Practice Test B - Speaking Test

Speaking Test Instructions

  • For this sample test, you should make sure that you complete each task within the given time.

  • In this sample test, no score will be provided for any of the Speaking tasks, and your answers will not be recorded. If you wish to record your own answers, record and save your responses using your computer microphone or your own recording device (cellphone, digital recorder, etc.).

  • On the official test, if you do not finish a task in the time provided, the screen will move to the next task. You cannot go back to the previous task. However, in this sample test, in order to move forward in the test you must click on “NEXT.”

  • Try to complete this practice Speaking Test in around 20 minutes.

Speaking Instructional Video

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Practice Test B - Speaking Practice Task

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

Talk about one of your best friends.



Preparation Time

30

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60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 1: Giving Advice

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 90 seconds

Your friend Lauren and her roommate had planned to go on vacation together. However, they had an argument about what activities to do together. Give Lauren advice on what she should do to solve the problem with her roommate.



Preparation Time

30

Recording ...

90
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 2: Talking about a Personal Experience

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

Talk about a time when you helped someone. Maybe you can talk about helping a friend, a family member, or a co-worker. Who did you help, how did you help them, what was the result, and how did they react to your kindness?



Preparation Time

30

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60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 3: Describing a Scene

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

Describe some things that are happening in the picture below as well as you can.
The person with whom you are speaking cannot see the picture



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Preparation Time

30

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60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 4: Making Predictions

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

In this picture, what do you think will most probably happen next?



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Preparation Time

30

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60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 5: Comparing and Persuading

Instructions


This task is made up of THREE parts:
1. Choose an option
2. Preparation time
3. Speaking

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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 5: Comparing and Persuading

Preparation: 60 seconds

You work for a technology company that makes environmentally friendly home appliances, and your boss wants to create a new logo for the company. You find two suitable options. Using the pictures and information below, choose the option that you prefer. In the next section, you will need to persuade your co-worker that your choice is the better choice. If you do not choose an option, the computer will choose one for you. You do not need to speak for this part.



images Leaf and circle design
- green vines symbolize connection to nature
- elegant lines
- can fit in different image formats
images Lightbulb design
- creative image
- lightbulb is one of the company’s products
- background colour can be changed

Preparation Time

60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 5: Comparing and Persuading

Preparation: 60 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

Your co-worker is suggesting another logo. Persuade her that the option you chose is more suitable by comparing the two.



Your Co-Worker’s Choice

images Your co-worker’s Choice
Pyramid design
- simple design
- easily recognizable by customers
- abstract and open to interpretation

Your Choice

images Leaf and circle design
- green vines symbolize connection to nature
- elegant lines
- can fit in different image formats

Your Choice

images Lightbulb design
- creative image
- lightbulb is one of the company’s products
- background colour can be changed

Preparation Time

60

Recording ...

60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 6: Dealing with a Difficult Situation

Preparation: 60 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

Your cousin, Julia, is a scholarship student who has no work experience. To obtain work experience, she needs to drop one of her courses to make time for a part-time job. Her brother, Matt, says that Julia should focus completely on her studies because she needs to complete ten courses per term in order to keep her scholarship.
Choose ONE:
EITHER
Talk to Julia. Explain why she should focus completely on her studies.
OR
Talk to Matt. Explain why Julia should drop a course to make time for a part-time job.




Preparation Time

60

Recording ...

60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 7: Expressing Opinions

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 90 seconds

Answer the following question.
Question: Do you think junk food should be banned from college campuses? Explain your reasons.




Preparation Time

60

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60
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Practice Test B - Speaking Task 8: Describing an Unusual Situation

Preparation: 30 seconds Recording: 60 seconds

You are at an amusement park with your nephew. You are inside an interesting bus, touring the park. Call your niece Beca and describe in detail what the bus looks like, and ask if she would like to come to the park next weekend.



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Preparation Time

30

Recording ...

60
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