the noighbourhood you ive in? Bi Yes, very much | lve in @ quiet and safe area. There aren't many cars around and the air is rice and fresh, There isa park nearby where I can go to play. | often go there with my friends and spend ail day playing football. What is there to do in your area? JA: Well, there are a Tot of shops, so you can go shopsing for clothes and shoes and things. There's a cinema near my house, t often 0 there at the weekend. There is a gym in the main street and there are some football fields and tennis courts in the pork lie to play tennis with my friends. In the evening, mast people meet up at one of the focal cafes to relax and chat | 1k Do you like school? ‘Br Yes and no, Yes, because all my friends are there and we have fun together. | also lke learning new and interesting things and | know school is very important. No, because sometines school is dificult and there is a lot of work to do, but | alvays try my best Eg |Tee aes eee 1 What are your favourite and least favourite subjects? JA: Ny favourite subject is history. | love to learn about the past. don't like maths at al. am nol very good at it, yau see! 1 Thank you. PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - Journey in a car Ik tm going to describe a situation to you, You are going on a long journey together in a car. Talk together about what things are important to bring along on a car journey. Then decide which is the most important. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you. Pause} TL say that again. You are going on a long journey together in a car, Talk together about what things are most important to bring along on a car journey. Then decide which is the mast important. AW right? Tak together. (Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task. Prompt only if necessary.) Well | don't know about you, but | doa't thik we need to bring a radio, do we? Afterall, cars have their own radios. You're right, tts forget about that. What about a book to read? | think reading is a good way to pass the time on fong journeys. ti, but | always fee! sick when | read in a car, don't you? Now that {think about it, youre right! Let's not bring a book to read, | don't want to be sick ¢ Agreed. Water is important, though! always get thirsty on a long journey. What about you? : Tim the same. Cars cen sometimes get very hot and stuffy. We defintely need to bring water with us. What about a pillow? Maybe it would be a good idea to bring one in case we want to go to sleep. What do you reckon? Hmmm. | can never get to sleep in a car while i's moving. I's too uncomfortable, cidnt think of that. Let's forget about the pillow, then Yes, ok. What about some food? We might get hungry on such a fong jowney, don't you think? Yeah. And maybe we could stop for a picnic somewhere. It is tice to take a break and get some air when you're driving a long, ‘way. What about money? Do we need to bring some? I think its always good to have some monoy in case of emergencies, so what is most important? | think water is really important. People can't survive i they don't have water. Br Wel, yeah, thats true, but if we have money, then we can buy whatever we might need along the way. JA: Of course! Yeue right. So i's decided. The money Is the most important if we have to choose one thing Br Yes, | think so! PART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) Now, Id like each of you to talk on your own about something. fm going to give each of you a photograph that shows people relaxing, Candidate A, bere is your photograph. I'd Tike you to show it to Candidate B, but I fke you to talk about it. Candidate B, youll just listen Ml give you your photograph in a moment. Candidate A, please tel us what you can see in the photograph. nproximately 1 minute, If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used? Now, Canddate B, here is your photographs it also shows people relaxing, Please show it to Candidate A and tell us what you can see in the photograph. Approximately 1 minute} a: Sample Answers: A: | can see two ciuldren lying in the grass. It looks like a sunny day but they'e tying in the shade of a tree. Maybe it's summertime. ‘The gil has red-blond hair and is wearing jeans, a blue long-sleeved tshirt and trainers. She has her hands stretched over her head. ‘The boy is wearing jeans and a short-sleeved bive t-shirt, He also fas blondish hair. They look alle and are dressed In the same kind of clothes so maybe they're a sister and brother. They look very happy and refoxed, They're nat doing anything but they're having a good dey. Um... what else? I don't know how old they are, maybe 7 or 8 years old, They're about the same age. B: | can see a green tennis court with white fines on it. There's a net in the middle of the court. There are two men playing tennis together. One