PET SPEAKING

PRACTICE

Name: ______________________________
Course: _____________________________
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Daily life
Write the questions and ask a partner.
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1. What | your name?
.................................................................................................
2. How old | you?
.................................................................................................
3. Where | you | live?
.................................................................................................
4. Do | you | English at college?
.................................................................................................
5. Who | live with?
.................................................................................................

Exam task

Track 13 Now complete the examiner’s questions in Phase 2 of Part 1. Then listen
2a
and check.

1 Who do you ........................ most time with?

2 What do you ........................ doing when you’re at home?

3 What do you ........................ about your school or job?

4 What ........................ you like to do in the future?

5 When did you ........................ learning English? Do you enjoy it? Why? / Why not?

6 Where did you ........................ up?

7 What do you like about the town you ........................ in?

8 Where would you like to live, if you ........................ the opportunity?

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

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 Complete the family words. Use the descriptions to help you.
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1. Your _ _ _ s _ _ is your aunt or uncle’s son or daughter.

2. If you are _ _ _ _ _ _ d, it means you have a husband or wife.

3. Two people, such as a boyfriend and girlfriend, are known as a _ _ u _ _ _.

4. There are usually several g _ _ _ r _ t _ _ _ _ in one family: younger people and older ones.

5. An _ _ _ _ v _ _ s _ _ _ is the day on which an important event happened in a previous year.

6. Your _ _ p _ _ _ is the son of your brother or sister.

Exam facts
In this part, the examiner asks you questions about yourself.
The questions are usually about your name, your daily routine, your likes and dislikes, where you
study or work, etc.
You only speak to the examiner. You don’t speak to the other student.

To watch videos of the complete B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools Speaking tests, go to:
https://keyandpreliminary.cambridgeenglish.org/resources.htm

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Work and education

Match 1–8 to a–h to make questions about job skills.
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1. Do you have good a organised person?

2. Are you a b good at solving problems?

3. How well do you c fast learner?

4. Are you an d communication skills?

5. Do you enjoy e at making decisions?

6. How good are you f working in a team?

7. Do you generally have a g manage your time?

8. Are you h positive attitude?

Exam task

Track 14 Complete the examiner’s questions from Part 1. Then listen and check.
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1 Do you study or .................... ? What are you studying? / What do you do?

2 Do you like your .................... or job? Why? / Why not?

3 What is or was your .................... subject at school? What do or did you like most about it?

4 Which .................... would you like to learn more about?

5 What do you find .................... about learning English?

6 How often do you use English .................... of your English classes?

7 If you could have any .................... , what would you do and why?

8 What is your greatest study or work .................... ?

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

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Shopping
Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. There may be more than one correct
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answer for each space.

as because could don’t would should since so

Sam: Let’s make a shopping list for our barbecue party on Saturday.

Carly: OK. I think we (1) .......... get sausages (2) .......... everyone loves them!
Sam: Mm, but I (3) ............ think we should buy too many burgers – there were a lot left after
our last party.
Carly: True. We (4) ............ get some fish (5) ............ not everyone eats meat.
Sam: Yes, and how about getting some tasty vegetables?
Carly: That (6) ............ be a good idea. And the children like chicken, (7) ............ let’s get
some of that.
Sam: Great, and (8) ............ your parents like jacket potatoes, why don’t we cook some of
those as well?
Carly: Perfect!

Look at the words in bold in these sentences.

2a
Let’s buy Dad some new boots. Walking in the hills makes him feel relaxed!
Which word … ?
a shows that something / someone causes another thing to happen
b is used to make a suggestion

Now rewrite the sentences so they mean the same, using Let’s or the correct form of make.
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1. I was late for the concert because there was a traffic jam.
The traffic jam ..................................................................................................................... .
2. Why don’t we go to that new bookshop in town this afternoon?
........................................................................................................................................... .
3. How about going to see the new James Bond film?
........................................................................................................................................... .
4. We were told we had to run 5 km by our basketball coach.
Our basketball coach ........................................................................................................... .

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 Exam task

Track 22 Listen to the examiner explaining the task for Part 3. Then talk with a partner for about
3
two minutes.
Presents for a 16-year-old friend

4 Track 23 Now listen to the examiner asking the questions for the Part 4 task. Pause
the recording after each question. Work in pairs and discuss your answers to each of the
examiner’s questions together. Try to say as much as you can in answer to each question.

Exam facts
In Part 3, the examiner describes a situation to you and shows you some pictures.
You have to discuss your views and opinions with the other student.
You will need to make suggestions and reply to the suggestions that the other student makes.
In Part 4, the examiner will ask you questions about a similar topic to Part 3.
These questions are mainly about your opinions and experience related to the Part 3 topic.
The examiner may ask you the questions individually or encourage you to discuss the answers
together.

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