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PET Speaking Exercises PDF
PET Speaking Exercises PDF
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Part 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Part 2 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Part 3 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Example 1 ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Example 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Exercise 5 .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 6 .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 7 .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Exercise 8 .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Exercise 9 .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Exercise 10 ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Part4 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Part 1
1. Whats your surname?
My surname is Smith
2. How do you spell it?
S-M-I-T-H
3. Where do you live?/ Where do you come from?
Name of village/town/city and country. Some information about where it is, an adjective to describe it, the number
of inhabitants
4. Do you work or are you a student in ?/ What do you do/ study?
Subject and place of study, type of course, job title, type of company, how many years you have worked there, if
you enjoy it
5.
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Your feelings about English, how long you have been studying
6. Do you think that English will be useful for you in the future?
Ways of using English in future career, studies, personal life
7. What did you do yesterday evening / last weekend?
Name more than one activity, your feelings, how long you spent doing them
8. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
Name more than one activity, how often you do them, why you like them, etc
Part 2
What kind of language will you need to do the task?
Making suggestions
Responding to suggestions
Discussing alternatives
Making recommendations
Negotiating agreement with your partner
Task
Starting the activity
Suggesting
Asking your partners opinin
Showing preferences
Agreeing
Cambridge PET - Speaking
Useful phrases
Shall we start with this one?
Let's start with this one, shall we?
I think this would be good because
This wouldnt be such a good idea because
So, what do you think?
Do you think thats a good idea?
I prefer
I think this is better because
Yes, thats a good point.
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Disagreeing
Choosing/summing up
Interlocutor:
Both:
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Bertha:
Thank you. In the next part, you're going to talk to each other. I'm going to describe a
situation to you: a friend of yours is planning to spend six months in England to
improve her English. Talk together about the things she will need in England and
decide which are the most important things to bring with her. Here is a picture with
some ideas to help you. (Okay) I'll say that again: a friend of yours is planning to spend
six months in England to improve her English. Talk together about the things she will
need in England and decide which are the most important things to bring with her.
Alright? Talk together.
Okay
Ermy friend Alicia is coming from Spain for six month (sic) because she need er to
improve her English, yes?
Uh-huh.
So what do you think that he ... he has to bring with her?
Hmmm, I think she has to bring era lot of money and maps and the tourist guide
because I remember when I come here in London for the first time I spent a lot of
money in transport, in buying the maps and it was very useful to have the ...the map
because you have to move to all London to find a job, to find a place to sleep, an
accommodation. So I think it's the most important. And also the...the clothes
(pronounced: clo-this) because it's very cold here. And it's raining.
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Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Yes
Bertha:
Eva:
So, the most important things is bring a lot of money and with money you can do everything!
Bertha:
Everything, yeah. But if you can bring this stuff from Spain, it's better for her.
Eva:
Uh-huh.
Bertha:
Sure.
Interlocutor:
Eva:
You're welcome.
Part 3
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Example 1
In this picture I can see a girl. I think she is a student. She looks very busy. I think she is doing her homework. Perhaps she is
preparing for a test. Her room is not tidy. The bin is full and the books are scattered all over the place. The television is on. In
the background on the wall, I can see some paintings. She is sitting on her bed and I can see pillows. I think she likes teddy
bears. There is one in front of the TV table. There is a beautiful table cloth which covers the table on which there is a TV. She is
wearing trousers and a blue shirt. She is very smart looking and is wearing black shoes with high heels. She is very busy. The
floor is covered with a carpet. On the TV screen I can see a man feeding a horse. The horse is white in colour. On the television
I can see some picture frames. There are many books on the floor. On the bed I can see a white bedsheet.
Example 2
In this picture I can see a girl. I think she is a student. She is sitting in front of her computer and thinking. May be
she is doing her homework. There are some papers and books on the computer table. The lamp is on and perhaps
its night time. To her left I can see a coffee mug. In the background I can a couple of picture frames. She is wearing
blue trousers with flowers on it. Her shirt is pink in colour. She wears spectacles and she is holding them in her right
hand. I can see the keyboard and the mouse on the computer tray that slides in and out. She looks quite organized.
