APTIS SPEAKING PART 1: SAMPLE QUESTIONS, MODEL

ANSWERS AND TIPS

In APTIS speaking part 1, you talk about yourself and your interests.

APTIS Speaking Part 1: Sample Questions, Model Answers and Tips

The APTIS Speaking Exam is in four parts and assesses your ability to use English in real-life
situations.

In APTIS speaking part 1, you talk about yourself and your interests.

For the next three parts of APTIS speaking part, the candidate looks at photographs. For one
photo for part 2. Two photos for part 3 and one photo for part 4.

The photographs are used as a speaking topic. You can describe what you see in the photographs,
but you shouldn’t spend the whole time describing them. They are used so that you can express.

 Talk about your experiences.

 Express opinions.
 Give reasons.
 Compare and contrast things and ideas.
 Talk about abstract things

APTIS speaking test takes 12 minutes and, in that time, you have to show the examiners how
good your English is.

If you are taking Aptis Advanced, then you will be given 10 minutes to complete this part.

APTIS Speaking Part 1– Personal Information

In APTIS speaking part 1, you are going to answer three personal questions about
yourself and interests. You will be given 3 questions and you will need to speak for 30 seconds
for each question, this probably means four or five sentences (75 words) for each answer. You
have to give an extended answer so the questions might be quite open. For instance, the examiner
may ask you questions like: Describe… or Please tell me about… or What’s… like?

You could have a simple question that normally your answer in one or two words, i.e.
Who’s your favourite actor? In a real-life situation, it would be fine to answer, ‘I love Tom
Cruise’. This type of response is not suitable and will not get you many marks. You should give
an extended answer by:

We need to think about how we can answer the question and base the answer around the
following structures:

• Discussing likes. There is usually a time when you will talk about things you like and don’t
like. Use like/enjoy/love/dislike + verb + ing.
You can use interested in + verb +ing or keen on + verb + ing.
Example: I am extremely keen on swimming.

• Use conditionals. Use expressions like If I get the time, I’ll often go to the beach or. When I
have the opportunity, I’ll just sit back and relax.
For example: If I get the chance, I’ll go every day.

• Giving reasons or results, with ‘because’, ‘’This is because…’’ You can also use words like:
‘’ (in order) to’’, “so that”, “therefore,” so”, “due to”, ‘’hence’’etc.
An example of this could be: I love going to the beach because I really enjoy swimming, for this
reason I’m there nearly every morning in summer.

• Giving examples, with “for example”, “for instance”, “such as”, “e.g.”.

For example: For instance, last week I went swimming every day and twice on Saturday.

• Adding information. You can add extra information with “also”, “too”, “as well”, “what’s
more”, “in addition”, “furthermore”.

Example: and not only is swimming good fun, but it’s healthy too.

• Repeating information/giving more information words are. ‘’In other words,’’, ‘’what I
mean to say is’’, ‘let me put that another way’’
For example: What I mean to say is that if you swim every day, you’ll stay fit.

• Contrasting/ “but”, “However”, “In (complete) contrast”, ‘’although’’, “though”,

‘’despite’’, ‘’on the other hand’’.
For example: On the other hand, I’m not distance swimmer. It’s more for pleasure really.

• Being more specific or vague, with “in particular”, “especially”, “to be more specific”,
“more generally”, “mainly”, “mostly”, “around’’/ ‘’approximately’’/ ‘’about’’/ ‘’more or less”,
“something like”, “as far as I remember”, “I’m not sure, but…”, etc.
For example: I’d say that I was mostly a keen amateur.

• Explaining/ Clarifying: with ‘’ in that’’ “which is”, “a kind of”, “like”, “similar to”, “the
(direct/ word-for-word’’/’’ literally’’/ ‘’usually’’) translation is…”, “that means”,
For example: and that means I don’t take it too seriously.

