Speaking Revision

Speaking Revision

Presented by John Sikorski

Part 1 Speaking

Choose answers that are poor then explain why it is a bad answer

Multiple Choice

Which of the following answers is incorrect

"How do you usually contact your friends?"

• I normally get in touch with my friends through Zalo.

• I often reach out to them by messanger

• Facetime is my prefered way to talk with my friends

• Typically use Facebook

Multiple Choice

Which of the following answers is incorrect

"Do you prefer to contact different people in different ways?"

• Of course, I like to mix things up.

• No, I exclusively like to use messanger

• I almost always use facetime to contact my friends.

• No, I almost always use facetime. However, my parents don't like it, so I contact them through standard phone calls.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following answers is incorrect

"What kinds of things make you laugh?"

• The normal variety of comedy makes me giggle.

• Funny things.

• I find physical comedy to be the thing that gets a laugh out of me.

• Nothing. I'm a misserable person who hates laughing.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following answers is incorrect

"Do you like making other people laugh?"

• No, I don't. I prefer to make them cry.

• My friends laugh when we watch movies like "Dumb and Dumber" That movie is one of the funniest I have ever seen.

• Of course, I am always acting goofy around my friends.

• From time to time, I like to tell a joke to get a laugh out of my buddies.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following answers is incorrect

"How often is the weather cold where you come from?"

• Cold weather is the best. I love seeing my breath in the air on a crisp morning.

• I'm from a tropical country, so it is almost never cold.

• It gets extremely cold in the winter in my country.

• All the time and I hate that it never even gets a little bit warm.

Part 1 Speaking

Answer each question with what you would say. Use proper grammar and form.

Open Ended

Would you prefer to live in a hot place or a cold place?

Open Ended

Do you like to have flowers in your home?

Open Ended

Where would you go to buy flowers?

Open Ended

On what occasions would you give someone flowers?

Open Ended

Are flowers important in your culture?

Speaking Task 2

Answer the questions about the prompts

Multiple Choice

What tense should you use the most for this prompt?

"Describe a party that you enjoyed"

• Past

• Present

• Future

Open Ended

Write your topic sentence for the talk

"Describe a party that you enjoyed"

Multiple Choice

What tense should you use the most for this prompt?

"Describe a piece of electronic equipment that you find useful"

• Past

• Present

• Future

Open Ended

Write your topic sentence for the talk

"Describe a piece of electronic equipment that you find useful"

Multiple Choice

What tense should you use the most for this prompt?

"Describe a place you would like to visit."

• Past

• Present

• Future

Open Ended

Write your topic sentence for the talk

"Describe a place you would like to visit."

Part 3 Speaking

Work through each question

Open Ended

What can you say if you don't understand the question the evaluator has asked?

Open Ended

The examiner asks you "What do you think has created the socioeconomic problem we have today?"

You don't understand "socioeconomic". What can you say to get the examiner to help you?

Poll

How well do you understand this question?

"What are the main reasons why people organize family parties in your country?"

• 100% Understand

• 70%-80% Understand

• 40%-60% Understand

• 20%-30% Understand

• 0% Understand

Open Ended

Which part of this question do you not understand?

"What are the main reasons why people organize family parties in your country?"

Open Ended

Answer the question

"What are the main reasons why people organize family parties in your country?"

Poll

How well do you understand this question?

"In some places, people spend a lot of money on parties that celebrate special family events. Is this ever true in your country? Do you think this is a good trend or a bad trend?"

• 100% Understand

• 70%-80% Understand

• 40%-60% Understand

• 20%-30% Understand

• 0% Understand

Open Ended

Which part of this question do you not understand?

"In some places, people spend a lot of money on parties that celebrate special family events. Is this ever true in your country? Do you think this is a good trend or a bad trend?"

Open Ended

Answer the question

"In some places, people spend a lot of money on parties that celebrate special family events. Is this ever true in your country? Do you think this is a good trend or a bad trend?"

Poll

How well do you understand this question?

"Are there many differences between family parties and parties given by friends? Why do you think this is?"

• 100% Understand

• 70%-80% Understand

• 40%-60% Understand

• 20%-30% Understand

• 0% Understand

Open Ended

Which part of this question do you not understand?

"Are there many differences between family parties and parties given by friends? Why do you think this is?"

Open Ended

Answer the question

"Are there many differences between family parties and parties given by friends? Why do you think this is?"