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PET
SPEAKING SECTION
PART 1 (2-3 minutes / two students and the interlocutor and the assessor)
PART 2 (2-3 minutes / The examiner describing a situation and two students interacting with
each other)
In this part of the test the topics are chosen to be relevant to typical PET for Schools candidates,
so they should be quite easy to talk about. The examiner is going to describe a situation to you
both and he is going to give you a visual aid. You should take turns to speak with your partner, it
is not a competition to see who can speak the most. Its good to agree and disagree with your
partners ideas as long as you give reasons for your ideas.
Interactive communication is important because you are speaking together, and this
means using phrases for:
Suggesting
Showing preferences
I prefer
I think this is better because
Yes, thats a good point.
Agreeing
Disagreeing
Choosing / summing up
Assessment criteria
Grammar and Vocabulary
This includes how accurate and appropriate the candidates grammar and vocabulary are as well
as the range of language that they use.
Discourse Management
This is how well the candidates ideas are linked together and how long and relevant a
candidates answers are.
Pronunciation
This is how clear the candidates English is and how easy it is to understand. An accent is fine as
long as the examiners can understand what the candidate is saying.
Interactive Communication
This is how well the candidate uses their language to communicate with their partner, including
skills like introducing an idea, responding to what their partner says, taking turns to speak and
keeping the task going.
Global Achievement
This is the overall assessment of how well the candidate does the tasks in all four parts of the
speaking test.
PART 3 (3 minutes / The examiner and two students talking on their own )
In this part of the test:
The examiner gives each candidate a different photograph. (Big and in colour)
Each candidate has to talk on their own.
The task is to talk about what they can see in the picture.
Grammar and Vocabulary (the range, accuracy and appropriacy of language, i.e. the right
language, used in the right way, at the right time) and Discourse Management (the organisation
of ideas) are important in Part 3.
SAMPLE
Place
People
The girl is a teenager, she could be around 15. She has got long
blonde hair. Shes wearing white trousers and a black top.
Activity
Objects
The room is very tidy. Theres a guitar next to the window which
the girl probably plays. Theres a picture with bright colours on
the wall, some shelves with a stereo and a desk with a computer
on it. I think shes a student. The bed is made and has clean
white sheets on it.
Colours
The walls are white and the bed covers are light green. The girl
must like green as the curtains and the cushions are dark green
too.
Atmosphere
The girl looks very relaxed and interested in her book and the
room is very tidy so it looks like a peaceful place.
Time of day
Weather
Study the following useful phrases for Part 3. Try to use them when you are practising Part 3
speaking.
Saying what you can see:
There's
There are
On the left
I think it's
On the right
I don't think
At the bottom
Describing something:
In this corner
In the middle
Comparing things
He looks (+ adjective)
PART 4 (3 minutes / The examiner and two students discussing the topic)
Part 4 is always a continuation of the topic in Part 3 so that candidates are already familiar with it.
You have to talk about two tasks (things in their bedrooms now and things in their bedrooms in
the future)
You have to discuss the topic together.
The interlocutor sets up the task and then doesnt interrupt the candidates again until the end, so
the candidates are responsible for keeping the conversation going.
Imagine your life in the next 10 years. Review future tenses as appropriate by contrasting plans
and intentions Im going to study at university in the UK with predictions Ill probably be rich
and famous when Im 20.