PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 5 B1 PRELIMINARY FOR SCHOOLS SPEAKING

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SPEAKING PART 1
02 3 Complete Maria’s answers with the words in
the box. Listen again and check.
01 1 Listen to Maria answering the questions.
Does she use full sentences in her answers?
actually also and because
1 What’s your name? but for example often so
2 What’s your surname?
3 Where do you come from? 1 I watch films with my friends.
4 Do you work, or are you a student? 2 I hope I’ll travel to different countries with my job,
I’m sure I will need English.
02 2 Listen to Maria answering more questions.
Notice how she adds extra information.
3 I’d love to go to New York one day it
looks like such an exciting city.
1 What did you do yesterday evening? 4 , my uncle lives there.
2 Do you think that English will be useful to you 5 The kitchen is very small, the living
in the future? room is quite big.
3 Tell us about a place you would like to visit 6 , it’s got a balcony.
in the future. 7 I’m quite into sport, I do quite a lot of
4 Can you describe your house or flat? sport in my free time.
5 What do you enjoy doing in your free time? 8 , I sometimes go running in the
evenings.
KEY LANGUAGE AND IDEAS FOR PERSONAL QUESTIONS
Use frequency adverbs to talk about habits and
4 Complete the table with the time expressions from
the box.
routines:
I usually have breakfast ...
I often watch TV ...
Use the past simple and time expressions to talk
about the past:
Yesterday I watched ...
Last weekend I visited ...
Use be going to and time expressions to talk about
future plans:
Next summer, I’m going to travel to ...
Talk about future hopes:
I’d like to visit ...
I want to get a job ...
always last night last weekend
I hope I’ll work ...
next weekend sometimes tomorrow
Add extra information: Actually and Also tonight usually when I was younger
Add contrasting information: but ...
present simple past simple be going to
Add reasons and results: because so That’s why ...
Add examples: For example, ...
For instance, ...

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03 5 Match the questions (1–5) with the answers (A–E).
Then choose one extra piece of information (F–J)
7 Practise answering the questions. Use a range of
tenses, and add extra information.
to add to each answer. Listen and check.

1 Tell us about your A My home town is • What’s your name?

English teacher. Barcelona. ….. • What’s your surname?
• Where do you come from?
2 Would you like to live B His name’s Mr Adam.
in a different country? ….. • Do you work, or are you a student?
3 Can you tell us about C On Saturday I played
your home town? football. ….
4 How do you usually D I wouldn’t like to for • What did you do yesterday evening?
travel to school or long. …. • Do you think that English will be useful to you
work? in the future?
5 What did you do last E I usually catch the • Tell us about a place you would like to visit
weekend? bus. …. in the future.
• Can you describe your house or flat?
F It’s on the coast.
G We usually have a match every Saturday.
H I’d miss my family and friends at home. • What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I He’s really funny. • Tell us about your English teacher.
J I'd prefer to walk.
• Would you like to live in a different country?
• Can you tell us about your home town?
03 6 How does the student introduce extra
information? Complete the sentences. Listen again
• How do you usually travel to school or work?
• What did you do last weekend?
and check.

1 I like him he always makes our lessons

interesting.
2 I’d like to visit different countries, the
United States or maybe Australia.
3 There are lots of beautiful buildings
are very famous.
4 I’d prefer to walk, it’s too far for me.
5 We usually have a match every Saturday.
, we didn’t win last week.

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  SPEAKING PART 2  

04 1 Listen to Pablo describing a photo. What guesses does he make?

KEY LANGUAGE AND IDEAS FOR DESCRIBING A PHOTO
Say what you can see:
The picture shows ...  I can see ...  There’s a ...
There are some ...  but you can’t see ...  She’s got ...  He has ...
Describe where things are in the picture:
at the front  in the background  on the left  on the right  in the middle
behind  in front of  next to
Use the present continuous:
He’s wearing ...  She’s running ...
Talk about the people:
tall, long / short hair  young  old
Talk about the place:
indoors  outdoors  attractive   comfortable  safe
Talk about the weather:
sunny  cloudy  wet
When you don’t know the word for something:
It’s a kind of ...  It looks like a ...
Make guesses:
He looks like ...  He seems to be ...  I guess he’s probably ...  I think maybe ...
It might be ...

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2 Look at the photo. Choose the correct words in italics to describe where the people are.

1 There are two young women at the front / in the

background of the picture.
05 3 Look at the photo again. Complete the sentences
with the correct present continuous form of the
2 There’s an old man with a beard on the right / left. verbs in brackets. Listen and check.
3 There’s a young couple on the left / right, further 1 The picture shows some people who
back in the bus. (travel) by bus.
4 You can see someone’s legs behind / next to the old 2 They (smile).
man, but you can’t see their face. 3 One woman (show) the other one
5 I n the background / At the front, you can see a man something on her phone.
standing up. 4 The older man on the right (look)
forwards. Maybe he (think) about
where to get off the bus.
5 In the background, there's a man who
(stand) up. I think he (talk) to another
passenger.