at the near end of the court; the other at the far end, The ian at the near end of the court is wearing waite trainers, juhite socks, red shorts and a yellow sleeveless top. He's holding a tenis racket in bis right hand and he's about to hit the ball, He Is very tan. The man at the other end of the court is wearing a while top, He's also rather tan, n the background, there are some trees. is @ lovely day; the sky is clear and bive. There is a fence around the tennis courts, | can see a total of three temis courts PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) Your photographs showed people relaxing. Nove, fd lke you to talk together about the things you each tke to do to relax. {low candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention Prompt only if necessery) Sample Dialogue JA: Hil start, then. I really enjoy reading @ book before | go to bed at night. That's a great way to relax. What about you? Wah. prefer suring the internet on my laptop and finding out all the latest news stories, plus I can also play fun online games, Do you surf the net much? JA: Maybe the odd time, but not as much as you. What about chaiting with frends at the cafe? That's something I love to do. B: Me, (00. I really enjoy chatting to my friends. I sometimes chat to them online a8 well | also enjoy listening to music. How about you Definitely! What's your favourite type of music? Mine's rock Yeah, rock és good, but | also lke pop and hiphop. Don't you? Yep. Plus I play the piano once or twice a week, Do you play any musical instruments? Jve started to play the guitar, but tm not very good yet. | need 2 lot of practice’ ¢ Low what you mean It takes a lot of effort to learn to play a now instrument. 1 Sure does! Do you play any sports? I love to go to the park and kick a football around with my friends. : I t| prefer individual sports tke golf and tenn. Tennis is my favourite. | play almost every day. \Wown you must be very good! Sports are a great way to release your anergy, don't you thick? ‘Yeah. Plus they help you keep iit ard you can meet people. Absolutely Maybe Tim ait old fashioned, but I also Hike to play board games. I often okay them at home with my family. Do you slay any? Not a lot, but they are goad for a rainy day when you cartt go outside to play o you watch much 1V? | don't really apart from the ocd fim or documentary. ‘Hove soaps to be honest. fm ackicted to ene that's on every Tuesday and Thursday. But my parents dost let me watch a it of 1. Mine ceithert There's one other thing I Jove to do: go shopping. Now that's a fot of fund ‘Yeah. Especially when you are buying presents for other people. ! love to shop, too. Sometimes | just window shop when | haven't ‘much money. TEST 4 ~ PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) {Select one or more questions trom the st to ask each candidate. Use candidates" names throughout. Ask Candidate & fits) Bid you go on holiday last summer? Yeah My family and | went to New York for tio weeks. We had a lovely time in the Big Apple. We went sightseeing and saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and so on. It was a fot of fort What do you do in your spare time? Ar Wel, | love to listen to music. My favcurite type of music is classical find it very relaxing. | also enoy playing basketball play for my local team. tm keen on going for walks, too. tke to wak in the park with my best friend and chat ke Do you bke reading books? ‘Bi Ida, yes. | love reading, I find it very relaxing | especialy lke science-fiction books. itis really exciting imagining what the world ‘could be fke in the future and all the unusual things we might be doing. Adventure stories are fur, too, and crime novels can be i ety interesting «| like trying to figure out who did the crime before the end of the story to see if I get it right! 1 Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching DVDs? JA: | tke watching DVDs a lot t's very cheap to rent cut a DVO and you cam invite your friends over to watch it with you. 1 Sometimes go to the cinema at the weekend, but it's quite expensive, so I usually only go as a treat! 1 Thank you, PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - School trip htm going to describe a situation to you. Your schol is going to organise a trip for the students, Talk together about the different Places you could go. Then decide which place would be the mest interesting. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you. Pause} I Say that again, Your school is going to orgarise a trip for the students, Tak together about the ferent places you could go. Then decide which place would be the most interesting, Allright? Talk together, Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task. Prompt only if necessary) ES =e> we JA: Wel what about a trip to the 200? 