Speaking Part 1 ‘The examiner will ask you some questions about yourself, your home, work or studies and familiar topics. Let's tak about your free time. Do you have a lot of free time? What do you like to do when you are at home? Do you spend more time with your family or with friends? Where do you go when you go out? Is there enough to do in your home town? ‘The examiner will then ask you some questions about one or two other topics, for example: Now let's talk about keeping fit. Do you try to keep fit? How? ‘Do you think it's important for young people to keep fit? Is sport compulsory for schoolchildren in your country? Do you do any sports? Which do you like best? Have you ever watched a sporting event live? Speaking Part 2 The examiner will give you a topic on a card like the one on the right and ask you to talk about it for one to two, minutes. Before you talk you have one minute to think ‘about what you're going to say. The examiner will give you some paper and a pencil so you can make notes if you want to. ‘The examiner may ask one or two more questions when you have finished, for example: ‘Are you good at making decisions? Do you think you usually make the right decisions? Speaking Part 3 Describe an important decision you had to make. | You should say: what you had to decide what or who helped you decide if you made the right decision and explain why the decision was important. ‘The examiner will ask some more general questions which follow on from the topic in Part 2. Do you think it's harder to make decisions nowadays because we have so many choices? What are the disadvantages of asking for other people's advice when making a decision? Why do you think some people are better at making decisions than others? Do you think children should be given the opportunity to make their own decisions? What kind of decisions? ‘Some people say we only learn by making mistakes. Do you agree? 172 | Test6 Speaking Parts