In the background I can also see a white curtain.In this picture I can see a girl. I think she is a student. She is sitting
in front of her computer and thinking. May be she is doing her homework. There are some papers and books on the
computer table. The lamp is on and perhaps its night time. To her left I can see a coffee mug. In the background I
can a couple of picture frames. She is wearing blue trousers with flowers on it. Her shirt is pink in colour. She wears
Cambridge PET - Speaking
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spectacles and she is holding them in her right hand. I can see the keyboard and the mouse on the computer tray
that slides in and out. She looks quite organized. In the background I can also see a white curtain.
Exercise 1
jacket
in the background
curly hair
blue
brown
red
coffee
cups
short hair
computer
desktop
ear ring
there is a
there are
jeans
I think
may be
perhaps
shirt
chemist's shop
interviewer
questions
sitting
standing
writing
restaurant
juice container
two women
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Exercise 2
chairs
made of cane
there are
relaxing
I think
in the background
buildings
friends
weather
sunny
warm
husbands
wives
shorts
light clothes
menu board
restaurant
outside
meals
a road sign
Westerners
European country
tourists
enjoying
sunglasses
blue
yellow
Exercise 3
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football
just kicked
goal keeper
spectators
in the background
three or four
players
on the wall
trying to save
in the air
important match
scored a goal
I think
Exercise 4
hand ball
sand
near a park
net
some people
sitting
beach
friendly game
swimming costume
one player is
wearing
in the background
palm trees
six players
T-shirts
trousers
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Exercise 5
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
countryside
riding horses
crossing
a river
leader or guide
camping
sight seeing
rain forest
summer time
clothes
beautiful
enjoying
holiday
a young boy
family
friends
tyre tube
for safety
Exercise 6
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
in the background
horse show
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sitting
standing
umbrellas
competition
horse jumping
sort of a club
Grass
high jump
long jump
usually we see
rider
competition
families
Watching
equestrian
expensive sport
Exercise 7
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
theater
orchestra
orchestra pit
music lovers
many people
audience
in the background
violin
I can see
small stands
in front of
the musicians
their leader
friends
families
stage
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Exercise 8
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
live show
open air
many people
in the background
afternoon
summer time
music
some kind of
show
not clear
the performers
center
stage
one on left
one on right
out door
fun
weather
pleasant
wearing caps
Exercise 9
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
cart
trolley
many shelves
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supermarket
cash register
cashier
a woman
her baby
making payment
in the background
black tie
while shirt
just a few
shopping
has bought
baby food
a young man
Exercise 10
[Source: PET Practice Tests - Lousie Hashemi and Barbara Thomas - Longman]
tourists
out door
shops
open area
jewellery
in the background
stalls
booths
choosing
people are
shopkeepers
perhaps
some festival
just a few
came early
T-shirts
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Interlocutor:
And now I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something. I'm going to give each
of you a photograph of people with letters. So, Bertha, here is your photograph (Thank
you) Please show it to Eva but I'd like you to talk about it. Eva, you just listen and I'll give
you your photograph in a moment. So, Bertha, please tell us what you can see in your
photograph.
Bertha:
Uh-huh. In this picture I can see a very cute boy. He's in...in a reallyI think it's his
house but it's very...a very nice and big house and he's having breakfast. An orange juice
and cereals and he's reading a ...a letter. It looks like a letter because he reads his
(sic) reading er...in the in the same time that he's er drinking the orange juice. He also
have a newspaper and...he...he looks very...very ..you know...er.. important person
because his er clothes informal but he has a very .. a very nice house and she wears a
green T-shirt very colour. I don't know really what about the letter but maybe it's a notice
about the...the job or actually some notice about the...his girlfriend.
Interlocutor:
Thank you. Now, Eva, here is your photograph. It also shows someone with a letter.
Please show it to Bertha and tell us what you can see in the photograph.
Eva:
Okay. Bertha, in this picture, we can see a room, maybe is the room of of this guy whose
in the, in the photo. On the left, we can see one TV and er one chair. At the background
we can see the heating and on the left, sorry on the right of the photo we can see a blue
sofa. The guy, he's sitting on the floor and maybe he's doing his homework. He's wearing
a red...er... jumper and and jeans, I think. Er, he's wearing a glasses as well. And he's
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drinking some tea. Maybe. I think he... he's studying for his exam, I think.
