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    The document provides an overview of Part 1 of the B1 Preliminary Speaking exam. In Part 1, the examiner asks candidates personal questions to make them feel comfortable. Examples of question topics include work, studies, family, hobbies, and home. Candidates are advised to use body language like smiling and making eye contact. Useful language for answers is introduced, such as phrases for giving reasons, examples, results, and contrasts. Sample questions are provided for practice using this language.

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    The document provides an overview of Part 1 of the B1 Preliminary Speaking exam. In Part 1, the examiner asks candidates personal questions to make them feel comfortable. Examples of question topics include work, studies, family, hobbies, and home. Candidates are advised to use body language like smiling and making eye contact. Useful language for answers is introduced, such as phrases for giving reasons, examples, results, and contrasts. Sample questions are provided for practice using this language.

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    Part 1

    B1 SPEAKING OVERVIEW
    (2020 UPDATE)

    PART 1: Introductory phase – The examiner asks each candidate a few personal
    questions. It’s like a warm-up.

    In Part 1 of the B1 Preliminary Speaking test, the examiner asks the candidates some
    questions about their lives. There is a wide range of topics such as work/studies,
    family/friends, past/future activities, hobbies, your home, etc.

    This section of the exam is like a warm-up or an introduction for you. The examiner tries
    to make you feel comfortable so you are not too nervous when you get to the following
    stages.

    Another thing that many people often ignore is their body language. Try to smile when
    you are talking to the examiner or your partner, look at them when you or they are
    speaking and give them the impression that you are friendly, open and easy to talk to.

    Useful language for the Speaking exam


    In each part of the Speaking test in B1 Preliminary, there are some useful phrases that you
    should try to use in order to get higher marks. The examiners look for this type of language
    because it signals that you are talking in the correct way and that you know what the examiners
    expect from you.

    Part 1

    Part 1 is the warm-up to your examination so it is important that you get accustomed to saying
    full sentences and to linking your ideas with reasons, examples, results and contrasts. A great
    way to achieve this is to use different linking expressions that you already know so there is
    nothing new for you to learn. Just make sure that you put one or two of them in each answer in
    Part 1 and you will see that what you say immediately makes more sense.

    Below you can find some examples and I believe that these are probably the most common
    examples to give reasons or examples and to express result or contrast.

    Useful language for Speaking Part 1


    Activity: Work with your partner to come up with one example sentence for each phrase.

    Giving reason
    because

    because of + -ing/noun

    since

    as

    Giving examples

    for example

    such as

    for instance

    like

    Expressing a result/consequence

    so

    to

    in order to

    for + -ing
    Expressing contrast

    but

    although

    even though

    however

    on the other hand

    Possible questions for Part 1


    Activity: Answer the following questions using the Useful language for Speaking Part 1. Then underline the
    phrases you have used. Avoid repeating the phrases in your answers.

    1. Where do you live/Where do you come from?


    __________________________________________________________________________________

    2. Are you a student?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    3. What do you study?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    4. Which day of the week do you like the most? Why?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    5. What’s your favourite type of music?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    6. What kind of films do you like?
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    7. Which is better, morning or afternoon?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    8. Tell us about the people you live with.


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    9. Will you use English in the future? (Why? Why not?)


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    10. Did you do anything yesterday? What?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    HOMEWORK: Use the phrases you have learned to answer the following questions.

    11. Which job would you most like to do in the future?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    12. Where did you go on holiday last year?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    13. What can we do to help prevent pollution in our country?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    14. Are you fond of watching TV in your spare time?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

    15. What is your favourite sport and why?


    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________

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