FCE Speaking Part 2

1. Take pairs of pictures from the exam booklet / textbook / Internet.

2. Students look at the prompt card:

Similarities
___ Both / Neither of the pictures show …
___ The main similarity is …
___ They’re quite similar because …
___ There is / are … in both pictures.

Differences
___ In the first picture … while / whereas / but in the other one …
___ The first picture looks more … than the second one.
___ … is not as … as the other one.
___ The pictures are different because …

Speculate
___ It seems to me that …
___ It looks like …
___ It must / could / might / may be …
___ I don’t think … because …

3. Students take turns to turn over / choose one of 16 question words:

WHAT? WHO? DOING? WHY?

WHERE? WHEN? FEELINGS? WEATHER?

RELATIONSHIP? JUST HAPPENED? GOING TO HAPPEN? LANDSCAPE?

ATMOSPHERE? CLOTHES? BACKGROUND? SEASON?

4. Students use the prompts to compare the photos. A focuses on

similarities and B on differences. Each time a prompt is used, students
tick it off and the words are put to one side / crossed out.