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Speaking for the Exam

Get ready for your speaking exam with fun tongue twisters that will help improve your pronunciation and fluency. Warm up your mouth and boost your confidence!

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Speaking for the Exam

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  1. Speaking for the Exam

  2. Warm-up: Tongue twisters

  3. Warm-up: Tongue twisters

  4. Warm-up: Tongue twisters

  5. Silent letters

  6. Pre-reading Particularly residents Earthquakes evacuate Occur unfortunately Affects amount Tsunamis trigger Disaster the Pacific Ocean Coastal Asia Predict prone warning

  7. Task 1. Reading Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

  8. Task 1. Reading One area of the world is particularly prone to earthquakes. The Ring of Fire, as it is known, circles the Pacific Ocean. It is where some of the largest earthquakes occur. The Ring of Fire affects countries in North and South America and in Asia. Because it is on the border of an ocean, large waves of water, or tsunamis, are often triggered by the quakes. It’s double disaster. Homes are destroyed where the earthquake strikes. People living in coastal regions that receive the waves are harmed also. Although it is difficult to predict earthquakes, the large waves can be predicted. A warning system is in place in many countries along the Ring of Fire. This gives residents some time to evacuate. Unfortunately, though, the waves travel extremely fast. Whoever must leave the area only has a short amount of time.

  9. Task 2. Questions. Study the advertisement. You are considering visiting the place and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

  10. 1)Bungee jumping options 2) If any safety briefing is delivered 3) Location of bungee jumping experience 4) If there are any age restrictions 5) Price of standard jump

  11. Tips 1)If indicates the general questions. (Is any safety briefing delivered?) 2)The word “price” requires “how much” 3) The word “location” requires “where” 4) Remember the articles and the correct grammatical constructions of interrogative sentences

  12. Task 3. Description of the Photo These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to you friend. You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12-15 sentences).

  13. Tips • Choose the photo which is easier for you to describe. • Begin with “I’ve chosen photo number …” • While describing the photo, use a wide range of descriptive adjectives, both positive and negative. Positive adjectives: fascinating, amazing, exhilarating, fabulous, picturesque, exciting, enjoyable. Negative adjectives: daunting, tedious, boring, low-challenging, bland, repetitive, low-motivating

  14. Tips 4)Make an introduction 5) Stick to the plan 6) When describing the photo, use a variety of structures. Useful phrases: The photo/ picture shows…. In the picture you can see On the right there are… In the left hand corner …. In the foreground/ in the background

  15. Tips I took this photo when…. The people in the photo look happy because… The people in the photo seem sad because… The general atmosphere in the picture is positive because … The picture was taken in…. By the way, the weather in the picture is…. Honestly, In general, In conclusion it should be said that

  16. Tips 7) Use the right Tense (if the action is in progress – use Present Continuous) 8) Don’t forget about the articles 9) Use linking phrases 10) Follow the time limit 11) Be sure that you are showing the picture to your friend (this friend is the computer) 12) Draw a conclusion

  17. Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

  18. Plan • Give a brief description of the photos (action, location) • Say what the pictures have in common • Say in what way the pictures are different • Say which of the ways of reading a book presented in the pictures you prefer • Explain why You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12-15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

  19. Tips • During the preparation time, figure out the topic both photos are devoted to (it is given in the 4th point) • When comparing and contrasting the photos, concentrate on 2-3 similarities and 2-3 differences rather than just describing the pictures. • Useful phrases: Both pictures show… In both pictures…

  20. Tips In picture 1, I can see …., whereas/ while picture 2 shows… What both pictures have in common is that…. The main similarity (difference) of these pictures is that…. In contrast, the second picture…. In my opinion, By the way, Honestly, Frankly speaking,

  21. Tips 4) Mind the time limit 5) Cover all points of the plan 6) Draw a conclusion

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