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HOW TO DO WELL IN A2

FLYERS SPEAKING PART 2


Posted By Anne Robinson /
Tags A2 Flyers, speaking, Tips

Following on from my previous post, I’ll share some tips


for doing well in A2 Flyers Speaking Part 2.

Source: Fun for Movers 4th edition page 102

Let’s look again at the A2 Flyers Speaking Part 2 from


Sample Papers Volume 2 (available here:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/young-
learners-sample-papers-2018-vol2.pdf :

The questions

There might be three types of questions to answer and


ask:

Type 1: Wh- questions (starting with What,


When, Where, Who, Why, How, How many,
etc).

In the example, we can see that there are four Wh-


questions. (Where is the castle? What’s the name of the
castle? Who lives in the castle? How old is the castle?)

Tip 1: Train students to notice where there is


(and isn’t) a /.

For these questions, we can see / in only the first


one: Where/castle

The / indicates where words are missing and need to


be added.

Where/castle > Where’s the castle?

The other two Wh- questions do not have a / .

Who lives

How old

So, no words need to be added BETWEEN these words


(but after them, of course we need to add words to
form the questions.)

Who lives > Who lives in the castle?

How old > How old is the castle?

Note: As we can see in this example, the Wh- word


that the students need to use is not always written
on the question paper.

Name > What’s the name of the castle?

They might read words like age or address or colour,


etc.

Tip 2: Make sure that students know that for


these kinds of question prompts, they will
need to choose and use a question word:

Name > What‘s the name of the castle?

Colour > What colour is the bicycle?

Similarly, the question word might not be given, but


the prompts are two ro three words long, e.g.

like/doing > What does George like doing?

time/open > What time does the castle open?

Tip 3: Train students to spot where the


question is about the past.

Another thing to train students to think about (and


spot when they listen to the examiner’s questions!) is if
any of the questions should be in the past simple.

Let’s look at an example with a table I have created


about Lucy’s bicycle.

Colour ?

Who bought ?

Age ?

When/get ?

Cheap/expensive ?

For example:

When/get > When did Lucy get her bicycle?

Who bought > Who bought Lucy her bicycle?

In the question prompt: Who bought, the verb tells us


that the question is in the past. So, normally, this would
be an easier question to get right.

But in the question When/get , we don’t have a clue in


the prompt.

Tip 4: Train students to look at the answers for


words like ago or last.

Colour silver

Who/bought uncle

Age 8 years

When/get 6 months ago

Cheap/expensive cheap

Words like ago or last will often appear in the answers


to questions and will be in the table.

Others verbs to watch out for are gave, e.g.

Who/gave > Who gave Lucy the bicycle?

and start, e.g.

When/start > When did Lucy start cycling?

Type 2: Yes/no questions

Let’s go back to the questions about the castle.

In this example, the final question in the table is: Is the


castle interesting.

Students don’t usually find these questions difficult to


form or to answer.

Type 3: ‘or’ questions

We don’t have any examples here, but these could be


questions like

Is the restaurant cheap or expensive?

Is the programme funny or scary?

Is the hotel big or little?

Is the concert loud or quiet?

Tip: Practise asking and answering questions using


pairs of adjectives.

Tip 5: Practise intonation patterns with


students, with the intonation rising after the
first adjective and falling at the end of the
question, on the second adjective.

And last, but not least, reassure students that the


examiner will help them if they get stuck, by pointing
at the information needed for the answer or to the
prompt that they have not used to make a question.

Related Posts:
Resources for the Cambridge Young Learners
Exams
Practising A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6
online
About A2 Flyers Part 4
About Pre-A1 Starters Listening Part 4
Practising for A2 Flyers Speaking Test Part 4
Wording of questions in Cambridge Speaking Tests
Part 1

 About A2 Flyers Speaking Part 2


About A2 Flyers Reading and Writing Part 1 and how
to do well 

ABOUT POST AUTHOR

Anne Robinson

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can ho thuan an  Reply


 6 August, 2020 at 00:37

Good site you have here.. It’s difficult to find quality


writing like yours these days.
I honestly appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!

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