1 don't know about you, but I love animals. B: Yeah, | do too. But aur school trip should be something different - something special We can go to the 200 any time, What about Visiting a museum? Maybe the students would find that a bit boring, }A: | agree; even though it could also be very educational - we could learn a lot of things. But some students wouldn't want to go, so it imight not be very popular. | ke the idea of going to the cinema, don’t you? There are some great new movies out [B: Maybe, but we can go to the cinema any time as wel | think it would be better to go to see a basketball game maybe. It would be fun to watch the sports stars play five, What clo you think? JA: Yeah, that sounds lke a rice day out. ke the ideal What about a play? Would you like to see one? There's @ good western on in the theatre at the moment. It sounds Ike a great story. ‘Br Interesting. Although, again, a lot of the kids might not want to see a play. I might not be so popular. How about the arnusements?| Everyone would have a good time there! | Oh; love the amusements! Yeah, that sounds lke a great idea | thik it would be very popular. Let's go for that, Do you agree? Definitely! fove the scary rides; they're so exciting! The House of Horrors rollercoaster advontuee is my favourite, | | tke the water vides. They are a lot of fut m a little scared by the House of Horrors, to be honest That's the best thing about the amusements, though - there's something for everyone to enjoy. Absolutely. Then we've agreed - the amusements, w amusements it it PART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) |: Now, 1 lke each of you to talk on your own about something. Fm going to give each of you a photograph that shows different kinds of food. Candidate A, here is your photograph, I like you to show it to Candidate B, but 4 tke you to talk about i Candidate 8, youl just Fisten. HM give you your photograph in a moment, Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in the photograph. (Approximately 1 minute. If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used) ‘Thank you. Now, Candidate 8, here is your photograph, It also shows different kinds of food. Please show it to Candidate A and tell tus what you can see in the photograph, Approximately 1 minute) ‘Thank you. SaP m3:‘Sample Answers: A: | can see a white plate, On the plate, there are some chips. There's also a hotdog, The hotdog bun has some seeds on it t's filed with a brown sausage and some yellow cheese. There are also three green pickle. It looks lke there is some delicious white mayonnaise, too. The food looks really tasty, but very fattening, The background of the picture is all white. The only thing | can see isthe plate of food. B:| con see some yellow tiles. There is a bow on the files. a the bowl, there is a fresh salad. The salad looks very tasty. I can see green lettuce. I can also see soime purple and white onion. There is some red pepper and some green cucumber. There may be some tomato as well m not sure, This bowl of vegetables looks like very healthy food. tt would be good to eat. PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) Ie Your photographs showed different kinds of food. Now, Fd like you to talk together about the different kinds of food you ate when you were younger and what you eat now. fAtiow candidates enough tine to complete the task without intervention, Prompt only if necessary} Sample Dialogue Would you ike to start? Okay, Well, shen I was younger, | used to eat 2 lot of home-cooked food made by my grandmother. You know; roast potatoes, chicken soup, roast vegetables and so on. My grandmother was a very good cook. My mum used to do the cooking in my house. She really iked to cook. She would cook ttatian food like pasta and lasagna, Mexican food like tacos » all sorts! | loved my mum's dinners. What about nov Do you stil eat the saine food? ‘Sometimes, but not a5 often as | used to. Once or twice a week I eat fast food. | lke fast food a lot - i's delicious. You? ‘Yep. Fast food is very tasty, but it's really bad for you. | try not to eat too much of it ia case | put on too much weigh. JA: I know what you meant Apart from that, | sometimes eat uahealthy, microwaveable lood at home, You see, both my mum and dad are very busy during the day - they both work, So they don't ave a lot of time to cook, B: I's hard to find time to cook when you're busy. sometimes cook for myself. enjoy cooking, to be honest. | Nike {0 cook pasta, ‘meatballs, and fish, My favourite dish is salman in white sauce - yur! Oo you cook? Im not very good But | love fish, though. Plus i's really healthy. My favourite fish dish is baltered cod - that’s cod that's fred in bread crumbs. | guess i's not the healthiest fish dish, but it's delicious. Sounds good Do you tke to try foreign foods? Sometimes. | ke to