You will be asked questions around following topics:

Some of the topics you could be asked about are:

• Family
• The weather where you live
• Films
• Likes and dislikes
• Hobbies or interests
• The place where you live (either your city or country)
• The weather where you live
• Friends
• School or work
• Routines, such as ‘What do you do at the weekend?’
• Leisure, Holidays and Travel
• Books
• Food
• Health and Fitness,
• Media
• accommodation/ house or flat
• ambitions
• character/ personality
• childhood
• favourite arts and media (actors, books, movies, music, television, etc)
• favourite food
• favourite place
• foreign languages/ language learning
• free time/ hobbies (weekends, vacations, etc)
• friends
• hometown
• local area/ neighbourhood
• perfect job
• possessions
• skills/ strengths and weaknesses
• technology
• work and studies

If we take the sentences in the earlier section, we can build a model answer like the one below.

Topic: INTERESTS AND LEISURE TIME

Please tell me about your hobbies and interest? (30 seconds)
I am extremely keen on swimming. If I get the chance, I’ll go every day. I love going to the
beach because I really enjoy swimming, for this reason I’m there nearly every morning in
summer. For instance, last week I went swimming every day and twice on Saturday and not only
is swimming good fun, but it’s healthy too. What I mean to say is that if you swim every day,
you’ll stay fit. On the other hand, I’m not distance swimmer. It’s more for pleasure really. I’d say
that I was mostly a keen amateur and that means I don’t take it too seriously.

Example of a speaking structure with grammar points

In my free time I like + verb + ing_____________.
It is + adjective_____________, because + sub + verb___________.
I also like to + infinitive____________, and + infinitive __________.
I think sport is + adjective_________, because + sub + verb ________.
(Conclusion) That’s why free time is important to me

Expanding on a topic.
When I am + verb + ing/noun/adjective________, I feel + adjective.

I wish I could + infinitive all day, and I even forget about everything else.
I enjoy doing + noun___ with my friend (friends), because + sub + verb _____.

Sample Questions And Model Answers For APTIS Speaking Part 1

Here are more example questions you might see in APTIS speaking part 1 of the exam:

1. Please tell me about your best friend.

2. What do you like to do in your free time?
3. Tell me about your country.
4. Please tell me about your family
5. Please tell me about your hobbies.
6. Please tell me about your work or studies.
7. Please tell me about your favorite food.
8. What do you like doing in your free time?
9. What is the weather like today?
10. What is your typical day like?
11.What is the food like in your country?
12.What is your village/ town/ city like?
13. How do you like to spend your holidays and vacations?
14. Who is your favourite sports person?
15. What do you find relaxing?

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Model answers may vary depending on speech rate (between 50 and 75 word is a good guide).
However, below are typical model answers for above questions:

1. Please tell me about your best friend.

My best friend’s name is Alicia. She has long black hair and brown eyes and is a bit shorter than
me. We have been friends for over 10 years, and we tell each other everything. I met her when we
were at school in Italy and we grew up together. We don’t see each other now as much as we used
to but wherever we are we keep in contact by text or on Skype.

2. What do you like to do in your free time?

In my down time, I really like doing sport. I go to the gym a few times a week to work out and I
also try to play basketball with my friends on Saturdays. Although going to the gym helps keep
you fit, for me playing a team sport is more rewarding and fun., and you get more of a social-like
when you go out with your friends and team mates after the game.

3. Tell me about your country.

Turkey is a very beautiful country. Istanbul is a bustling city and a little chaotic, but we have
amazing countryside and nice beaches in the south that are more peaceful. It also has an extensive
and varied history going back to the time when Istanbul was one of the most important cities in
the Ottoman Empire, which covered a large part of Eastern Europe, The Middle East and Asia.
 4. Please tell me about your family
I come from quite a small family and I only have one other brother. He’s five years older than me
and now he’s married I don’t see as much of him as I did. We used to be awfully close and he
would always look after me. My mother and Father both come from the same village and have
been married for 40 years. Originally, we are from the south of France although we have move
about a bit.

