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Part 1 (2-3 Minutes) : Preliminary English Test Speaking Test

This document provides an overview of parts 3 and 4 of the speaking section of the Preliminary English Test. In part 3, each candidate is given a photo of friends having fun and asked to describe what they see. In part 4, the candidates are instructed to discuss when they have fun with friends and the activities they enjoy doing together. The parts aim to assess each candidate's ability to speak about personal topics both individually and in conversation with another candidate. The examiner provides minimal guidance and only intervenes if necessary.

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Part 1 (2-3 Minutes) : Preliminary English Test Speaking Test

This document provides an overview of parts 3 and 4 of the speaking section of the Preliminary English Test. In part 3, each candidate is given a photo of friends having fun and asked to describe what they see. In part 4, the candidates are instructed to discuss when they have fun with friends and the activities they enjoy doing together. The parts aim to assess each candidate's ability to speak about personal topics both individually and in conversation with another candidate. The examiner provides minimal guidance and only intervenes if necessary.

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Preliminary English Test

Speaking Test

Part 1 (2-3 minutes)

Phase 1
Examiner

A/B Good morning / afternoon / evening.


Can I have your mark sheets, please?

(Hand over the mark sheets to the Assessor.)

A/B I’m ………… and this is ………… .


He / she is just going to listen to us.

A Now, what’s your name?


Thank you.

B And what’s your name?


Thank you.

Back-up prompts

B Candidate B, what’s your surname? How do you write your family


How do you spell it? / second name?

Thank you.

A And, Candidate A, what’s your surname? How do you write your family
How do you spell it? / second name?

Thank you.

(Ask the following questions. Use candidates’


names throughout. Ask Candidate A first.)

Where do you live / come from? Do you live in …?

Adult students
Do you work or are you a student in ...? Have you got a job?
What do you do / study? What job do you do? / What
subject(s) do you study?
School-age students
Do you study English at school? Do you have English
Do you like it? lessons?

Thank you.

(Repeat for Candidate B.)


Phase 2
Examiner

(Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate. Use candidates’ names
throughout. Ask Candidate B first.)

Back-up prompts

Do you enjoy studying English? Why (not)? Do you like studying English?

Do you think that English will be useful for you in Will you use English in the future?
the future?

What did you do yesterday evening / last Did you do anything yesterday evening /
weekend? last weekend? What?

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What do you like to do in your free time?

Thank you.

(Introduction to Part 2)
In the next part, you are going to talk to each other.
Speaking Test (History trip)

Part 2 (2-3 minutes)

Examiner
Say to both
candidates:
I’m going to describe a situation to you.

A teacher wants to get his students more interested in history, so he is going


to take them on a class trip. Talk together about the different places they
could visit and say which the students would find most interesting.

Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.

Ask both candidates to look at picture * on page * of the Student’s Book and
repeat the frame.

I’ll say that again.

A teacher wants to get his students more interested in history, so he is going


to take them on a class trip. Talk together about the different places they
could visit and say which the students would find most interesting.

All right? Talk together.

Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention.
Prompt only if necessary.
Speaking Test
Having fun with friends

Part 3 (3 minutes)

Examiner
Say to both
candidates: Now, I’d like each of you to talk on your own about something. I’m going to give
each of you a photograph of friends having fun together.
Candidate A, here is your photograph. (Ask candidate A to look at photo B on page
* of the student’s book.) Please show it to Candidate B, but I’d like you to talk about
it. Candidate B, you just listen. I’ll give you your photograph in a moment.
Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in your photograph.

(Candidate A) Approximately one minute

If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used.

Ask Candidate A to close his/her book.

Examiner Now, Candidate B, here is your photograph. It also shows friends having fun
together. (Ask Candidate B to look at photo A on page * of the student’s book.)
Please show it to Candidate A and tell us what you can see in the photograph.

(Candidate B) Approximately one minute

Ask the candidates to close their books before moving to Part 4.

Part 4 (3 minutes)

Examiner
Say to both
Your photographs showed friends having fun together. Now I’d like you to talk
candidates:
together about when you have fun with your friends and what you and your friends
enjoy doing together.

Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention.
Prompt only if necessary.

Thank you. That’s the end of the test. Back-up Prompts


1. Talk about when you have
fun with your friends
2. Talk about what you and
 Parts 3 & 4 should take about 6 minutes together. your friends enjoy doing
together.
3. Talk about the places you
and your friends enjoy
going to.
4. Talk about things you like
doing on your own.
Preliminary English Test - Sample Paper 5

Speaking Test – parts 3 & 4

A
B

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