Speaking (15 minutes)

PART 1 (2 minutes)

r How did you get here today?

r How do you normally travel to the place where you work or study?
r How have you been learning English?
r what aspects of learning English have you found most and least enjoyable?..... (why?)

r What are your main sources of entertainment?

r What kind of films do you enjoy? ..... (Why?)

r How do you nor;nally communicate with friends and family?

r Would you say that you have a healthy lifestyle? ..... (Why? / Why not?)
r What kind of news do you keep up to date with?
r Do you like parties? lf so, what kind of parties do you like most? lf not, why not?

r Which person / people do you usually see every day?

r Do you have a lot of free time? (Why / Why not?)
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PART 2 (4 minutes)

1 Running
2 Speaking in public

Candidate A Look at the three photographs 1A, 18 and 1C on page G9. They show
people running.
Compare two of the photographs and say why the people might be
running, and what kind of lives they may have.
Candidote A talks on his / her own for L minute.

candidate B which of the pictures is closest to something you have done or

experienced, and why?
Candidate B tolks on his / her own for about 30 seconds.

Candidate B Look at the three photographs 2A,28 and 2C on page G9. They show
people speaking in public.
Compare two of the photographs and say what the people might be
talking about, and what the situation might be.
Condidate B talks on his / her own for 1 minute.

Candidate A' Which of the speakers would you prefer to listen to, and why?
Condidate A totks on his/ her own for about 30 seconds.

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 PART 3 (4 minutes) and PART 4 (5 minutes)

Envirsnmental issues

PART 3

Look at page 71, where there are some environmental problems.

First, talk to each other about how easy or difficult it is to find solutions to these
environmental problems.
Candidotes A and B discuss this together for obout 2 minutes.

Now decide which issue is the easiest one to solve.

Candidates A and B discuss this togetherJor aboutl_ minute.

PART 4

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Some people say that the environment is the biggest issue in the modern world. Do you
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personally that is connected with environmental issues?
Do you think that people in general are concerned about the environment? lf so, what
concerns them most? lf not, why not?
Are people given enough information about environmental problems? Where do they
get their information from?
Many companies today advertise the ways in which they are environmentally friendly.
ls this a positive development or does it have little effect?
What should governments be doing about environmental problems?

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is it to deal with these
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