5. Please tell me about your hobbies.

One of the things I am really passionate about is cooking and baking in particular. I love making
bread, cakes, pizza and so forth. I think I got my love of baking from my grandmother. I used to
go and stay with here at the weekend and she always made a big family tea with sandwiches,
cakes, and pie for all of us. I still cook a lot at home even though I’m much busier these days.

6. Please tell me about your work or studies.

I study psychology which is about how people think and experience things. Many people think it’s
about studying illness but actually, it’s very general, if you want to specialise, you have to do it at
post-graduate level. I’d like to work with psychology when I leave university and I am thinking
about going into educational psychology developing learning programs etcetera.

7. Please tell me about your favorite food.

I think that it’s fair to say that my favourite food is Kabsa. Its’s a dish made with chicken,
although you can use lamb or goat, and rice but the chicken has been flavoured with a delicious
mix of herbs and spices. After that it’s cooked very slowly until the meat is soft but still juicy. The
word ‘kabsa’ comes from the Arabic word ‘kabasa’ which means squeezed. Originally it was all
pushed into one pot, that’s what gives it its name.

8. What do you like doing in your free time?

My favourite free-time activity is watching cricket. I used to play a lot but now I don’t have the
time because it’s possible to spend a whole day playing. I watch whenever I can though. I’ve
heard people say that cricket is boring, but I disagree with that. Sometimes, although there doesn’t
seem to be much happening, the situation can be extremely intense. It hasn’t got the continuous
movement like in football or rugby, but cricket can still have you on the edge of your seat.

9. What is the weather like today?

Today is a typical late summer day. It’s quite comfortable, maybe around 23 degrees and a little
cloudy, mostly the big clouds that look like pillows. There is plenty of blue sky and so it feels
pleasant. Recently, the weather hasn’t been that good and while there hasn’t been much rain, it’s
been cloudy and not very warm. Fortunately, we’re lucky where I live because it is never very
cold, below zero is rare.

10. What is your typical day like?

My typical day is quite quiet especially because I work from home. I like to get up early. That’s
good in the summer when it’s light at 4.00 am but not so good in the winter when it’s still dark at
7.00. I go to the gym early because if I don’t, I won’t go in the evening and I start work at around
8.30. At 11.00 am I stop and have brunch. Then I work until about 5.00, sometimes I might have a
sleep around 1.00 pm. Then I make dinner, watch some TV and go to bed fairly early. Weekends
are different.
11. What is the food like in your country?
The food in my country is a bit like the language, a mix. There are plenty of traditional dishes and
lots of dishes we have imported from other cultures. For example, the most popular dish in the
UK is curry which originated in India. The UK is particularly good for local cheeses and fish.
Another thing most people love are the desserts and cakes. There are hundreds of different cakes
and lots of desserts such as pies, crumbles, trifles and custards. Not good if you’re on a diet
though.

12. What is your village/ town/ city like?

My town is a quiet coastal town on the south coast of England. The population is in the region of
50,000 and the main industries are tourism and fishing. It has an attractive harbour where in the
past a ferry used to go to northern France. The big attraction is the town’s wide sandy beach
which is perfect for families because it is in a bay and the water is shallow and safe. Although the
place can be busy in the summer months it is fairly quiet at other times which makes it a pretty
cool place to live.

13. How do you like to spend your holidays and vacations?

For my holidays I really enjoy travelling to other countries and experiencing a different culture. I
love to sit for an hour or so outside a café with a cup of coffee and watch the world go by. I tend
to go to Mediterranean countries when I travel as I like warm weather. I keep telling myself that I
have to be more adventurous and see visit some other countries but I always seem to end up in
Spain or Italy or Greece.

14. Who is your favourite sports person?

My favourite sportsperson is the boxer, Mohammad Ali. Although he died a few years ago, he is
still a hero to many people and he is always at the top of the greatest sportsmen and women. What
makes him very special is, not just that he was a great boxer and regained the world title 3 times,
but how he resisted fighting in the Vietnam war. Because of this, he had the world title taken from
him but he continued to oppose the war and stand up for civil rights.

