Cambridge Speaking & Listening Exam Phase 1a

Entry 1

Work with a partner

Practise asking these questions with your partner

Question

What’s your name?

Answer

My name is Anna.

What’s your name?

Can you spell it for me please?

My name is Anna.

A N N A

Where do you come from?

I come from Poland.or

I’m from Poland.

Do you work or study?

I work as a taxi driver.

or

I study at Waltham Forest College.

Tell me about your job

• I work in a supermarket.• I go to work on Saturday and Sunday.• I start work at 8.00 and finish at 4.00.• I am a cleaner.• I start work at 6.00 in the morning.• I work in the evening.

• I am a housewife. I work every day. I cook, clean and look after my children.• I don’t work. I am a student.• I work as a taxi driver.• I work in a restaurant.

What job would you like to do?

• I would like to work with children.

• I’d like to work in a shop.

• I’d like to be a hairdresser.

• I would like to be a teacher.

Tell me about your course

• I come to college on Tuesday and Wednesday.• I study English at Waltham Forest

College.• There are lots of people on my course.• We have homework every week.

• My teacher is helpful.• I start college at 9.20 and finish at 3

o’clock.• The students in my class are from

different countries.• The students in my class are very

friendly.

Tell me about your college

• The college is very big.• There is a big library.• I use the library to borrow books.• I use the computers in the library.• There is a swimming pool in my

college.

• There is a big café at the top of the college.• The buildings are old.• The café is new.• The college is multi-cultural.• There are lots of students in the college.

Tell me about your house/flat

• I live in a house. There are 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a living room.

• There is a big garden.• There is a park near my house.• My house has 2 bedrooms.• There is a library near my flat.• My flat is on the 2nd floor.

• The bathroom is small.• My flat is near Walthamstow Central bus

station.• My house is near the college.• I live with my husband and 3 children.• My neighbours are friendly.• My flat has 2 bedrooms.

Tell me about your family

• I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers.• My family live in Somalia.• I am married.• I have 4 children.• My mother lives in Leyton.• My sister lives in Turkey.

• My daughter is 11 and my son is 7.• My husband is a taxi driver.• I have 1 son and 2 daughters.• My children go to school.• My son goes to college.• My daughter is a hairdresser.

What do you do in your free time?

• I watch TV in the evening.• I go swimming with my children.• I go to the park at the weekend.• I play football on Saturday.• I listen to music in the evening.• I use the computer.

• I do my homework in the evening.• I go to the cinema with my family.• I like reading books.• I read books in the evening.• I like sewing clothes.• I visit my friends.

Keep practising!