go to the local Chinese restaurant. ike Chinese food @ ot. Thai food is tasty, too, but its alittle spicy. Do you eat oul much? | go to a restaurant at least once a week. {eat out sometimes, maybe once or twice a month, but it's kind of expensive. | love French restaurants. Yeah, French food can be very good, | guess the biggest difference between now and when | was younger is that | used to eat 2 Jot of home-cooked food, Now, t don't so much, ]A: Youre right! Me, too, And Ive also started to eat 2 wider variety of food as Ive gotten older BB: Yeah, those are probably the (wo biggest differences, TEST 5 PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate, Use candidates' names throughout. Ask Candidate B first) What's your favourite hobby? ‘My favourite hobby has to be playing footbal| love team sports and when I play football, | can meet up with all my friends Do you prefer watcting or playing sports? | like to do both | enjoy watching my favourite teams play on television. Sometimes, when a game is close, it's very exciting. But | also like to pay. Playing different sports is a great way to keep fit and healthy. What do you want to do when you finish school? Bz | want to go on to university. ! hope fil do well enough | think that's very important for my future, but ! don't know exactly what I want fo study yet What is the best thing about the area where you live? {realy ike the fact that there's a lot of space. | dart five in the city centre, so there aren't too many people or cers around. There are a fot of green areas and parks. That's great because it means there are a lot of places to play! Thank you. PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - Choosing the best job Tm going to describe a situation to you. You have been to a job exibition and leerned about some different jobs. Talk together about the good and bad points of different jobs, Then decide which would be the best job. Here is @ picture with some ideas to help you. Pause} Hl say that again. You have been to a job exhibition and learned about some different jobs. Takk together about the good and bad points of diferent jobs. Then decide which would be the best job, Allright? Talk together. (Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task Prompt only if necessary)A: Well dont thik Vl the to be a teacher. Teaching is a ard job when you have nesy kids in class, What do you think? Br | agree, Teaching is not for me, either. What about being a doctor? | wouldn't mind being 2 doctor because you can help save people's lives, Yes, tha’ @ good job, but it is very hard ta Become a doctor, | don't krow if | would be able to. Ike the idea of being a pokce clfcer. though. That's another job where you can help people. Police oficers are very important = they protect peorle and atch the bad guyst Br | think t would be too scared to be a police officer, That's a very dangerous job you knov. Would you like to be a truck driver? 1 ‘wouldr't, because | think it would be very boring to drive a truck around all day long. JA: ! totally agree. That doesn't sound lke a rice job. To be honest, | think there are more interesting jobs than the ones in the Pictures. I | could be anything | would be a TY presenter. That sounds lke alot af fun. could meet famous people and everyone would know my name. Would you ike that? 'B: Oh nal don't want to be famous or wellknown. The best job is different for each person, isnt it? JA: Yes, you're right. We cant all do the same job, B: Ri = 1 thin the right job for me is being an engineer, Ive always wanted to build things ever since | was very young, That sounds interesting. Maybe youll become a briliant engineer and | can interview you on my TV show! Br Maybe! If decide not to be an engineer though, | think 1d lke to be an architect, What about you? ‘% Well | kcow it's very diferent from the jb of a TV presenter, but I also like to be a lanyer. | am good at arguing my point and I want to fight for what's right, Interesting. But who knows what the future will Hott Exactiy! We could change our minds many times before we firish school PART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) Nowe tke each of you to talk on your own about something, tm going to give each of you a photograph that shows people essed in diferent stytes of clothes, Candidate A, here is your photograph. fd lke you to show it to Candidate B, but Tt ike you to tak about it. Candidate B, yout just isten.H give you your photograph in 8 moment. Cancidate A, please tel us what you eon see in the photograph, ‘Roproximately 1 minute. I there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used} Thank you. Now, Candidate 8, here is your photograph, it also shows people cressed indifferent styles of clothes, Please show it to Cantidate A and tell us what you can see in the