15. What do you find relaxing?

I find fishing very relaxing especially fishing in a beautiful place on a warm sunny day. For me,
this is usually a lake near where I live. The good thing about this place is that it is not too big and
there are trees around it, so it’s quite sheltered and tranquil. There is also a lot of wildlife to look
at. When I arrive there early in the morning and know that I can sit quietly all-day, it is the most
relaxing feeling. Catching a few fish is a bonus.

What Else Do I Need To Excel in APTIS Speaking Part 1

 Learn vocabulary related to these topics.
 It is always useful to learn facts and phrases to describe your city or country geographically.

Example:
It’s situated on the south coast of the UK on the coast.
Madrid is right in the centre of Spain and is the highest capital city in Europe.

 It is good to learn words and phrases that describe people.

 Example:
My best friend is tall and has long dark wavy hair.
He can be a bit moody but, on the whole, he’s a great guy.

 Connect short clauses using linking words to make complex sentences.

 Think about the grammar you need
 You could probably answer all the questions using the present simple but if you can add more
grammar you will get a higher score.

Example:

I go out and have a meal with my family most weekends but when I was younger, I used to
meet up with my friends.
or
I go out and have a meal with my family most weekends but I’m studying away from home at
the moment, so I don’t see them as often.

 Used to + inf is a helpful expression in speaking tests because it is easy to use and adds extra
information about the past.

 The present continuous talks about temporary situations happening now, also add extra
information and show the examiner what you can do.

 Likes and dislikes

There is a very good chance that you will be asked about your likes and dislikes (you can use
these to express your opinions or if you are describing a friend or family member as well).

 Like. We can use like/love and hate, either with ‘to’ or in the gerund form (there is a very
small difference but for this both are correct).

Example:
I love to get up early in the summer.
Or
I love getting up early in the summer.

Enjoy/dislike/can’t stand all take the gerund form. Practice making sentences about yourself.

Example:
I love getting up early in the summer but when I was at school, I used to hate it.

How to Find Something To Say in Aptis Speaking Test

Many people worry about not having anything to say. If you follow these easy guidelines you
shouldn’t run out of words.

• Answer the question

• Add some more information (like comparing a past habit)
• Give examples
• Give reasons and or results
• Contrast/compare it with something

You don’t have use all of these stages but here is an of an answer with linking words.

Example:

I love getting up early in the summer but when I was at school, I used to hate it. The reason I love
to get up early is that it is so quiet, and you feel like you have the day to yourself. As a result, I
have to get out of bed quietly in order not to wake my family, but they go to bed later than me. It
is fantastic although I start to get tired around mid-day and have to sleep for an hour after lunch.

To speak for 30 seconds at 150 words a minute, you have to say about 75 words. The example
above is 89 words and there is no example. If you follow the guidelines above, you won’t run out
of things to say.

Other General Tips and Strategies to Prepare For APTIS Speaking

The way to get the best score is to:

1. Speak clearly. Not too fast, or too slow.

2. Answer the question.
3. Give full answers.
4. Not repeat words or phrases.
5. Use complex/compound sentences.
6. Use Linking words.
7. Use higher-level grammar structures. Tenses/conditionals/inversion etc.

How to speak clearly.

Speed. When you speak, you have to deliver a message. To do this, you have to speak slowly
enough for the examiner to understand you, but you quickly enough for you not to sound boring.

In a speaking test and in a language that is not your mother tongue, around 150 words per minute
is fine. You would go a little slower if you were being serious or a little quicker if you are talking
about something that excites you.

Pauses are important because they allow your listener to process information and you, the
speaker, to think about what to say next. When you speak, use pauses like commas and full stops.

This is a good time to breathe and that will help you stay calm and not be as nervous.

Sentence stress. English is a stress-timed language and you should practice and mimic the rhythm
of it.

