Listening
Listening - General Information
• You will get 30 questions.
• You will hear people talk, you must answer questions about the conversation.
• The Listening exam consists of 4 parts.
• Remember, you will have 40 minutes and it will count for 20% of your final mark.
• There are mostly multiple-choice questions, but expect to get written questions.
Listening - Tips
• You will get a “D” or “F” quite quickly, so focus really good.
• Make notes during the exam on an external piece of paper if this helps you.
• If the recording is playing and you haven’t read the question yet, listen to the recording, it’s
more important.
Speaking
Speaking - General Information
• You will have a partner sitting next to you.
• The Speaking exam consists of 4 parts.
• Part 1 (Conversation) is a talk with the examiner, where he/she will ask you questions. This will
take about 2 minutes. You will not have you talk with your partner in these 2 minutes. The
examiner will probably ask you questions about your hobbies, education, work, things you like
and don’t like, friends and family, entertainment, daily life, sports, holidays and future plans.
• Part 2 (Long Turn) is a test where you get 2 coloured photos. You will have to compare the two
photos for 1 minute. The examiner will ask you a question about it. Questions might be:
“Compare the photographs and say what the people are enjoying about doing these things.”, or
“Say what is good and bad about these types of holidays.”, or “Say what the people are
looking at and why.”, or “Say why they have chosen this sort of holiday.”. Don’t describe the
photo! They will ask you to compare, so say: “This photo shows a man riding a bike while this
one shows a motorbike.” Don’t say: “This man is riding a bike”, because this will be wrong.
When you finish, the examiner asks your partner a question about the photo, your partner
should talk for 30 seconds. Then the same happens, only then it happen the other way around.
• Part 3 (Spider Web) is a test where you will get a paper with a
spider web. In the spider web are 5 key words linking to a
question. You will get 15 seconds to read it, and you and your
partner will have to talk about it for 2 minutes. Don’t say
nothing, also talk yourself. This also means that you have to
give your partner a chance to talk. Ask you partner questions
and react to what they say. If you don’t listen and react, you’ll
Listening - General Information
• You will get 30 questions.
• You will hear people talk, you must answer questions about the conversation.
• The Listening exam consists of 4 parts.
• Remember, you will have 40 minutes and it will count for 20% of your final mark.
• There are mostly multiple-choice questions, but expect to get written questions.
Listening - Tips
• You will get a “D” or “F” quite quickly, so focus really good.
• Make notes during the exam on an external piece of paper if this helps you.
• If the recording is playing and you haven’t read the question yet, listen to the recording, it’s
more important.
Speaking
Speaking - General Information
• You will have a partner sitting next to you.
• The Speaking exam consists of 4 parts.
• Part 1 (Conversation) is a talk with the examiner, where he/she will ask you questions. This will
take about 2 minutes. You will not have you talk with your partner in these 2 minutes. The
examiner will probably ask you questions about your hobbies, education, work, things you like
and don’t like, friends and family, entertainment, daily life, sports, holidays and future plans.
• Part 2 (Long Turn) is a test where you get 2 coloured photos. You will have to compare the two
photos for 1 minute. The examiner will ask you a question about it. Questions might be:
“Compare the photographs and say what the people are enjoying about doing these things.”, or
“Say what is good and bad about these types of holidays.”, or “Say what the people are
looking at and why.”, or “Say why they have chosen this sort of holiday.”. Don’t describe the
photo! They will ask you to compare, so say: “This photo shows a man riding a bike while this
one shows a motorbike.” Don’t say: “This man is riding a bike”, because this will be wrong.
When you finish, the examiner asks your partner a question about the photo, your partner
should talk for 30 seconds. Then the same happens, only then it happen the other way around.
• Part 3 (Spider Web) is a test where you will get a paper with a
spider web. In the spider web are 5 key words linking to a
question. You will get 15 seconds to read it, and you and your
partner will have to talk about it for 2 minutes. Don’t say
nothing, also talk yourself. This also means that you have to
give your partner a chance to talk. Ask you partner questions
and react to what they say. If you don’t listen and react, you’ll
