Preliminary English Test for Schools Speaking Test A/B A/B A B Phase 1 Interlocutor Good morning / afternoon / evening. Can I have your mark sheets, please? (Hand over the mark sheets to the Assessor.) I’m … … … … and this is … … … … . He / she is just going to listen to us. Now, what’s your name? Thank you. And what’s your name? Thank you. Back-up prompts Candidate B, what’s your surname? How do you spell it? Thank you. And, Candidate A, what’s your surname? How do you spell it? Thank you. How do you write your family / second name? How do you write your family / second name? B A (Ask the follow ing questions. Ask Candidate A first.) Where do you live / come from? Do you study English at school? Do you like it? Thank you. (Repeat for Candidate B.) Do you live in … ? Do you have English lessons? Phase 2 Interlocu tor (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate. Use candidates’ names throughout. Ask Candidate B first.) What’s your favourite school subject? Why? Tell us about your English teacher. What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Tell us about your family. Thank you. (Introduction to Part 2) In the next part, you are going to talk to each other. Speaking Test 1 (Leaving present) Interlocutor Say to both candidates: I’m going to describe a situation to you. A boy is leaving his school because his parents are going to work in another country. The students in his class want to give him a present. Talk together about the different presents they could give him and then decide which would be best. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you. Place Part 2 booklet, open at Task 1, in front of candidates. Pause I’ll...
