Speaking 3 - Long speaking turn

Task information

• Part 4 will continue the theme of Part 3 and lasts about five minutes.

• Listen carefully to the interlocutor's questions - they are not written down for you, unlike Parts 2 and 3.

• You are marked on your English rather than your ideas, so do not feel you have to give original or particularly clever opinions.

• If you do not have a particular opinion about the subject, remember that it is important - in the test - to say something (rather than nothing), so do not worry about expressing an opinion that is not exactly what you really think.

• Listen carefully to what your partner says and, if possible, comment on or develop something he or she says.

• If you disagree with your partner, do so politely.

• At the end of the Speaking test, do not ask the examiners how you did - they are not allowed to tell you.

• Say goodbye in a polite and friendly way as you leave the room. 

2. Topics

The topics that you might be asked are the following: childhood, careers, celebrity, education, leisure, work, relationships. Now, practice with the following questions and using the phrases for giving your opinion.