Speaking Practice Test 3

Part 1: Social activities (3 minutes)

T: “Good afternoon. My name is (tên giám khảo). Could you tell me your full name
please?
S: Good afternoon, teacher. My full name is Nguyen Van Nam.
You can call me Nam. Nice to meet you.
T: Nice to meet you, too.

T: When is your birthday?/ What is your date of birth?

S: It’s on July 12th

T: Please show me your student card/ identification card.

S: Here you are.
T: That’s fine. Thank you.”
T: Write your full name and sign your name on this list.
S: Yes (viết tên và ký xong) Here it is.
T: Thanks.
T: Now in the first part. I’d like to ask you some questions about ………………..
S: Yes, please.

T: Let’s talk about your work or study

- Can you tell me something about your school/ work place?
- What is/ was your favourite subject at school?
- What would be your perfect job?
- What do you plan to do in the future?
- Is there something new you would like to learn?
- Do you have any difficulty in your work or study?
T: Let’s talk about computer
- Do you have a laptop or a desktop computer? Do you have both?
- What do you use the computer for?
- Have you ever studied English using your computer?
- How much time do you spend using your computer everyday?
- Do you read online newspapers? What is your favorite news site?
- Have you ever bought anything online? What was that?

Part 2: Solution discussion (4 minutes)

Situation: A college is planning to offer a special course on Saturday morning. Three

courses are suggested: painting course, a photography course and study skill course.
Which course do you think is the best choice.
If you ask me to make a choice in the three options, I will choose a study
skill course. There are many different reasons for my choice.

Firstly, I want to improve my study skills. When I was at school, no one

taught me how to do research, manage my time, develop and apply effective
study habits to become an effective student.

Secondly, I can help other people. I think that after I finish my course of
study skills, I will instruct my classmates with all the things I have learned
from my teacher.
Thirdly, I can get better marks. When I know study skills, I will apply them
to my study effectively and I hope I will succeed in my study.

For all of the reasons, a study skill course is the best choice for me.

Part 3: Topic Development (5 minutes)

Travelling:
Travelling has many benefits:
- Valuable knowledge
- Relaxation
- New relationships
- Your own idea.

Travelling has brought us many benefits.

First of all, travelling can help us to relax after many hard-working days. We
can go to the beach, go to the mountains or go aboard for a change if we
have money and time.
Second, travelling makes us have new relationships. When we go to a new
place, we will meet a lot of people, and we will need their help when we
have any difficulty, so we will make new friends with them.
Third, travelling can help us to open our knowledge. We can learn a lot of
things about the culture, the tradition of the place where you get to.
Finally, travelling makes you love nature and protect our life environment.
To sum up, you can get a lot of good things when you go travelling.

Một số mẹo
Nếu không nghe rõ câu hỏi
 • Would you please speak up? I can not hear you clearly.
• Excuse me, could you speak up, please?
• Would you please slow down a little bit?
• Pardon? Could you repeat that, please.

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Thank you for your listening!

Speaking Practice Test 5

Part 1: Social activities (3 minutes)

Let’s talk about your family and friends

- Tell me about your family
- Do you have a big or a small family?
- What do you usually do with your family?
- Do you have a few close friends or lots of friends?
- What do you usually do with your friends?
- How did you meet your best friends?
Let’s talk about learning English
- When and where did you begin learning English?
- What do you do to speak English well?
- What do you like/ dislike about your recent English classes?
- What’s your favorite way of studying new English words?
- What difficulties do you have when studying English?
- Why are you taking these English exam?

Part 2: Solution discussion (4 minutes)

Situation: You are having two week’s holiday and you want your friends’ advice on
where to go for your holiday. Your friends’ suggestions are as follows: going to the coast,
going to the mountains or staying at home. Which place do you think is the best.

If you ask me to make a choice in the three options, I will choose going to
the coast. There are many different reasons for my choice.

