PAPER 5: SPEAKING

 Likes and dislikes  Part 1

• What kind of music do you enjoy listening to? When do you listen to music? 3 minutes
• What’s your favourite day of the week? Why?

 Education and work 

• What’s the most important thing you learned at school?
• Who in your family has the most interesting job? What does he/she do?

 Free time 
• What hobbies do you have? What new hobby or sport would you like to try?
• Do you think you have enough free time?

 Holidays and travel 

• Do you prefer summer holidays or winter holidays? Why?
• If you could visit any country in the world, where would you go?

 Media 
• What kind of TV programmes do you enjoy? Do you watch TV with your family, or by yourself?
• Do you watch the news on TV, or do you prefer to read online newspapers?

1 Jobs
Part 2
2 Entertainment
4 minutes
(see pictures on page 1)

Candidate A Your pictures show people at work. Compare the photographs and say which job you think is the most
interesting. (1 minute)
Candidate B Which of these jobs do you think you are most suited to? (20 seconds)
Candidate B Your photographs show young people enjoying different free-time activities. Compare the photographs
and say which activity you think is more popular. (1 minute)
Candidate A What do you and your friends enjoy doing in your free time? (20 seconds)

Organising an event Parts 3 and 4

(see pictures on page 2) 7 minutes

 Part 3 
Imagine you have been asked to organise an event to raise awareness of local environmental issues. Here are some
suggestions to include in the event. First talk to each other about the different suggestions and decide which one would
be the most effective. Then decide which two would be the easiest to organise.

 Part 4 
• If you could change one thing in order to improve the quality of life in your town or city, what would it be? Why?
• Who should be responsible for the environment – the government or the public?
• How can teens be encouraged to get involved in environmental projects?
• What do you think is the most environmentally-friendly form of transport for a small town?

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