SPEAKING TEST ANSWER KEY Exam Essentials

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aT  he first picture shows a man, I’d say a rather young
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man …
aF bF cT dF eT
bT
 he second picture also shows a man, who seems to be
in his forties, also driving a car …
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Sabrina:
Part 3
Mistake 1: I live in England for
Correction: I’ve been living in England for 1
a A, � b A, ✕ c D, � d A, � e A, � f A, � g D, ✕
Mistake 2: I’ll need speak English h D, �
Correction: I’ll need to speak English

Aldo: 2
a I´d say
Mistake 1: There was (many subjects)
Correction: There were many subjects b I think / I believe
Mistake 2: I’m a communicating (person) c In my opinion
Correction: I’m a communicative person
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Positive adjectives Negative adjectives
� I come from (Curitiba), in the (south) of (Brazil).
� Actually, adventurous boring

� To tell you the truth, attractive dangerous

� Well, exciting dull

� I mean, fun expensive

✕ What I really enjoy doing is … safe hard

� I’d like to study … satisfying uninteresting

� I haven’t made up my mind.

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Part 2 1
a I really like
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The first picture shows (c) a man, a very elegant and b You can depend on
well-dressed man. c Considering everything/Thinking of everything
Apparently, (d) he is having breakfast. d People usually say that
It’s difficult to say, but maybe (f) it’s some good news e If I’m correct
on economics.
However, Picture 2 shows the kind of thing that (b) I really 2
enjoy doing.
a So, what I mean is that
It looks like (a) a modern, expensive car.
b For instance
Although it’s probably (e) an old car, it looks like new.
c I mean … and so on
d That’s why I sometimes think
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aA bS cA dA eS fA gS
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c, e, a, b, d

© National Geographic Learning 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE Cambridge English: First Speaking Test Answer key 1