PET SPEAKING PAPER - Teste Oral para nível Básico

PART 1: PERSONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMILIAR TOPICS (3 minutes). Conversation with the examiner.

The examiner asks questions and you give information about yourself, talk about past experiences, present job, studies, where you live, etc., and future plans.

EXAMINER’S QUESTIONS

A. HOME TOWN         Where are you from?         Can you tell me something about your town?         What is the most interesting part of your town?         Can you describe some of the shops in your town?

B. FAMILY AND HOME         Can you tell me about your family?         What does your family so together?         Can you describe your house or flat?         Do you have a favourite relative? What’s he / she like?

C. WORK / STUDY         Can you tell me something about your school?         What subjects do you enjoy the most? The least?         How long have you been studying English?         What so you find most difficult in studying English?         Do you have a part-time job after school?

D. LEISURE         Do you have any hobbies?         How did you become interested in your hobby?         What kind of music so you enjoy most?         What kind of sports are you and your friends interested in?         What do you and your friends like to do when you go out?         How do you usually spend your holidays?

E. FUTURE PLANS         What do you hope to do in the next few years?         What kind of job do you hope to be doing in 10 year’s time?

 PART 2: COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY CANDIDATES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. (3 minutes).

In part 2, the examiner gives you some pictures and describes a situation to you. You have to talk to the other candidate and decide / come to a decision with your partner about what would be best in the situation.

Making and responding to suggestions, discussing alternatives, making recommendations, negotiating agreement.

REMEMBER!

ü  You have to speak for one minute. Start out by comparing and contrasting the photos, but make sure that you answer the additional question.

USEFUL LANGUAGE

GETTING STARTED Well, we have to choose / talk about ……………. Why don’t we first talk about each……… before we decide. What should we do first?

INVITING YOUR PARTNER TO SPEAK That’s a good idea. Let’s start with…………… Is that OK with you? Maybe we should just go in order. What do you think? How do you see it? Do you think we should…..?

PRESENTING AN IDEA/ EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION I think we should………….. / I don’t think……. I definitely think we need ………….. In my opinion, ………………. Wouldn’t it be better if ……………….. If you ask me, ……………….. Personally, I don’t like…………. I’m not sure I’d go along with that.

AGREEING That’s absolutely true Absolutely. It’ a good idea provided………… It’ a good idea if you take into account that…………… Exactly.               I couldn’t agree more You’ve got a point.

DISAGREEING Well, I don’t think …………….. I’m not sure I agree with you. I think…………….. That’s not how I see it. I think that……………. Well, I hadn’t thought about that. We could ……………

CONCLUDING Right then. So you’re saying that……………., but I think……………. So if we summarize, we can say that we are choosing…………………… So shall we say…………….?

PAPERS TO DOWNLOAD:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_answers_1.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_tips_1.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_tips_2.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_tips_3.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_tips_4.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_exercises_1.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_exercises_2.pdf

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/oral_presentation_-_transcript_1.pdf

http://www.consolacioncaravaca.es/ProgramaBeda/data/docs/PET/PET_SPEAKING.pdf