FCE speaking

1. FCE Speaking Exam (Test 1)

2.  Good morning etc. My name is ______ and this is my
colleague ______. And your names are?
 Can I have your mark sheets please?
 Thank you. Where are you from, (Candidate A)?
 And you, (Candidate B)?
 First of all, we’d like to know something about you:
Select one or more questions from any of the following
categories, as appropriate:
 How do you like to spend your evenings? What do you do?
 Do you prefer to spend time on your own or with other
people?
 Tell us about a film you really like.

3.  Do you enjoy cooking? What sort of things
do you cook?
 Tell us about a festival or celebration in
your area.
 What did you do on your last birthday?
 How much TV do you watch?
 Do you use the internet much? Which
websites do you visit?
 Do you ever listen to the radio? Which
programmes do you like?

4.  In this part of the test, I’m going to give each of
you two photographs. I’d like you to talk about
your photographs on your own for about a
minute, and also to answer a question about
your partner’s photographs.
 (Candidate A), it’s your turn first. Here are your
pictures. They show people who are helping
other people in different situations. I’d like you
to compare the photos and say how important it
is to help people in these situations.
 All right?

6.  Thank you. (Candidate B), who do you
ask for help when you have a problem?
(30 seconds)
 Thank you.
 Now, (Candidate B), here are your
photographs. They show people spending
time in different gardens. I’d like you to
compare the photos and say what you
think the people are enjoying about
spending time in these gardens. (1
minute)
 All right?

8.  Thank you. (Candidate C ), which garden
would you prefer to spend time in?(30
seconds)
 Thank you. (Candidate C), here are your
pictures. They show people watching TV
in different situations. I’d like you to
compare two of the pictures and say
people might be enjoying about
watching TV in these different
situations. (1 minute)

10.  Thank you. A, which of these situations
do you identify with most closely? Why?
(30 seconds)

11.  Now, I’d like you to talk about something
together for about 2 minutes. I’d like you
to imagine that a town wants more
tourists to visit. Here are some ideas
they are thinking about and a question to
discuss. First, you have some time to look
at the task.
 Now, talk to each other about why these
ideas would attract more tourists to the
town?

12. Building a
large
nightclub
Building
holiday flats
Providing
parks
Having
more shops
Putting up
security
cameras

13.  Thank you. Now you have about a minute to
decide which idea would be best for the
town.
 Thank you.

14.  Do you think you have to spend a lot of money to
have a good holiday?
 Some people think that we travel too much
these days, and that it isn’t necessary to go on
so many holidays. What do you think?
 Do you think people have enough time for
holidays these days?
 What do you think is the biggest advantage of
living somewhere with lots of tourism?
 What can people do to have a good holiday in
(candidates’ country)