Cambridge Advanced speaking test 1

Part 2 - candidate 1

Part 2 - candidate 2

Part 3 - both candidates

Cambridge First speaking test 3

Part 2 - candidate 1

Part 2 - candidate 2

Part 3 - both candidates

Cambridge First speaking test 2

Part 2 - candidate 1

Part 2 - candidate 2

Part 3 - both candidates

Cambridge First speaking test 1

Part 2 - candidate 1

Part 2 - candidate 2

Part 3 - both candidates

Video exercise. The Sinking of the Titanic

Watch the video and answer the questions below. Some are multiple-choice and others are open questions for which you need to write an answer. Do your answers on paper.

1. Where was the Titanic built, and how long did it take to build?

A. Belfast, 5 years

B. Southampton, 3 years

C. Belfast, 3 years

2. Which of the following statements is false?

A. It was the biggest luxury passenger ship in the world.

B. It was almost 270 metres long.

C. It weighed around 26,000 tonnes.

D. It cost 7.5 million dollars to build.

3. How many lifeboats did the Titanic carry?

A. 64 (the maximum that would fit).

B. 40 (enough for all the ship’s population).

C. 20 (enough for half the ship’s population).

4. What was the destination of Titanic?

A. New York

B. Cherbourg

C. Queenstown

5. What did most of the passengers and crew feel when the ship hit the iceberg?

6. How many of the watertight compartments flooded?

7. Who were first on the lifeboats?

8. What reasons were given as to why some people died?

A. Many lifeboats were sent out even though they were not full.

B. Some people gave up their place in a lifeboat to more vulnerable passengers.

C. Some preferred to die than to be accused of being a coward.

D. All the above.

9. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. There were 705 deaths and over 1,500 survivors.

B. There were over 1,500 deaths and 705 survivors.

C. Most people died of drowning.

D. The lifeboats rowed to the North American shore the next day.

Video exercise. The worst jobs in history

Watch the three short videos about some of the most horrible jobs in history and answer the questions below. Do your answers on paper.

The possible answers to all of the questions are:

A. Groom of the stool
B. Sewer hunter (tosher)
C. Chimney sweep

1. Order the jobs in payment from lowest to highest.

2. Which of the jobs involved going to work in groups of 3-4?

3. Which of the jobs involved planning meals?

4. Which of the jobs was for young boys?

5. Which of the jobs involved trying to find valuable objects?

Video exercise. The Plague Doctor

Watch the video and answer the questions below. Some are multiple-choice and others are open questions for which you need to write an answer. Do your answers on paper.

1. How many people were killed in Italy in the 1650's?

A. 20,000 – 40,000 people

B. 200,000 – 400,000 people

C. 2 million – 4 million

2. What did people at that time think caused the plague?

3. Is the bubonic plague a virus or bacteria?

4. What other type of uniform was the plague doctor’s costume based on?

5. What did the monk notice about plague doctors?

A. They didn’t seem to catch the plague as much as other people.

B. They seemed to catch it as much as the rest of the population.

C. They seemed to catch it more than the rest of the population.

6. What important detail did the monk write in his diary about the plague doctors (but not consider important)?

A. The fact that the doctors wore boots.

B. The fact that the doctors weren’t affected by fleas.

C. The fact that they looked terrifying.