In a sentence, the words that give the meaning are stressed. Sometimes we may give a sentence
different stress if we want to change the emphasis but normally a sentence would be stressed like
as below. The words in bold are the stressed words the underlined words have a small (secondary)
stress*.
I’ve been living in my current home since 2018 and I don’t think I’ll move again soon.

Below is a table of the words that are usually stressed and unstressed.
Stressed Unstressed
Nouns (sub & obj) Pronouns
Verbs Auxiliaries
Negative Auxiliaries Modals
Negative modals Linking words
Articles
Prepositions
*adjectives & adverbs

Reading the question

Reading the question not only tells you the information you should give but gives you an idea of
the grammar to use.

Here is a part 1 question from the General Tips and Strategies page:

What do you like to do in your free time?

Like most of the questions in part 1, this is quite an easy question. The important words are: like,
do, free time. You don’t have to talk about anything except the activities you enjoy in your free
time.
The question is in the present simple and therefore, you don’t have to talk about the past (unless
you want to say how you have changed, for example) and you don’t have to talk about the future.
The question is about your ‘likes’ and uses ‘like to do’ in the question. You can use that structure
(with this you can also use the gerund ‘like doing’) in your answers
There will be more examples like this in the sections that look at the different parts of the
Speaking test.
 APTIS SPEAKING PART 2: QUESTIONS, MODEL ANSWERS, TIPS AND
TECHNIQUES

In Part 2 of the APTIS speaking test, you will look at a photograph and describe
express opinion and provide reasons and explanations.
In this part, you will be asked three questions. In the first question, you will be asked to
describe what you see. The second question will also be related to the topic but this time you will
be asked to give an opinion on the topic of. The third question will ask you to compare your life
or experiences to the photograph.

For this part, your answers should be around 45 seconds long.

APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Question #1

Part 2: In this part of the test, you are going to describe what is happening in a picture. Then, I
will ask you two questions about it. You will have 45 seconds for each response.

Describe this picture.

1. Tell me about a time you learned something online.

2. Do you think people learn better online or in classrooms?

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APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Answer for Questions #1

Describe this picture.
In this picture, I can see a girl who is doing a lesson online. The teacher is explaining
something, and the girl is listening and taking notes. The lecturer has drawn a weekly
calendar on the board which makes me think that she is learning something related to time
management. I also see that she has set up a very positive learning environment by having
bright room, having some green plants around, got a sit next to window and has all her
 stationary close by. On the right-bottom, I see a wireless mouse and seems she utilizes
available technology for her best use.

1. Tell me about a time you learned something online.

I have just completed my final year of high school and my classes were online for the
second semester. It was really hard to pay attention, but I enjoyed my physical education
class online the most because we were able to move around. Etc.

2. Do you think people learn better online or in classrooms?

I definitely think people learn better in classrooms. Face-to-face interaction is really
important and I think a teacher can help you better when they are in the same room as you.
Also you can always ask the professor if there is something unclear and discuss topics with
colleagues. The living word is the word. In my opinion blended learning is the real deal.

Key Vocabulary For APTIS Speaking Part 2

Before looking at how to answer the question, we should look at some of the vocabulary you
need to describe a photograph.

Look at the box below and make sure you know all of the phrases.

1. In the top left-hand corner.

2. At the top.
3. In the top right-hand corner.
4. On the left side.
5. In the middle
6. On the right side.
7. In the bottom left-hand corner.
8. At the bottom.
9. In the bottom right-hand corner.

Objects at the front of the picture are: In the foreground.

Objects at the back of the picture are: In the background.

It will help you very much to learn these phrases so that you use the correct articles and
propositions, and because knowing the expression gives you something to say while you are
thinking.
Below we will analyze first example question we provided above.

Question #1: Describe picture

Know the grammar.

Present continuous. For this part most of the tenses will be either present continuous- this will
describe what the person is doing, or activities etc.

There is/There are. Also important are: There is a/some… There are some… So, revise those
before the exam.

