Speaking 8-10 grades

SPEAKING 9-10 grades

TASK1:

• You are going to give a talk about your favourite writer.

• Who your favourite writer is
• Why you like his/her books
• Why people want to know new facts about their favourite writer’s biography

Task:2

• You are going to give a talk about the city/town you live in.

• What your hometown is famous for
• What the things that you like most about the place you live in are
• Why people like to move to another country

Task 3:

• You are going to give a talk about doing sport.

• Why people do sport
• Why people take part in any sports competition
• What kind of sports you like, and why.

Task 4:

• Your are going to talk about learning foreign languages.

• Why people learn foreign languages
• Why people go abroad to study a foreign language
• Which is more important – accurate grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation, and why?

10 grade speaking tasks

• You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak not more than 2 minutes.
• In your talk remember to speak about:

• when and where  the photo was taken (когда и где было сделано фото, то есть  ЛЮБОЙ  человек мог сделать это фото: вы, ваши друзья или родственники)  
• what/who  is in the photo (кто/что на фото)
• what  is happening (что происходит на фото)
• why  you keep the photo in your album (почему вы храните это фото в своем альбоме)
• why you decided to show the picture  to your friend (почему вы решили показать эту фотографию своему другу)

Task 1 : Imagine that while travelling during your holidays you took some photos. Choose one photo to present to your friend. 

Sample answer (photo № 1)

I've chosen photo number 1.  

(Обязательно начните ответ с этой фразы, предварительно выбрав номер фотографии).

•   I took this photo  in one of the beautiful parks  in Edinburgh  when I was on my trip to Scotland  two years ago .  It is quite amazing, isn't it? 
• In the foreground  of the photo you can see two girlfriends spending their free time hanging around.   They might  study or work together.    They seem to be  in a good mood. They both are wearing all Scottish style suits.  Moreover ,  the girl  on the left   has got an incredible hat which perfectly matches the rest of her clothing. The most stunning thing that caught my eye was her hair done in dreadlocks. In her right hand she is carrying a black handbag made of leather.   
• In the background  of the picture there are a lot of green trees with bushy (thick) crown. It was early September and   it happened to be  a very warm and sunny day. But  nevertheless  some people put on their jackets because the weather is very changeable and unpredictable on the British Isles.  The man on the right  who is wearing a checked shirt  might be  a tourist because he has got a blue backpack. As you can see   at this particular moment  the place is not overcrowded,  so I think , it is great to enjoy your leisure time with your nearest and dearest in such a place. 
• I keep this picture in my album  to recollect the pleasant moments of my journey to Scotland
• I asked the girls a permisssion to take their picture because I liked the style they were dressed up and  I decided to show it to you  because you are also keen on wearing unusual and freakish hats and maybe, the picture will give you some new ideas.
• That is all I wanted to say . (обязательная фраза для экзаменатора, свидетельствующая о завершении коммуникации)

Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs: 1. give a brief description of the photos (action, location) 2. say what the pictures have in common 3. say in what way the pictures are different 4. say which of the ways of taking care of your health 5. presented in the pictures you’d prefer explain why

• [Введение] Well, I would like to  compare and contrast  the photos which are presented here.
• Obviously, both photos are related to the same theme. It is  animal life.
• [Аспект 1]   Let me start with the first photo which shows  a polar bear in the zoo. A lot of people have gathered around its open-air cage. They are taking pictures.
• As for the second photo, it shows a  brown bear in the forest. The bear is carrying a log and looks quite happy. The season is probably summer.
• [Аспект 2]   The photos have little in common. The only similarity is that they show  an animal, the bear.
• [Аспект 3]   Obviously, there are a lot of differences.  The first photo shows a bear in the zoo  but, in contrast, the second one shows  a bear in its natural habitat, the forest.
• Besides, the bear in the first photo looks gloomy  whereas  in the second one  the bear seems rather happy and lively.
• Finally, the season is different. The sad and gloomy colours of the first photo  are contrasted to  the bright and cheerful colours of the second one.
• [Аспект 4, аспект 5] Personally, I would certainly prefer freedom for wild animals. That is why I feel strongly against the first photo. I can’t help feeling sad and worried about that unlucky bear, which looks tired of people’s attention. I really do think that keeping wild animals in zoos is inhuman. More than that, I strongly believe that every living being should have the right to be free.
• [Аспект 5] In conclusion, I would like to say that both pictures make us think about animal life but in a different way.
• I have come to the end of my talk, thank you for listening.

Now I will compare and contrast [kən´traːst] these two photos.

I’d like to stress out right from the beginning that lots of young people nowadays are concerned about healthy lifestyle. And these two photos prove that.  (вступительная фраза)

So,  the theme which relates  these photos is  the way people take care of their health. 

Let me start with the first picture  which shows young people who are doing some exercises in the gym at the moment. They are walking on the treadmills. There is a screen in front of each person.  I think it might be  very convenient to watch the records of your walking speed, pulse and number of loosing calories.  It seems to me  that they are having their training in the evening when their working day is over.

As for the second picture  you can see a young girl jogging in the city park. She is wearing a nice coral T-shirt and dark sports trousers.  I guess  the action is taking place in a warm summer morning because you can see bright spells of the sun on the emerald green grass and trees. The girl is very slender and looks very happy.

As I’ve already mentioned  both pictures depict  young people  who are taking up   sports  to be in a good shape (to feel strong and healthy).  And this is  the main similarity  between them. Also both pictures show us cheerful people who really enjoy doing sports (who are doing sports with pleasure).

The most evident (obvious) difference  between picture 1 and picture 2 is that in the first picture you can  see a group of people  doing work out  indoors  while in the second picture the girl is shown running  out of doors on her own   (alone) .  The clothes people wearing in picture 1 are snow-white whereas the girl in picture 2 prefers bright colours.

In conclusion I would   like to say  that as I spend most of the day studying at school or at home, I would rather go jogging in the open air to avoid hypoxia [hai´pɔksiə].

So, to do regular exercises is better than to be a couch potato.  (Завершающая   фраза)

I’ve come to the end of my talk. Thank you for listening.