Anglia Examinations

Preliminary Level
Speaking Test
2021 Set 1
Instructions for Assessors

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LOCATION: a quiet place in the school.

DURATION: 6−11 minutes.

PARTICIPANTS: two candidates; assessor; usher.

MATERIALS: Pictures supplied for picture story (task 2)

and find-the-difference (task 3)

RECORDING: The examination is to be recorded as an MP3. The recording is

sent to Anglia Examinations, Chichester College, for moderation.

BEFORE the candidates enter the room, record their full names, numbers
and level of the examination clearly.

AFTER the examination, the usher must ensure that the candidates do not
return to the area where candidates yet to take the test are still waiting.

Task 1: Introduction, 2 minutes maximum. Introductory warm-up

The assessor welcomes and reassures the candidates. It is recommended you say,

‘Hello. My name is xxxxx. This is the Preliminary Speaking test. Are you ready?
Good, let’s begin.’

The assessor encourages the candidates to introduce themselves. If the candidate

has clearly prepared a short introduction and sets off to recite it, allow him/her to
go through it and ask a question at the end. Be prepared to kindly interrupt if this
goes on for too long. Otherwise, conduct the introduction with three or four simple,
specific question prompts from the following:

1. Family

- Have you got any brothers and sisters?

- How old are they?
- Who is the eldest/youngest?
- Have you got any cousins?
- Where do they live?
- Have you got grandparents?
- Do you see them often?
- Have you got any pets?
- Tell me about your pets/cat/dog/hamster, etc.

2. Home

- Can you describe your house?

- What is your favourite place/room?
- Why is it your favourite room?
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 - Have you got a bedroom of your own or do you share it?
- Which is the biggest/smallest room?
- Where is the television/computer/sofa, etc? (encourage use of
prepositions of place: near, next to, in, etc.)
- Have you got a garden?
- What do you do in the garden?

3. Free Time

- What are your hobbies?

- What is your favourite sport?
- What do you like watching on television?
- What do you do on Saturdays? (encourage present simple)
- What did you do yesterday after school/last weekend? (encourage past
simple)

Task 2: 3 minutes maximum.

The students are given individual picture prompts which, as a sequence, form a
simple narrative. The assessor asks one or two past simple questions to elicit
answers, such as ‘Where did Steven go last weekend?’ (picture of a park) ‘What did
he do there?’ (picture of boys playing football). The assessor asks each of the
students in turn to say what happened in the story. The assessor will ask as many
questions as necessary to facilitate this.

For example: The assessor says,

‘I have some pictures here. They tell a story. The story happened last week. You can
look at the pictures and I have some questions for you. OK? Remember to use the
past tense. Now, [<name>]. Last weekend, Jack went camping in the mountains with
his family.’

Then ask the questions from the prompts below.

e.g.

A: [<name>]. How did they go to the mountains? (picture of car)

C: Car.
A: Yes. Can you tell me a sentence? How did he go there? He….
C: He go there by car.
A: He went there by car.
C: Ah, yes, went.
A: Good. Now, [<name B>] Who went camping with Jack?
C: His parents and his sister.
A: Yes. And what did they take with them?
C: They take a football.
A: Remember. This was last week.
C: They took a football. A: Thank you. And…….
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Questions to ask: Last Saturday, Mark went to visit his grandmother. (Show initial
picture)

1. What was the weather like?

2. What time did Mark leave home?
3. How did Mark get to his grandmother’s house?
4. What did his mother give him to take for his grandmother?
5. Where did he put all the things?
6. Near his grandmother’s house, who did he meet?
7. Where did they all go?
8. What did they do there?
9. Then what did Mark see?
10. What did he do?
11. What happened next?
12. What problem did Mark have?
13. Where did Mark go then?
14. What did his grandmother give him?
15. What did they have for lunch?

Task 3: 3 minutes maximum.

Information gap task, to be done as a pair. The candidates are given one picture
each of find-the-difference set. They talk to each other to find where the
differences are in the two pictures. They should not show each other their pictures
but question each other to work out the differences.
The assessor says,

‘You each have a different picture. Only look at your picture, OK? I want you to ask
questions to find some differences between the pictures.

e.g.

A: OK, [<name>]. Ask your partner, ‘How many people are there in your picture?’
C1 to C2: How many people are there in your picture?
C2: [There are] five.
A: Thank you. [<name>], do you have five people too? (response) Now, [<name B>]
Ask your partner, ‘Where are the people?’
C2: Where are the people?
C1: They are in the kitchen.
A: OK, now[<name>], can you ask, ‘What is the man doing?’
C1: What is the man…..um…
A: What is the man doing in your picture?
C1: What is the man doing?
C2: He is eating a sandwich.
A: OK. Now[<name B>], can you ask another question? Maybe ‘Have you got an
animal in your picture?’….

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Encourage candidates to ask about objects, colours, actions etc. Question words
may be provided as prompts. If the task is not going well, however, it might be
facilitated by letting them see each other’s pictures. The candidates should not get
stressed about the facts, but take the pictures as prompts to use their English.

What…?

Where…?

How many…?

Task 3a: Optional Extension (where appropriate) 2−3 minutes maximum.

The examiner may ask the students to perform a chant, rhyme, song or poem they
know. This is optional for the students. Stay cheerful and encouraging, and when the
test is over, thank the students and say, ‘Goodbye’.

NB

This is not a compulsory word-for-word script but a strong recommendation for how
the test should be conducted. Circumstances will mean that the words should be
slightly changed to get the best from the candidate. As an assessor you have the
right to do this. Conversations often do not run exactly as planned and some
flexibility is allowed to keep the test as stress-free and natural as possible. The
Anglia Examinations moderators will take account of this when monitoring the
recording.

However, remember to keep all meta-language simple. Name the candidate

frequently. Do not be tempted to chat or add extra information about yourself, for
example. This confuses the candidate and takes valuable testing time.

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 MARKING CRITERIA ANGLIA SPEAKING TEST
JUNIOR, PRIMARY AND PRELIMINARY (A1) LEVELS

RANGE OF VOCABULARY /
COMMUNICATION / CONTENT PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY
The student can comfortably respond to the examiner’s Clearly understandable The student is clearly at ease with the basic words and
D questions at this level. throughout the test. grammatical structures of the level.
The student understands the examiner most of the time
Sufficiently adequate to be The student knows the basic words and grammatical structures of
M and gives a correct answer to the majority of the
understandable. the level. There may be a few errors.
questions.
The student understands a good proportion of the Poor, but understandable at The student knows the most basic words and grammar needed for
P questions, and gives right answers in around 50% of cases. least half the time. the level although there are obvious errors / omissions.
A combination of not answering and answering incorrectly The student cannot be The student knows insufficient basic words or grammar to
R make communication virtually impossible. understood most of the time. participate in the test.
U No communication in English taking place at all.