This document provides advice for preparing for an oral exam, including using a variety of adjectives and connectors to make speech more colorful and fluent. It recommends learning verb tenses well in order to speak in different time frames, and suggests memorizing expressions for opinions, suggestions, and interactions. The document also advises preparing vocabulary for topics, reading questions carefully, including personal experiences, speaking for the full time without finishing early, practicing English immersion, and being polite during the exam.

1. Some advice for
the oral exam

2. Adjectives
• Use a variety of adjectives to be more
colourful:
• Personality adjectives to talk about people:
cheerful, reliable, stubborn, honest, charming,
witty, quick-tempered, adventurous…
• Also positive and negative adjectives to talk
about things: amusing, convenient, practical,
enjoyable, inexpensive, astonishing….

3. Tenses
Learn verb tenses well.
Remember there isn’t a grammar test and your
knowledge of grammar will be tested in your
oral exam.
The teachers want to know if you are able to
speak in present, past, future…if you are able
to talk about plans ‘going to’, hypothesis ‘I
would’, facts (present perfect) etc…

4. Connectors
 Use a variety of connectors:
 Result: therefore, as a result…
 Emphasis: in fact, obviously, in particular…
 Contrast: on the one hand, on the other
hand, on the contrary, nevertheless…
 Addition: besides, furthermore, in addition…
 Example: for instance, that is, such as…
 Comparison: similarly, same as, just as…

5. For the interactions…
• Learn some expressions for suggestions:
– How about…?
– Why don’t we…?
– Let’s…
– Would you like to…?
• Learn some expressions for opinions:
– In my view…
– If you ask me…
– As I see it…
– I would definitely like..

6. Vocabulary
Show that you know some vocabulary:
prepare vocabulary for the different
topics.
An oral exam can also be prepared.

7. Questions
Read the questions carefully.
Answer everything possible.
Try to stick to the topic.

8. Personal experiences
Include personal experiences in the exam.
Talk about yourself.

9. Keep speaking…
Do not finish before the time, otherwise you
haven’t really done the exam.
During your preparation time think of enough
things to say.

10. Be immersed in English
Any practice is good practice.
Join the speaking clubs.
Listen to English very often.
Be immersed in English in
the way to the exam.

11. Be polite: say hello and goodbye to the
teachers.
Speak in a loud voice.
Don’t be shy.