photograph. Upproximately 1 minute} Thank you. Sample Answors: 1 can see two men talking togetter on the street. Teco is a woman behind them on the left sie. Both men are wearing sits. The mn on the tet is wearing beige trousers a bee shit, a dark blue tie and a navy suit jacket. The man on the right is weering a Brey suit, a white shirt and a red tie. The man on the right has short black hai and a light complexion. The men on the left has short bream tar He also has a light complexion. Both mon are quite slim. The woman behind them is wearing @ grey suit and a green blovee She nas grey hair end a tight complexion, There are some cars and a big building at the back. 8; | see a man and a woman hokting hands and waBing along the street. They are deessed like punk-rockers, The woman isa litle overweight. She has an olive complexion and dyed blond it. She fs wearing siver Boots, a pink dress and a black leather jacket. The man is wearing grey jeans and a white sleeveless top. He is also wearing a black hal. He has the same colout hait as the woman. ‘There are a tot of people in the background of the picture. One man on the llt-hand side is wearing a cowboy hat! PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) | {Your photographs showed people dressed in diferent styles of clothing. Now, Falke you to talk together about the style of clothing you wore when you were younger and the style of clothes you wear today. (Allow candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt en if necessary) Sample Dialogue Would you like to start? Okay. Welh wien | was younger, | didn't get to choose my own clothes; my mum chose them for me. | wore a lot of hand:me: dlowns from my big brother. | didnt ike them very muchy | thought they vere oldfashioned, What about you? JA: It was the same for me. Num bought all my clothes. But | was lucky because | cdi't have a big brother, so | cit have hand-me. downs like you Br You WERE lucky! My mum used to tke knitting, so she would brit woolly jumpers for me, to. | nover wear her woolly jumers anymoret }A: And, of course, most of the time | used to viear my school uniform. | was in it for five days of the week B: Oh yeah, how could | forget! What about row? How do you dress ciferenty? }A: Wel for one ting, | buy my own clothes, so | get to choose what Ike. he to wear casual cothes: jeans; trainers; tshirts, that B: ind of thing. What about you? I wear tracksuits alot because theyre very comfortable - plus Ido alot of exercise. I don't lice jeans, though. They're too tight you ask me. Do you ever wear formal clothes? + Not often. When it's a special occasion, { wear a suit ora shirt and tie, Last week, I went to the wedding of a relative of mine, so wore a suit to that. Do you dress formally a lot? Yes, Ihave to. You see, | work part-time as a waiter at on expensive restaurant, so I have to look my best and dress well A: | sea, Did you ever dress for a certain look? You know; metal or rock? Ee ayPee Not realy | don't like the way mods and punks end heavy metal followers cress, think they look alu! Don't you agree? }A: | tke heavy metal, so sometimes when | go to a concert, | put on bkack boots and my leather jacket. it's furl IF you say sol TEST 6 PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONVERSATION (2-3 mins) (Select one or more questions from the fist to ask each candidate. Use candidates’ names throughout. Ask Candidate B fist) Do you play any sports? B: Yes. | play water polo. 'm good at swimming, so | enjoy water polo a lot, i How often do you play? B: | play at least three times a week. |: What job would you tke to have when you grow up? I want to be a dentist. | had a fot of problems with my teeth when Iwas very young and my dentist was realy kind. That's why 1 wont to be a dentist; to be kind and understanelng towards other young chidren who have tooth problems, ‘What will you do this weekend? {don't know! | haven't made any plans yet. Maybe Il meet some friends and go to the cinema - there are some good movies out at the moment. |: What do you usually do after school? A: Well usually | go home and eat a snack, then maybe relax for a while or do some homework. At seven on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays | have English lessons, They last for two hours, so on those days | get back home after nine and fm quite tired. So then | Usually watch TV for a wile then go to bed. | do most of my studying on the days when | haven't classes in the evening, Sometimes when | don't have much homework, 8 go out with my friends after school 1 Thank you. PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 mins) - Camping holiday |: Tim going to describe a situation to you. You are going to go on a summer camping trip for two weeks inthe mountains, Talk together about the things you will need on the trip and agree on the most important thing to bring with you. