Speaking Practice Test 2

Recordings

PART 1 Introduction and Interview Length: 03:54

How popular are bicycles in your hometown? [Why?] 00:00

How often do you ride a bicycle? [Why/Why not?] 01:09

Do you think that bicycles are suitable for all ages? [Why/Why not?] 01:56

What are the advantages of a bicycle compared to a car? [Why?] 02:53

PART 2 Topic Length: 01:59

Describe a typical day in your life when you were a child. 00:00

You should say

who was/were around you

what you ate

what took care of you

and say what you most enjoyed doing in your childhood days.

PART 3 Discussion Length: 04:59

Is it important to have pleasant childhood memories? Why? 00:00

Do you think that people are permanently affected by negative childhood memories? Why do you think so? 00:40

What do you think it means to ‘live in the past’? 01:35

Nowadays many parents try to make their children happy by buying them many toys. How do you feel about this? 02:36

Is it important for a child to have a lot of toys in order to be happy? 03:42

What is more important for a child’s happiness, many toys or many friends? 04:34