B2 First Speaking test - Victoria and Edward | Cambridge English

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Time allowed: 14 minutes per pair of candidates
Number of parts: 4
Marks: 20% total
You have to talk: with the examiner with the other candidate on your own

Part 1 (Interview)
What's in Part 1? Conversation with the examiner. The examiner asks questions and you may have to give information about your interests, studies, career, etc.

What do I have to practise? Giving information about yourself and expressing your opinion about various topics.

How long do I have to speak? 2 minutes

Part 2 (Long turn)
What's in Part 2? The examiner gives you two photographs and asks you to talk about them. You have to speak for 1 minute without interruption and the interlocutor then asks the other candidate to comment on your photographs for about 30 seconds.

The other candidate receives a different set of photographs and you have to listen and comment when they have finished speaking. The question you have to answer about your photographs is written at the top of the page to remind you what you should talk about.

What do I have to practise? Talking on your own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions, speculating.

How long do I have to speak? 1 minute per candidate

Part 3 (Collaborative task)
What's in Part 3? Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives you some material and a task to do. You have to talk with the other candidate and make a decision.

What do I have to practise? Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.

How long do we have to speak? 3 minutes (a 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute decision-making task)

Part 4 (Discussion)
What's in Part 4? Further discussion with the other candidate, guided by questions from the examiner, about the topics or issues raised in the task in Part 3.

What do I have to practise? Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.

How long do we have to speak? 4 minutes

Cambridge English speaking tests take place with one or two other candidates, and two examiners. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable.
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"i have the exam tomorrow" gang

David-fdon
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About a month before, I was reading comments in videos like this one, and most of them said "I got it tomorrow". I was always thinking "Poor people, I have still a month before I get destroyed", and you know what?

I got it tomorrow...

someoneoutthere
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I’m from Spain and I’m definitely in the club of “I have the exam tomorrow”

randomthings
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“My exam is tomorrow “

Mine is today in an hour exactly :-)

Anastasia-undw
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The examiner's voice is so peaceful that I even if I failed, I would still enjoy the test!

facilvenir
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I´ll be doing the test in one hour...
Wish me luck!

Shotdie
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I spent hours and hours watching theses videos afraid of my exam. Well.. I got the results today and guess who passed with distinction? I'm euphoric

brunacastro
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Do these 2 women ever stop working? they are in all the videos and they don't age with the passing of time O_o

McAko
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don’t worry guys, I’m serious, I got a 190/190 in the speaking for the B2 and it was very easy, always ask your partner questions, and you are good, I’m Spanish by the way so don’t worry.

hugogomisblanco
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someone still keeping the "I've got the exam tomorrow" tradition alive?

albertorapetti
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Victoria's english is outstanding, even being nervous as hell, she did very well, props to her!

alessiobellinon
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I remember when I took this exam in january of 2019 an I was really nervous. In the end, I got grade A. This videos helped me out so much during my preparation. Thx Cambridge. Now I'm looking forward to C2 level. Greetings from Brazil!

lucasverona
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Cambridge should upload more videos like this because are really useful and you can see the examiner's comments, so you can know what were the mistakes

Marcos-biyi
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12:03 I like how she shows them they should discuss the question together. It's a very useful gesture

GonLeproso
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I'm joining the "I have the exam tomorrow" group as of March 2019
Because it's never too late to have the exam the day after ;-)

gab_v
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Don't forget to read the examiner's comments on this test, they can be found in the description. She interrupted Victoria because they don't have a lot of time, so the answers must be straight to the point!

gabriela
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I'm breaking "I've got the exam tomorrow" tradition. I've got it on Saturday and I'm going to pass it as best as I can! Greetings from Poland!

Nickelbackever
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OMG I remember watching this video when I started my english course. It was like six months ago and I couldn't understand anything! It is incredible how I have improved, now I can understand everything and I'm able to identify some little mistakes! This video helped me a lot.
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SPEACKINGS GUYS! Don't be nervous and remember that you have been preparing yourself for a long time, so YOU GOT THIS!

daylegarcia
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OMG! I took the test an hour ago (I'm Argentinian ), and it couldn't have gone better! I'm proud of myself!
Edit (11/27/2016): I took the CAE, and I did great! Even though I just did it, I'm planning on doing the CPE next! ;)

robertogrigolatto
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now i am officially part of those who 'i have the exam tomorrow' lmaoooo im super anxious

chiaragattini