Guided Tours & Doing Exercise - Test 5
B2 First · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge English First 2, Cambridge University Press
Compare your two photographs and speak on your own for about a minute. Then answer a short question about your partner's photographs.
I'd like you to compare the photographs, and say what you think the people are enjoying about these guided tours.
It's your turn first. Here are your photographs. They show people going on different guided tours.
Guided tours
Tourists on a glass-roofed canal tour boat passing under a brick arch bridge in a historic European city
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candid documentary photograph, long glass-roofed canal tour boat full of tourists passing under an old brick arch bridge in a historic European canal city, bicycles parked on the bridge railing, tall old townhouses and green trees along the canal, bright sunny day, blue sky, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
A tour guide holding up a flag talking to a large walking-tour group at a famous historic palace
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candid documentary photograph, tour guide holding up a small flag on a stick speaking to a large group of tourists on a walking tour, grand historic Asian palace with ornate red walls and golden tiled roofs in the background, stone bridge and courtyard, hazy daylight, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Would you like to visit either of these places? …… (Why? / Why not?)
What are the people enjoying about these guided tours?
I'd like you to compare the photographs, and say why the people have decided to exercise in these ways.
Now, here are your photographs. They show people doing exercise in different ways.
Doing exercise
Two amateur teams playing volleyball at the net in an indoor sports hall
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candid documentary photograph, amateur volleyball match in an indoor sports hall, two men in blue kit jumping at the net against two men in white t-shirts, ball in the air above them, brick gym wall behind, indoor sports lighting, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Two road cyclists in helmets climbing a mountain road below dramatic rocky cliffs
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candid documentary photograph, two road cyclists in helmets and colorful cycling jerseys riding up a winding asphalt mountain road, huge dramatic grey rock cliffs and green alpine slopes behind them, blue sky with white clouds, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Which of these things would you prefer to do? …… (Why?)
Why have the people decided to exercise in these ways?
In this part of the test, I'm going to give each of you two photographs. I'd like you to talk about your photographs on your own for about a minute, and also to answer a question about your partner's photographs.
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.