Exam information
The Speaking test assesses your ability to speak coherently (to give answers that are easy to follow and understand) and fluently (to keep talking without repeating words and without pauses).

Part 3

1. Read the Part 3 questions below and write the key words.

1. Compare your experience of finding a job to your parents' generation.
Compare, experience, finding a job, parents' generation

2. Many people thin k that work experience is the best way to learn about a job . What is your point of view?
work experience is the best way to learn about a job, your point of view

3. In your opinion, do people work more now than in the past?
your opinion, people work more now, the past

4. Do you think companies need people to travel to an office and work there, or can people work from home?
you, companies need people to travel to an office and work there, people work from home

2. Read the Part 3 questions again. What are the questions asking you to do?

a. to give your opinion on an issue
b. to com pare the past to the present

3. Read the example answer below. Which question from Exercise 1 is it answering?

That's an (1) question. Let me (2) . I definitely think that work experience is an important way to learn about a job. I studied business for three years and I graduated with honours. Then I got a good job, but it was really hard work and tiring . I (3) that your first job is always difficult. I learnt lots in my first year there. But my course did help me, for example I understood lots of basic points about business and finance. There are pros and (4) . Work experience is an excellent way to learn about a job in real life, but education or training gives yo u time to learn the theories.

4. Look at the bold phrases in Exercise 3. Listen to the example answer and complete the gaps in the phrases. How do the useful phrases help the speaker and improve the answer?

Exam tip
Including useful phrases in your answers gives you time to think and relax in the test. It also shows the examiner you are speaking at a natural pace and without pauses .