Speaking
Paper 4: Speaking The Preliminary for Schools Speaking exam has four parts with a total of 25 marks. In general, you take the exam with a partner, but on some occasions, there may be three students in the exam. The examiner will ask you the questions and an assessor will mark your performance during the 12–17-minute exam. In Part 1 , you will answer questions giving personal information about you, your family, your likes and dislikes, etc. In Part 2 , you will have one minute to describe a photograph. In Part 3 , you will work with your partner making and responding to suggestions, discussing alternative plans and negotiating an agreement. In Part 4 , you will discuss likes, dislikes, opinions, habits, and experiences of a topic linked to Part 3. Exam summary
Part 1
2 Look at this photograph. It shows a woman shopping. Talk about it for one minute.
This section tests your ability to take part in an everyday conversation. You will have a general conversation with the examiner for two minutes, and answer questions about you, your family, what you do every day, what you like/dislike, etc. For this part of the exam you should: only speak to the examiner (not to your partner) and maintain eye contact with the examiner listen carefully to the examiner’s questions and answer them by giving as much information as possible ask the examiner to repeat instructions if you don’t understand something.
ET5 Listen to these questions. Practise answering them, giving as much information as possible.
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Part 2
This section tests your ability to speak fluently on your own and to show your range of vocabulary. You and your partner will receive a colour photo each in turn. You will have about one minute to say what you can see in it. For this part of the exam you should: focus on describing what you see in the photo: the objects, colours, clothes, location, time of day, weather and where things are located in the photo describe the people, objects and activities in the photo in detail. Use as much vocabulary as possible and connect your ideas with conjunctions (e.g. because , so , like , etc.). not comment on the context or on what you think about the general situation shown in the photo try to explain what you mean rather than not talking about it when you don’t know how to say a word in English (e.g. ‘I can’t remember what these are called, but you can cut paper with them and they are quite sharp’ = scissors).
3 Look at this photograph. It shows people playing a sport. Talk about it for one minute.
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