Exam practice: speaking test

Section 1
Candidate A

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Ask Candidate B these questions about animals. Discuss Candidate B’s answers together.

• How important are animals to you in your life?

• What do you think children learn from keeping pets?
• Do you enjoy nature programs on TV? Why? / Why not?
• Is it better to leave endangered animals in the wild or
keep them in zoos? Why?

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Now Candidate B will ask you some questions about people. Listen and answer the questions.
Discuss your answers together.

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 Exam practice: speaking test

Section 1
Candidate B

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Candidate A will ask you some questions about animals. Listen and answer the questions.
Discuss your answers together.

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Now ask Candidate A these questions about people. Discuss Candidate A’s answers together.

• Do you prefer meeting new people or spending time with old friends? Why?
• How important to you are your first impressions of someone? Why?
• What are some ways you could try to be kind to someone you don’t like?
• How important are your friends to you in your life? Why?

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Section 2
Candidate A
Candidate A, here are your pictures A and B. They show people doing activities connected
to animals.
Talk about what you see in the pictures.
Compare pictures A and B and say what you think the people enjoy about these activities.
Which of these activities would you prefer? Why?
Talk for about 1 minute.
Candidate B will just listen.

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Section 2
Candidate B
Candidate B, here are your pictures C and D. They show people looking at archaeological finds in
different situations.
Talk about what you see in the pictures.
Compare pictures C and D and say how you think the people are feeling in these situations.
Which of these situations would you rather be in? Why?
Talk for about 1 minute.
Candidate A will just listen.

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