Prepositions are essential because you will need to describe where things are situated.

For the picture above you may be asked, What can you see in this picture?

The first thing you talk about is what you see.

You could answer, ‘In the foreground, I can see…. And in the background, there is…On the right-
hand side there are some…

Don’t spend too long on describing what you can see. To answer this question well you have to
speculate. You can do this by asking yourself the following questions:

• Who is the person?

• What are they wearing?
• Where is the person?
• What are they doing?
• How do they feel?

Language of Speculation

Some of the ways you can speculate on what you see are:

• I guess she’s…
• She could be…
• It looks like she’s… all are followed by + adjective, or noun, or gerund (verb+ ing)
• I get the impression that she’s…
• My initial impression is that she’d… (formal)
• She must/may/might/could/can’t be

You might also what to say how you feel about the photograph and give a reason.

• This photograph makes me feel… because…

• I don’t like this picture because…
• This picture gives me a…. feeling as…

Example answer: What can you see in this picture?

 In the foreground of the picture, there is a girl or young woman. She is looking at a
computer screen and on it, there’s a woman who looks like a teacher. The reason I think this is
that she is sitting in front of a blackboard. The girl in the foreground has a notebook in front of
her and looks as if she’s taking notes. In the middle of the picture, I can see a keyboard and on
the left-hand side a wire basket and so it seems to me that the girl is having an online class.

Question 2
The second question is about your situation and experiences, for example: ‘Tell me a time when
you learned something online’.

Know the grammar

Used to. If you get a question related to the past, an easy way to start is with: I used to + inf (for a
past habit)

Example:
I used to enjoy doing to school but as I got older it became easier to learn from home…
or

I remember. I remember + ing (for a single past memory).

Example:
I remember getting my first table and thought how much easier it would make learning English.

Relative clauses mean that you can add extra information to a sentence. It means that you
are using one sentence instead of two, and this lifts your level.

Use ‘Who’ for people. I learned a lot and he was the person who helped me most.

‘Where’ for places. This is the place where I learned to love music.

‘When’ for times. My school days were the time when I met my closest friends.

‘Which’ I am happy when I am gardening, which is good as I have a very big garden.

After that, you can talk about the things that happened using the past simple, or, if you feel
confident and you want to impress the examiner, you can use the past continuous and the
past perfect.

Remember you can get an idea about the grammar you need to use from the question.

Example answer: Tell me a time when you learned something online.

A few months ago I was working on a project and I found that I needed more information
about online marketing, so I looked for a course. I found a course presented by Google that was
free and so, I did that. I remember feeling strange at first because, although some great people
were presenting the material, I had always learned things in a classroom and the feeling was very
different. Anyway, I soon became comfortable with it and I ended up learning a lot of new things.

Question 3
The third question maybe something like: ‘Do you think people learn better online or in
classrooms?’

Know the grammar

To answer the third question in Part 2 it is possible to only use the functional language for
expression and justifying opinions. However, to get a higher score you can impress the
examiner by using high-level structures.

The second conditional is useful in this section as you can talk about a hypothetical situation, for
example:

I learn better in a class because if I learned online, there would be too many distractions.

The third conditional is useful if you can use it, as you can talk about a hypothetical situation in
the past, for example:

If I hadn’t had the opportunity to learn in the classroom, I wouldn’t have learned as much.

Will/Going to + inf. In question 3 you may get the opportunity to make predictions. Use will for
opinions/what people think and going to if there is evidence of a future event.

Expressing and Justifying opinions

This section generally wants you to express an opinion and some ways to do it are:

• If you ask me…

• Personally, I think (that)…
• It seems to me (that)…
• To my mind…
• I have no doubt (that)…
• In my view…

When we justify opinions, we usually give a reason for them. You should learn to do this
automatically because it will make your English seem more natural and extend the time you are
speaking.

