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BRIDGE 8/2016

Phase 1

Interlocutor Good morning/afternoon/evening.(Say to both candidates) Can I have your mark sheets, please? I’m _______________ and this is _______________ . He/She is just going to listen to us.

(Say to Candidate A) Now, what’s your name? Thank you.

(Say to Candidate B) And what’s your name? Thank you.

Interlocutor (Say to Candidate B) Candidate B, what’s your surname? How do you spell it? Thank you.

(Say to Candidate A) And, Candidate A, what’s your surname? How do you spell it? Thank you.

How do you write yourfamily / second name?

How do you write yourfamily / second name?

Do you live in (name of local area)?

Do you have English lessons?

Interlocutor (Ask the following questions. Ask Candidate A first.) Where do you live / come from?

Do you study English at school? Do you like it? Thank you.

(Repeat for Candidate B.)

Phase 2Interlocutor (Select one or more questions from the list to ask each candidate. Use candidates’ names throughout. Ask Candidate B first.) How many brothers or sisters have you got? What do your parents do? Tell us about your favourite person in your family. What do you enjoy doing with your family? Thank you.

Introduction to Part 2In the next part, you are going to talk to each other.

SPEAKING PART 12–3 minutes (3–4 minutes for a group of three)

Back-up prompts

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BRIDGE 8/2016

SPEAKING PART 4

Best way to make friends in a new place

Interlocutor Now, I’d like each of you to talk on your own about something.(Say to both candidates) I’m going to give each of you a photograph of teenagers

playing sport.(Candidate A), here is your photograph. Please show it to (Candidate B), but I’d like you to talk about it. (Candidate B), you just listen. I’ll give you your photograph in a moment. (Candidate A), please tell us what you can see in your photograph.

Candidate A (Approximately 1 minute)

(If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used.)

Interlocutor Thank you.Now, (Candidate B), here is your photograph. It also shows teenagers playing sport. Please show it to (Candidate A) and tell us what you can see in the photograph.

Candidate B (Approximately 1 minute)

(If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used.)

Interlocutor Thank you.

SPEAKING PART 22–3 minutes (3 minutes for a group of three)

3 minutes (4 minutes for a group of three)

3 minutes (3–4 minutes for a group of three)

Playing sport

Interlocutor I’m going to describe a situation to you.(Say to both candidates) A friend of yours recently went to live

in another town and he doesn’t know anyone there. Talk together about the best ways he can make friends in his new town.Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.

I’ll say that again. A friend of yours recently went to live

in another town and he doesn’t know anyone there. Talk together about the best ways he can make friends in his new town.

All right? Talk together.

(Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt only if necessary.)

Thank you.

SPEAKING PART 3

Interlocutor Your photographs showed teenagers playing sport. Now, I’d like you to talk together about a sport(Say to both candidates) you have played in the past and another sport you would like to play in the future.

(Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt only if necessary.)

Thank you. That’s the end of the test.

A

B