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you. Pause} IN say that again, You are going to go on a summer camping trip for two weeks in the mountains. Tak together about the things You will need on the trip and agree on the most important thing to bring with you. Allright? Talk together. {Mtlow the cancldetes enough time to complete the task. Prompt only if necessary.) 'A: Okay. How about a map? That would be good to bring in case we get lost B: Yes, Ithink we must have a rap of the mountains, otherwise it could be very dangerous up there, What about a radio? | think it right be nice to have some music. ‘A: It would, but radios are heavy. Do we really went to be carrying a radio around with us? Perhaps nol, you're probably right. What about sleeping bags? Wee surely going to need sleeping bags to stay warm, right? ‘Absolutely! weulda't go on 2 comping trio without sleeping bags. Do we need to bring 2 camera? | think it would be nice to take some photos {sure would, but @ camera's not essential, though, is i? | mean a tent is way more impo tant! Of course; youre right. We must have a tent for shelter. Alter all, what would we do if it rains? Exactly, and what ebout a torch? Well need a torch to see in the dark, won't we? ‘A: That's true. But that makes fovr items. Which is more important? This is not easy because they're all necessary. B: Oh, 1 don't know. 1 guess 2 torch because we could get in trouble if we cant see were we're going, PI & A: Ok, but what it it rains? We'd be so wet and cold and miserable | thik a tent is most important, or maybe a sleeping bag. 8: You have @ point. dortt know. it wouldn't be a very nice holiday if we bring only one thing! But itl agree with you, "ART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) E_Now, Id fke each of you to talk on yaur own about something. tin going to give each of you a photograph that shows people doing diferent activities. Candidate A here is your photograph. 0 tke you to show it to Candidate B, but Id tke you to tak about At Candidate B, you!t just listen. I! give you your photograph in a moment, Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in the Photograph (Approximately 1 minute. if there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used) ‘Thank you. Now, Candidate 8, here is your photograph. It also shows people daing diferent activities. Please shen it to Candidate A and tell us what you can see in the photograph. Approximately 1 minute) “Thank you. Sample Answers: ‘cI can see @ woman sitting on an armchair or a sofa. The sofa is brown and white in colour. The woman is very slim and pretty. She 's weering 2 red dress. She has curly, black hair. She is holding a book in her hands. Behind her, there is 2 brown table. On the table, there is some fruit «| think it is some apples, but Im not sure. The apples are red. Behind the table there is 2 yold freguard, Behind the fireguard is @ fireplace. the fire is lit and the room looks very warm and cosy. The fireplace is made of brown bricks, B: I can see two people cycing in the park. They're in the middle of the photo. They're cycling on the path, There are trees around them ang tots of grcen grass. I's a nice day end the sun is shining because ! can see many shadows. One of the cyclists is @ woman.Cau er [She's on the right, The other is a nian, He's on the left. The man is dressed all n navy. He's ‘nearing sunplasses, te has shore Heck hair. The weman is wearing navy trousers and a yellow top. She has long, curly, brown hair. Both of them are quite sim. PART 4; GENERAL CONVERSATIOM (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) {: Your photographs showed people doing different activities. Nov, 'd ke you to talk together about your hobbies and your interests. Ulow cancidates enough time to complete the task without intervention Prompt only if necessary) Sample Dialogue ‘A: You know, | have an urusual hobby, B: Tell me mare, JA: Well | love to go rock climbing I's really exciting and challenging B: Wow! But that sounds really scary! Aren't you afraid? Not really, We use ropes so it's quite safe. Do you have any unusual hobbies? {love to write poems ard stories. | love to write anything, realy. ve been writing since | was very young, | write about my experiences every day. | rite a diary; | write stories about ghosts and goblins, you know. | just love to write Good for you, You must be very creative. | also enjoy sking. | love winter sports, you see. Can you ski? i Tm not very goad, unfortunately, but | ave been taking lessons, so tm getting better. Do you ski often? Every weekend during the winter my family and go to the mountains. I ski as much 2s possible. What about you? ‘Not that much, but | go mountain biking almost every day. | lve in the countryside and