# Free_practice_test_-_Speaking_-_Part_1_-_Prompt_Transcript_-_Global

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Speaking sample task – Part 1 
Part 1 Introduction and interview  
 
[This part of the test begins with the examiner introducing himself or herself and 
checking the candidate’s identification. It then continues as an interview.] 
 
 
Let’s talk about your home town or village. 
 
• What kind of place is it? 
• What’s the most interesting part of your town/village? 
• What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do? 
• Would you say it’s a good place to live? (Why?) 
 
 
 
Let’s move on to talk about accommodation. 
 
• Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in? 
• How long have you lived there? 
• What do you like about living there? 
• What sort of accommodation would you most like to live in? 
 
 

Speaking sample task – Part 1 transcript 
Part 1 Introduction and interview  
 
[This part of the test begins with the examiner introducing himself or herself and 
checking the candidate’s identification. It then continues as an interview.] 
 
 
Transcript 
 
Examiner: Now, in this first part, I’d like to ask you some more questions about 
yourself, OK? 
 Let’s talk about your home town or village. What kind of place is it? 
 
Candidate: It’s quite a small village, about 20km from Zurich. And it’s very quiet. And 
we have only little ... two little shops because most of the people work in 
Zurich or are orientated to the city. 
 
Examiner: What’s the most interesting part of this place ... village? 
 
Candidate:  On the top of a hill we have a little castle which is very old and quite well 
known in Switzerland. 
 
Examiner: What kind of jobs do people in the village do? 
 
Candidate: We have some farmers in the village as well as people who work in 
Zurich as bankers or journalists or there are also teachers and some 
doctors, some medicines. 
 
Examiner: Would you say it’s a good place to live? 
 
Candidate:  Yes. Although it is very quiet, it is … people are friendly and I would say it 
is a good place to live there, yes. 
 
Examiner:  Let’s move on to talk about accommodation. Tell me about the kind of 
accommodation you live in ...