Recognition - Test 1

C2 Proficiency · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge English Proficiency 1, Cambridge University Press

You get a prompt card with a question and some ideas. Talk on your own for about two minutes, then answer a question about your partner's card.

Remember, you have about two minutes to talk before we join in.

I'm going to give you a card with a question written on it and I'd like you to tell us what you think. There are also some ideas on the card for you to use if you like.

Recognition

from trainers

from the public

from governments

To what extent do professional sportsmen and women need support?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Should a nation's sportsmen and women be valued as highly as people working in business?

Do you agree that some sports stars are paid too much?

Which is more important, taking part or winning?

Remember, you have about two minutes to tell us what you think, and there are some ideas on the card for you to use if you like.

Now it's your turn to be given a question. Here is your card.

Recognition

for children

at work

in the arts

How important is it for effort to be recognised?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

If you could win a prize or award for doing something, what would it be for?

In what ways, other than with money, can employers effectively show their appreciation for work well done?

To what extent are you motivated by praise?

Now, in this part of the test you're each going to talk on your own for about two minutes. You need to listen while your partner is speaking because you'll be asked to comment afterwards.

Practise this Speaking task free online: solo with exam timers and a self-recorder, as a live mock Speaking test with a partner over a video call, or as a full three-person mock exam — a real examiner reads the official examiner script to Candidates A and B. Rooms are invite-by-link; partners can join without an account.

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