Speaking test · Oral production · March 2011 BL2

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YOUR FAMILY YOUR FREE TIME

Talk about your family. Give details. Talk about your free time. Give
details.

Suggested topics: Suggested topics:

members · names · ages · occupations social activities · sport · who with ·
· residence · character · doing now · etc hobbies · etc

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AN OPTIMIST OR A PESSIMIST? A PAINTING YOU LIKE

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Tink of a painting you especially like

Are your responses to other people and speak about it:
normally positive or negative? Give
examples. • Who painted it? When?
• Can you describe it?
Suggested topics:
• Why do you like it? What do you
positive/negative thinking · positive/ especially like of it?
negative language · predictions · friends
· children · dreams · etc

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YOUR TYPICAL WEEK YOUR TYPICAL HOLIDAY

Talk about your typical week. Give Talk about your typical summer or
details (e.g. parts of the day, times, Christmas holiday. Give details (e.g.
places etc.). parts of the day, times, places etc.).

Suggested topics: Suggested topics:

weekdays · lunch · dinner · weekend · where you go · who with · how you get
free time · family duties · etc there · what you do · etc

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LAST WEEKEND NEXT WEEKEND

Talk about what you did last Talk about what you're planning to
weekend. Give details (where, who do next weekend. Give details (where,
with etc.). who with etc.).

Suggested topics: Suggested topics:

work · social activities · sport · work · social activities · sport ·
free time · family duties · etc free time · family duties · etc

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DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS

Give defnitions or paraphrases for the Give defnitions or paraphrases for the
following words: following words:

• a waiter • happy • a tourist • worried

• a library • extrovert • a sports centre • slim
• the brain • cook • a key • turn of

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DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS

Give defnitions or paraphrases for the Give defnitions or paraphrases for the
following words: following words:

• an architect • relaxed • a receptionist • funny

• a supermarket • shy • a bookshop • lazy
• a wallet • read • glasses • ride

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A GOOD FRIEND SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE

Speak about a good friend of yours. Speak about someone you admire (not
Give details. necessarily a friend). Give details.

Suggested topics: Suggested topics:

personality · physical appearance · personality · physical appearance ·

things you have in common · things you have in common ·
occupation · how you met · etc occupation · have you met? · etc

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Level 2
A PHOTO YOU LIKE
Tink of a photo you have at home
(one you especially like) and speak
about it:
• Who or what is in the photo?
• Who took it?
• Where did they take it? When?
• What was happening?
• Where do you keep it?
• Why do you like it?
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A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER
Tink of a holiday you remember (one
you especially enjoyed) and speak
about it:
• Where did you go? Who with?
• How did you get there?
• Where did you stay?
• What was the weather like?
• What did you do there?
• Did you have a good time?
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A SHORT BIOGRAPHY A SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Tell the story of Columbus's life using the Tell the story of Mozart's life using the
information on the right. information on the right.

NAME Christopher Columbus. NAME Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

FAMOUS FOR Sailor and explorer. Travelled across FAMOUS FOR One of the most popular of
the Atlantic four times. classical composers.
BORN 31/10/1451 in Genoa (Italy). BORN 27/01/1756 in Salzburg (Austria).
GROW UP Genoa. GROW UP In Salzburg. One sister.
JOBS A shopkeeper (selling cheese). RESIDENCE Salzburg. Travels around Europe
A cartographer (drawing maps). with his parents.
A navigator and explorer (1476). 1778: Paris.
RESIDENCE Italy. 1781: Vienna.
1487: Spain. CAREER Over 600 pieces of music (frst
FAMILY Married. Two sons. piece at the age of 5).

DEATH 20/05/1506 FAMILY Married in 1782. Six children.

CONCLUSION Te man who started the European DEATH 05/12/1791

colonization of America. CONCLUSION Te most infuential composer of
his time.

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YOUR PREDICTIONS YOUR PREDICTIONS

Make pessimistic predictions about Make optimistic predictions about

the following topics: the following topics:
• unemployed in Spain (more or • young people / fnd their frst job
fewer?); (easy or difcult?);
• you and this test. • you and this test.

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