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PART 2 FACTFILE
Part 2 lasts 3-4 minutes. In Part 2 a candidate gives a long
speech. There is no preparation time. Candidates are provided with
a pencil and paper to make notes. It is important to speak for more
than one minutes and a half. A candidate can choose which question
to answer. All questions in the card must be answered. It is
important to keep to the topic. The examiner can ask one or two
follow-up questions.
Now decide which statements are True or False.
PART 2 CUE CARD
Here is how a cue card looks.
Describe an older person who has had an influence on your life.
You should say:
who this person is when you met them what they have done/did
that was special
and why they are important to your life.
The cue card gives all the information you should talk
about.
Tips!
1. The response must not be interesting for the examiner or
include original ideas, as they assess how
you speak, not what you say. In other words, the examiner judges
the language, not the ideas.
2. Stories do not have to be true; if you have no experience of
a kind, make up a story!
3. The prompts on the cue card are not compulsory questions. The
guidelines on the card are simply
there to help you.
4. Still, it is a good idea to follow the guidelines as they
prompt you the content of your response.
5. If the response is off-topic, you will be marked down. Thus,
talk about something which is stated in
the first sentence: Describe an older person who
6. Use topic-related vocabulary.
Task1. Think about what you can say about an older person and
present your response to the class.
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OUTLINING
Making notes is important!
Look at how notes can be made: a) a linear plan b) a diagram
Task 2. Make an outline (diagram) to the topic about an older
person and try delivering your response in class.
You can make your own diagram here:
Now compare your response with the one on the next page.
An older person who influenced me
Person His/her name is
Importance This person was important to
me because
When I met him/her It was in (year). I seem to
remember it happened on Monday.
Special things The one thing he/she did that
was really special
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MODEL ANSWER
(1)
(2) (3)
(4)
(5)
I would like to tell you about an individual who is much older
than me and who has influenced my life tremendously.
I guess I could start of by saying that this individual is my
grandfather Sergey who is 72 now but still an active person in his
old age. Regarding the question when I met him, I cannot say for
sure, as he is my grandfather, but I believe that it was in my
early life even though he lives far away from me.
I would like to add that my grandfather is a very important
person in my life. This is because my decision to study abroad as
well as the choice of specialty was his advice and I am indebted to
him for this. Not only did he recommend me to get overseas
education, but it was he who supported me all the time when I was
abroad. I will never forget talking with him by skype and his
encouraging me not to withdraw from studying when I had a difficult
period.
Finally, he is important to me for some other reason. What I
mean here is that I spent a great deal of my childhood with my
grandfather and my childhood education was influenced by him. This
is not only telling stories and reading books, but encouraging me
to ask questions, to help about the house and letting me be
responsible from my early life.
Task 3. Look at the underlined phrases. 1. Do they show what
question is going to be covered or the order of ideas? Why do you
think they are called pointing phrases? 2. Do they make the
impression that answers to separate questions are connected? 3.
What other phrases can be used to connect ideas? Write them in the
table.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Pointing phrases for Part 2
Task 4. Now look at the pointing phrases below. Classify
them.
- The issue I would like to speak about is - First Second - I
would like to add that - As a final point/To end with, I would like
to mention that - I suppose I should commence with
- Moreover/Furthermore, I should say that - I guess I could
start off by - There are a couple of reasons why - Regarding/As
for/ With regard to/Concerning the question
(1) Introduction (2) Point 1 (3) Point 2 (4) Point 3
(5) Final Point/Reasons Task 5. Using these pointing phrases,
give your response to the same task:
Describe an older person who has had an influence on your life.
You should say:
who this person is when you met them what they have done/did
that was special
and why they are important to your life.