Ways to justify are:

• Because…
• … is due to the fact (that)…
• I believe (that)…
• The evidence shows (that)…
• For this reason,…
• The reason is (that)…

Grammar note
You will need to learn which linking words are followed by a clause (sub + verb) and which are
followed by a noun/noun phrase (article + adjective + noun) the examples above are all followed
by a clause.

Example:

Because the weather was bad, we stayed at home.

However, we can change the structure if we use ‘because of…’ In that case, we need a noun
phrase.
We stayed home because of the bad weather.

The grammar may seem complicated if you have not learned English grammar before.
Don’t worry! You can still use high-level structures by learning a phrase and then using the
important words (the content words) which suit you.

To speak at a natural speed for 45 seconds each of your answers should be about 100
words long. Go back to the section called ‘How to have something to say’ in the General
Listening Tips and Strategies for advice on how to do this.

Example answer: Do you think people learn better online or in classrooms?

Personally, I think that people learn better in classrooms. The reason I believe this is that at
the moment most people go to school and have lessons in a classroom. This is a habit and it takes
a lot to change people’s habits. However, I think that this situation is changing and as online
learning becomes more common, people will adapt to it and it will become more normal. Because
of the advances in digital technology, it’s going to get easier and easier and soon classrooms will
be forgotten.

APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Question #2

Part 2: In this part of the test, you are going to describe what is happening in a picture.
Then, I will ask you two questions about it. You will have 45 seconds for each response. Begin
speaking when you hear this sound.

Describe this picture.

1. Tell me about a time that you went to a supermarket.
2. Do you think that it is better to shop in one big store, or in several smaller stores?

APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Answer To Sample Question #2

Describe this picture.
i.e. In this picture, I can see a woman who is shopping for food at the supermarket. She has a lot
of fruit in her trolley, such as oranges, pineapples and some vegetables and bottle of water too.
She is taking bread now to add. On the mid-right, I see that there another girl who is also busy
with shopping.

1. Tell me about a time that you went to a supermarket.

i.e. I usually go to the supermarket once a week. I like to go to a smaller one nearby my house
because it is convenient. However, last week I went to a huge grocery store and I was impressed
that they had many more products. Etc.

3. Do you think that it is better to shop in one big store, or in several smaller stores?

i.e. Although shopping in one big more store is usually more convenient, I think it can be
expensive. When you go to a few smaller stores you can get better prices. It really depends on
place you live in and things that you are shopping for.

APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Question #3:

Part 2: In this part of the test, you are going to describe what is happening in a picture. Then, I
will ask you two questions about it. You will have 45 seconds for each response.

What can you see in this photograph?

1. What are the advantages of learning in a class?

2. Do you think online teaching will replace classroom learning?

APTIS Speaking Part 2: Example Answer To Sample Questions #3

What can you see in this photograph?

What this looks like to me is a classroom and from the people in it I guess that it’s a
language class. There are about 14 students sitting at a desk and in the background, there is what
must be a teacher. The teacher is pointing to something and the students are looking. On the desks
I can see that most students have files or notebooks and at the bottom left-hand side of the
photograph in the corner of the desk, it looks as if on of the students has her mobile phone.

1. What are the advantages of learning in a class?

I think that the biggest advantage is that there is personal feedback straight away. What I’m
saying is that when you’re in a class your teacher can help you if you make a mistake, whereas
online, you have to wait, and this could be a problem. Another advantage is with motivation.
Some people need the atmosphere of a classroom to help them concentrate and when you're sitting
at home with just you and your laptop, or whatever, it’s easy to get distracted. For me learning in
a class is much better.

2. Do you think online teaching will replace classroom learning?

Yes, I think that’s going to happen especially if there are more pandemics. Despite that in
my opinion, online learning is too effective not to replace the classroom. First, it’s convenient.
You only have to have a connection and you can learn anywhere and this makes it very
environmentally friendly too. Therefore, no one has to travel to a school, so no energy used. Next,
all the materials are digital and that means no paper- no books etcetera. In my opinion, the sooner
learning goes online, the better.