Speaking worksheets

Unit 1 74

Unit 2 75

Unit 3 76

Unit 4 77

Unit 5 78

Unit 6 79

Unit 7 80

Unit 8 81
 Unit 1
Speaking
Name:
1 Spell your name and surname with your classmate.

My name's Richard.
R-I-C-H-A-R-D. And my surname is Jackson.
J-A-C-K-S-O-N.

2 Spell the names with a classmate.

Andrea Sykes Huw Evans Imran Patel Jack Stevens

Lianne Ashton Luke Potts Robin Walton Sophie Mullaney

3 Look at the objects. Discuss with a classmate which are useful for studying and why.

4 Read and discuss with a classmate.

You and your friend are going to visit a school in Malawi, East Africa.
The visit is part of a programme which helps schools in less developed
countries. You and your friend want to take some presents for the children.
Look at the pictures above and talk about the different objects you
could take and which are the most useful.

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 Unit 2
Speaking
Name:
1 Talk with a classmate about what you like and dislike doing.
doing sport going for walks listening to music reading

solving puzzles speaking foreign languages taking photographs writing stories

2 Choose a picture and talk about it with a classmate.

Think about…
• What can you see? • Where are the people? • What are they doing?

• Talk about the differences and similarities between the pictures. Use the words below.
buildings city dangerous healthy

exciting mountains nature relaxing

Skateboarding is Yes, and

exciting... dangerous.

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 Unit 3
Speaking
Name:
1 Describe the pictures with a classmate.

2 Talk about food with a classmate.

Think about…
• What foods do you like?
• What foods do you dislike?
• Do you like eating at home or in restaurants?

3 Read and discuss with a classmate.

Imagine a friend is coming to visit you for the weekend and you want to take her or him to
a special place for dinner. Talk about the different places you could go to and the different
kinds of food you could try, and decide which place is the best.

We could go to an
Italian restaurant.
Or we could have
a burger...

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 Unit 4
Speaking
Name:
1 Ask and answer the questions with a classmate.

Are you more interested Are you scared of

in science or literature? anything?

Where do you spend Which subjects are you

your free time? good at?

2 Choose a picture and talk about it with a classmate.

Think about…
• What can you see?
• What are the animals doing?
• Where are they?

3 Tell a classmate which animal you like best and why.

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 Unit 5
Speaking
Name:
1 Ask and answer the questions with a classmate.
What's your When were you born?
favourite food?
How many brothers
or sisters do you have? Why is
Where do you live? English
important?
Are you better at
Maths or Art?
Who is your English teacher?

2 Read and discuss with a classmate.

Imagine you are going on a school trip to an art gallery. The teachers have asked you
not to do certain things while you are in the art gallery. Look and decide which one
you think is the most important and why.

3 Think about what the following people have asked or told you to do during the last
week. Tell a classmate.

your mum or dad a friend a teacher

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 Unit 6
Speaking
Name:
1 Look at the people in the pictures and tell to a classmate what jobs you think they have.
He / She can't be... He / She must be...
He / She might be...

2 Choose a picture and talk about it with a classmate. Use the words in the boxes.
in the background in the foreground on the right

in the centre on the left

3 Think about what you like to do when you go to the city centre. Tell your classmate.
Think about…
• Shopping
• Eating out
• Entertainment
• Sightseeing

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 Unit 7
Speaking
Name:
1 Read and discuss with a classmate.
Your school is organising an event to help some local families whose
houses have been flooded in recent storms. Talk about different objects
they might need and decide which ones are the most important.

2 Ask and answer the questions with a classmate.

What objects in your house
are important to you?

Do you recycle plastic

and paper?
What other materials
can we recyle or reuse?

How can we save

water?

Are you concerned

about global warming?

What do you think we can do

to protect the planet?

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 Unit 8
Speaking
Name:
1 Choose a picture and talk about it with a classmate.
Think about…
• What is happening? • What are the people doing? • How do they feel?

2 Ask and answer the questions with a classmate.

Have you ever won How would you feel if you

a prize? won the Nobel Peace Prize?

How would you feel if Do you like

you lost a race? competitions?

3 Think about starting secondary school. Talk with a classmate

and use the words in the boxes.

I will… I might… I won’t…

I think I will make lots

of new friends.

Yes, but we might have

to study more!

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