Interlocutor:
Eva:
You're welcome.
Interlocutor:
And now I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something. I'm going to give each
of you a photograph of people with letters. So, Bertha, here is your photograph (Thank
you) Please show it to Eva but I'd like you to talk about it. Eva, you just listen and I'll give
you your photograph in a moment. So, Bertha, please tell us what you can see in your
photograph.
Bertha:
Uh-huh. In this picture I can see a very cute boy. He's in...in a reallyI think it's his
house but it's very...a very nice and big house and he's having breakfast. An orange juice
and cereals and he's reading a ...a letter. It looks like a letter because he reads his
(sic) reading er...in the in the same time that he's er drinking the orange juice. He also
have a newspaper and...he...he looks very...very ..you know...er.. important person
because his er clothes informal but he has a very .. a very nice house and she wears a
green T-shirt very colour. I don't know really what about the letter but maybe it's a notice
about the...the job or actually some notice about the...his girlfriend.
Interlocutor:
Thank you. Now, Eva, here is your photograph. It also shows someone with a letter.
Please show it to Bertha and tell us what you can see in the photograph.
Eva:
Okay. Bertha, in this picture, we can see a room, maybe is the room of of this guy whose
in the, in the photo. On the left, we can see one TV and er one chair. At the background
we can see the heating and on the left, sorry on the right of the photo we can see a blue
sofa. The guy, he's sitting on the floor and maybe he's doing his homework. He's wearing
a red...er... jumper and and jeans, I think. Er, he's wearing a glasses as well. And he's
drinking some tea. Maybe. I think he... he's studying for his exam, I think.
Interlocutor:
Eva:
You're welcome.
Part4
Task
Agree with your partner
Disagree with your partner
Continue your partners idea
Give a reason
Give a new opinin
Ask for your partners opinin
Sum up what has just been said
Cambridge PET - Speaking
Useful phrases
I think so too
Absolutely
Im not so sure about that
I dont think so
Yes, and also
And another point is
This is because
as
Another idea is
I think
Do you agree?
What do you think about that?
So,
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In other words
Mmmm
Showing interest
Interlocutor:
Your photographs showed people with letters. Now I'd like you to talk together about
the type of letters you like to write or receive and other ways you keep in contact
with people.
Eva:
Bertha:
Me neither.
Eva:
I use the computer always, always. But when I arrived at London my friends sent me
every week one letter. So I have toto ask them. So maybe monthly I write one
letter for...for my friends.
Bertha:
Yeah, for me the same. I didn'tI didn't used to write letters because I'm so lazy to
write the letter, buy the .. the stamps and go to the post office. But here in London er
because I miss a lot my friends and my family I used to write letters, emails, call to
my parents all the weeks and my friends. So, yeah, I I think it's a good idea because
the people lose the the um ...use
Eva:
The habit
Bertha:
The habit of write letters because you know internet is easier, it's faster (Quickly),
Yeah, but I think that you miss a lot offeeling if you write on the computer. I think
it's good to see the the letter of the other person and you write more sincerely. I
think, I enjoy, I enjoy when I receive a letter from my parents or my (Yes) my friends
because you see the letter and you know that this paper, your friend touched this
paper. I don't know (Yes) how to explain the
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Bertha:
Yeah, sometimes it's good when you receive, you need to you receive notice about
your (Uh-huh) your friends and your family and it's better a letter than a call or an
email.
Eva:
I prefer the email because it's quickly and in London I haven't...I don't have so many
time to write letters.
Bertha:
Yeah, it's true. Yeah, maybe the email is the best form to keep in touch with the
people you...
Eva:
Because every day you use the computer so in five minutes you can write to your
friend so if you, if you have to write a letter you need more time.
Bertha:
Yeah now with the technology, it's very easy to keep in touch. Now, the computers
can have a camera (Yes) and you can see the person. It's very it's very nice to see
a person that you know is so far (Uh-huh) and you can speak face to face.
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Nowadays. Yes
Bertha:
It's very...
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Eva:
Bertha:
Yeah, and you meet a person you know one day or one night and you are side (sic)
to speak with this person the message is very
Eva:
Bertha:
Eva:
Yes
Bertha:
Eva:
Uh-huh.
Interlocutor:
Both:
Thank you.
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