Test & Train Practice Test 1 C1 Advanced Speaking Frames
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C1 Advanced
Speaking
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Reading and Use of English paper and the Listening
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C1 Advanced Speaking Test and Train Practice Test 1
C1 Advanced Speaking Test and Train Practice Test 1
Contents
Part 1
Part 2
1 Making things
2 Patience needed
Parts 3 and 4
Being ambitious
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Part 1
2 minutes (3 minutes for groups of three)
Good morning / afternoon / evening. My name is ………… and this is my colleague ………… .
And your names are?
Can I have your mark sheets, please?
Thank you.
First of all, we’d like to know something about you.
Select one or two questions and ask candidates in turn, as appropriate.
• Where are you from, Candidate A? And you, Candidate B?
• What do you do here / there?
• How long have you been studying English?
• What do you enjoy most about learning English?
Select one or more questions from the following, as appropriate.
• Is there someone whose advice you really value? (Why? / Why not?)
• If you had more free time, how would you use it? (Why?)
• Do you like to keep up-to-date with world news? (Why? / Why not?)
• Do you think you work well under pressure? (Why? / Why not?)
• What do you like about the social networking sites you use? (Why?)
• What would be your ideal job? (Why?)
• Do you think you’ve changed very much in the last few years?
• Do you think your priorities will change as you get older? (Why? / Why not?)
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1 Making things Part 2
2 Patience needed 4 minutes (6 minutes for groups of three)
Interlocutor
In this part of the test, I’m going to give each of you three pictures. I’d like you
to talk about two of them on your own for about a minute, and also to answer a
question briefly about your partner’s pictures.
(Candidate A), it’s your turn first. Here are your pictures. They show people making
things in different situations.
Place Candidate handout, open at Task 1, in front of Candidate A.
I’d like you to compare two of the pictures, and say what the people might find
challenging about making these things, and why they might have decided to
make them.
All right?
Candidate A
¸ 1 minute ………………………………………………………..…
Interlocutor Thank you.
(Candidate B), who do you think will feel most satisfied when they have
completed their task? …… (Why?)
Candidate B
¸ approximately ………………………………………………………..…
30 seconds
Interlocutor Thank you. (Can I have the booklet, please?) Retrieve Candidate handout.
Now, (Candidate B), here are your pictures. They show people being patient in
different situations.
Place Candidate handout, open at Task 2, in front of Candidate B.
I ’d like you to compare two of the pictures, and say how difficult it might be for
the people to be patient in these situations, and what is likely to happen next.
All right?
Candidate B
¸ 1 minute ………………………………………………………..…
Interlocutor Thank you.
(Candidate A), in which situation do you think the people need the most
patience? …… (Why?)
Candidate A
¸ approximately ………………………………………………………..…
30 seconds
Interlocutor Thank you. (Can I have the booklet, please?) Retrieve Candidate handout.
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Being ambitious Part 3 4 minutes (6 minutes for groups of three)
Part 4 5 minutes (8 minutes for groups of three)
Part 3
Interlocutor Now, I’d like you to talk about something together for about two minutes (3 minutes
for groups of three).
ere are some aspects of people’s lives which can be affected by ambition and a
H
question for you to discuss. First you have some time to look at the task.
Place Candidate handout, open at Task 3, in front of the candidates. Allow 15 seconds.
Now, talk to each other about how being ambitious can affect these aspects of
people’s lives.
Candidates
¸ 2 minutes ………………………………………………………..…
(3 minutes for
groups of three)
Interlocutor Thank you. Now you have about a minute (2 minutes for groups of three) to decide which
of these aspects of life you think is least affected by ambition as people grow older.
Candidates
¸ 1 minute
(2 minutes for ………………………………………………………..…
groups of three)
Interlocutor Thank you. (Can I have the booklet, please?) Retrieve Candidate handout.
Part 4
Interlocutor Use the following questions, in order, as appropriate:
• Do you think everyone benefits from being Select any of the following
ambitious? ...... (Why? / Why not?) prompts, as appropriate:
• Is it a good idea to encourage children to be • What do you think?
• Do you agree?
ambitious? ...... (Why? / Why not?)
• How about you?
• How far do you think luck has an impact on
whether people can achieve their ambitions? ...... (Why? / Why not?)
• Some people say it’s easier to achieve things alone rather than as part of a
group. Do you agree? ...... (Why? / Why not?)
• Some people say that the media create the wrong impression about what
people can achieve. What’s your opinion? ...... (Why? / Why not?)
• Do you think people can sometimes become addicted to success? ...... (Why? /
Why not?)
Thank you. That is the end of the test.