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 4 Look at the photo. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

guess  looks  might  probably  seem

1 I think the people are father and son.

2 They be watching TV.
3 They’re eating something from a box. It
like pizza.
4 They to be quite relaxed.
5 I they’re probably having a relaxing
evening at home.

06 5 Look at the photo again. Practise describing it.

Then listen and compare your ideas.

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6 Practise describing the photos below and on page 7.

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SPEAKING PART 3

07 1 Listen to two students doing the task below. Do they talk about all the options?
Which present do they agree on?

It is your friend’s birthday soon, and you would like to buy her a present.
Here are some ideas.
Talk together about the different presents you could buy, and say which
would be the most suitable.

KEY LANGUAGE AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSING OPTIONS

Making suggestions:
What about ... ? What do you think about ... ? Would ... be a good idea?
Responding to suggestions:
That’s a great idea. Yes, good idea. I’m not sure.
Giving your opinion:
I think ... In my opinion, ...
Asking someone’s opinion:
What do you think? Do you agree?
Agreeing:
That’s true. I agree (with you). Yes, I think you’re right. OK, so ...
Disagreeing:
I don’t agree with you because ... I’m not sure about that because ...
Considering alternatives:
... might be a better choice. What if we ... ?
Reaching agreement:
It’s time to decide. Are you OK with that? We’ll go for that one, then.

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 07 2 Complete the discussion with words from the box.
Then listen again and check.
3 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.
1 That’s a A agree with you.
2 Do you B be a better choice.
agree go idea OK opinion so sure think
3 I don’t C to decide.
A: What do you 1 about that idea? 4 Flowers might D great idea.
B: I’m not 2
. 5 It’s time E you’re right.
It’s difficult to choose a book for someone else. 6 Yes, I think F agree?
A: I 3 with you. And I don’t think flowers
are a good idea, because they’re a bit boring in my
4
.
B: Would a T-shirt be a good 5 ? Most
people wear T-shirts.
A: Well, I don’t really like it when people buy me
clothes, because I prefer to choose them myself.
A: OK, 6 not a T-shirt .
B: Maybe we should choose the cinema tickets. Are you
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with that?
A: Yes, good idea. We’ll 8 for that one,
then.

08 4 Work in pairs. Do the task below. Then listen and compare your ideas.

Two friends are discussing how their class should celebrate the end of exams. Here are some ideas.
Talk together about the different ideas and say which would be the most fun.

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 SPEAKING PART 4   3 Complete the dialogues with phrases from the box.
09 1 Listen to two students answering the questions.
Which things in the box do they do?
Do you agree That’s an interesting question
That’s true What do you think
1 Who do you most enjoy buying presents for?
A: I think surprise presents are the best presents.
2 Which people in your family are the most 1
?
difficult to choose presents for?
B: Yes, I do. I love opening presents when I have no idea
3 Do you like receiving money instead of
what they are!
presents?
A: I think money is sometimes the most useful present
to get.
give reasons for their answers
interrupt each other B: 2
. Because then you can use it to buy
ask for each other’s opinions something you really need.
disagree with each other A: In my opinion, men are the most difficult people to
use an expression to allow time to think about the buy presents for.
answer 3
?
B: Yes, I think you’re right. I never know what to buy for
KEY LANGUAGE AND IDEAS FOR DISCUSSING IDEAS my dad or my uncle.
A: Do you think that some people spend too much
Talking about likes / dislikes / preferences:
money on presents?
I like / love + -ing   I prefer to ...   I enjoy ...
B: Hmm. 4 . I think most people spend as
Talking about habits:
much as they can afford.
I sometimes / usually / always ...
Giving your opinion: 4 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions together.
I think ...   In my opinion, ...
1 Would you like to have more social events with
Asking someone’s opinion: your class?
What do you think?   Do you agree? 2 Do you think watching sports events can be more
Agreeing: fun than taking part?
That’s true.   I agree with you.   Yes, I think you’re right. 3 Do you prefer cooking a meal for friends or eating
Disagreeing out in a restaurant?
I don’t agree with you because ...
I’m not sure about that because ...
10 5 Listen and compare your ideas.
Giving yourself time to think:
That’s an interesting question.
That’s a difficult question.   Let me see.

2 Choose the correct words in italics.

1 I enjoy to buy / buying things for my nephew.
2 It sometimes is / is sometimes nice to receive money.
3 I usually get / get usually money from three or four
relatives.
4 I prefer get / to get money from people who don’t
know me very well.
5 I love get / getting presents.

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