Firstly, I want to run out of the city for a change. As you know the life in the
city is very crowded and noisy, so I really want to have a quiet place to
relax.
Secondly, I like some activities on the beach such as taking photographs of
the sun rise, swimming in the see, sunbathing on the beach. Especially
walking along the beach at night under the full moon light.
Thirdly, I like eating sea food so much and the sea food by the sea is very
fresh.
For all of the reasons, going to the coast is the best choice for me.

Part 3: Topic Development (5 minutes)

Mobile phone:
Mobile phones are useful tools at school
- Mobile office tools
- Access to Internet
- Means of communication
- Your own idea.

Nowadays we are living in the age of information and technology, so mobile

phones are very useful tools at school.
First of all, mobile phones have become mobile office tools. You can use
your mobile phone like a laptop computer to type texts, write emails, learn
English and store information.
Secondly, if you have a smart phone, you can access to internet. You only
need to turn on system 3G, you can access to internet everywhere and every
time to read newspapers, check emails, listen to music or watching films.
Thirdly, mobile phones are means of communication. You can use your
mobile phone to contact, chat and text with your friend on facebook, zalo.
Finally, mobile phones are used for entertainment. You can use your mobile
phones for listening to music, watching TV or playing games.
To sum up, if you know how to take the advantage of mobile phones, they
will help us a lot in our life.

Speaking Practice Test 6

Part 1: Social activities (3 minutes)

Let’s talk about your hobbies

- What are your hobbies?
- What kinds of film do you like?
 - Do you go to the cinema very often?
- What do you do at the weekends or in your free time?
- Do you like concert and live music?
- Have you ever been to a musical festival?
Let’s talk about shopping
- How much time do you spend shopping every week?
- Are you good at bargaining?
- What type of shop do you like?
- What do you usually buy when you go shopping?
- What do you consider when buying something the price or the quality of the
product?
- Do you prefer shopping with friends or with family members?

Part 2: Solution discussion (4 minutes)

Situation: Your friend wants to give her mother a present for her sixtieth birthday, but
she doesn’t know what to buy. Here are three suggestions: an interesting book, a small
puppy or a bunch of flowers. What do you think is the most suitable present.

If you ask me to make a choice in the three options, I will choose an

interesting book. There are many different reasons for my choice.

Firstly, your mother likes reading books, so she will be happy when she
receive an interesting book.
Secondly, your mother can keep the book in the bookcase as a souvenir of
her sixtieth birthday. Whenever she sees it, all the memories of her sixtieth
birthday will return.
Finally, you can save your money because you also like reading books, so
whenever you want to read that book, you can borrow it from your mother,
you don’t have to spend money to buy that book to read.

For all of the reasons, buying a book to give your mother on her sixtieth
birthday is the best choice for your mother.

Part 3: Topic Development (5 minutes)

Living in the city has many advantages, compare to living in the

countryside
- More job opportunities
- Better education
 - Higher living standard
- Your own idea.

Living in the city has more advantages than living in the countryside.
First of all, living in the city has a better education. We can improve our
knowledge by attending any schools, universities or evening classes where
experienced teachers and professors are ready to satisfy our thirsty of
knowledge.

Secondly, living in the city has a higher living standard than living in the
countryside. Services such as providing electricity and running water make
our lives more comfortable. Supermarkets, markets and shops are found
everywhere and we can buy anything we need. More over, there are more
health centers and hospitals with good doctors and nurses to take care our
health…
Thirdly, if we live in the city, we will have more job opportunities because
nowadays there are a lot of centers of entertainment, shopping malls,
supermarkets, restaurants, hospitals, schools, universities, spa centers, gyms,
factories and companies etc… are located in the big cities, so the bosses of
these places need a large number of laborers to work for them.
Finally, transportation system in big cities is better than that in the
countryside because there are so many means of transport that we can
choose the ones we like such as a taxi or a bus.

Given the above, life in the city is better than life in the city.