it's really good fun to ride cross-country. Sounds like it. What do you do to relax? Ike to do yoga, It helps me to stay calm. Oh, Tve never tried yoga. | usually relax by reading a novel before going to bed. find that very calming, know what you mean. sometimes do that, too SE TEST 7 PART 1, PHASE 2: GENERAL CONYERSATION (2-3 mins) (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate. Use candidates! names throughout. Ask Candidate 8 first) I: What year are you in at schooP 8: tin in my frst year of secondary school. itis very exciting because itis a new experience for me. How do you get to school every day? Usually, my mum gives me a It in her car, but sometimes | get the bus with my friends, '& What do you normally do on school SSS EENCreo 8: Oh, no, Pd never have a mouse for a pel Why? Are you afraid? Someone told me mice are quite clever Im not afraid, but | dont ike them at all. What's the next picture? A bug? A: | think so. But I dont think it's a good pet. I's very smal, and maybe it would die ‘Yes, What about the horse? I love horses, but it's not very practical, 2: eat They eat a lot and need a lat of space. So wia's the best pel? | think a dog, Well never agree, though, wil we? 'B: No, welll never agreet A cat is much better than a dog! PART 3: DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH (3 mins) {Now Fd tke each of you to tak on you own about something. fm going to give each of you a photograph that shows someone et Wort Canddte A, here is your photograph. like you to show it to Canddate 8 butt bke you to tak about it Candee B your ut isten. fl give you your photograph in a moment. Canddate A, please tel us what you can see in the photograph. fiesroxinately I minute. I there fs 3 need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used} {Thank you Now, Candidate 8, here is your photograph It also shows someone at work, Please show it to Candidate A and tel us What you can see in the photograph. Approximately J minute) Thank you. Sample Answers: 2 his is 2 photograph of a man who's in front of a laptop computer. He's wearing a red hat - the kind of hat that people wear to Protect the head. He looks serious. He's wearing glasses and a light blue shit. Behind him are some big metal pieces | don't leon shat they ar, bot | think he's helping to build a building. He's not the one busting it, though. 1 thik majbe he designed ik bexeoce he has the computer. | think he's an engineer and he's there to make sure they're building it correctly. Fide oman. She's wearing a green top and she looks Happy. She has ight brown curly hair and she's sing. She's hong 2 Pook. She's at work, right? Um. not sire what she's doing. Moybe she's a secretary. She locks calm and happy 80 she rae be ier work Oh, maybe she's @ teacher. But she must have good sludents because theyre aot making her stressed! Or maybe she works aaa latin. OF I know! Maybe she wrote the Look and its a best seler and she has alot of moncy nove Maybe thats why she's smiling PART 4: GENERAL CONVERSATION (Based on Part 3 theme: 3 mins) Your photograpts showed people at work. Now, fi ke you to tak together about whether you would prefer to work or outdoors oF indoors, low conddlates enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt only necessary) Sample Dialogue }&: What do you think? Would you like to work outdoors ar indoors? | wouldnt lke to work outdoors, This wouldt be nice iit rained. in the winter it would be cokd A: Tras tue. It woul be hot inthe summer too. Also, | thik sometimes outdcor work is very Nard work Youre working with your body and you're working very hard. B: Yes, /A: But if the weather's rice, it would be good to vork outside, Sometimes it ist rice at all to be stuck in'a dark office, Br It depends where you are and what work you're doing. For example, teaching chidrn how to do water sports would be lots of fun 4: Tract td also like working in a national park; maybe studying the animals or pants! That would be a realy perfect jb. 1 wouett mind if | got cold or wet. 5: ti mot sure tke tht. But | wouldnt ike a boring jo in an office ether. The best thing woud be to have interesting job indoors, Wouid you lke to be @ professional surfer, or snowboarder, or something like thet? They work outdoors, * Not me. | tink its dangerous. Also, how many people relly get to do thal? Maybe people dream about it but they cant realy do it ‘A: Some dot : But not very many. Most people wo work outdoors are buldng things, or digging What I ant to say i that it's the job that’s |, most important. Its not whether i's indoors or outdoors. There are good aid bad jobs tar both. ‘A: | agroe. Youre completely right about that. But | think that @ bad job indoors would be better than a bad job outdoors! Maybe you're bored, but at least you arent wet and cold A: You have a point, 2