Celebrating & Checking Information - Test 6

C1 Advanced · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge English Advanced 2, Cambridge University Press

Compare two of your three pictures and speak on your own for about a minute. Then answer a short question about your partner's pictures.

I'd like you to compare two of the pictures, and say what these people might be celebrating, and how long they might have prepared for these celebrations.

It's your turn first. Here are your pictures. They show people celebrating different things.

Celebrating

Two colleagues leaning across their desks to shake hands in a modern office

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candid documentary photograph, two male colleagues leaning across facing desks to shake hands in celebration in a bright modern open-plan office, computer monitors desk lamps and office chairs around them, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

A family celebrating a small child's birthday with a cake and balloons

https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/a26a5509c35009d5739f796a611d5c6a11ec9f46ca0799df34634f384fbdd335.avif

candid documentary photograph, young family celebrating a toddler's birthday at a table by a bright window, small boy in a patterned jumper reaching over a white birthday cake, little girl in a highchair, mother leaning in and father watching, pastel balloons and wrapped presents, warm indoor light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

A street festival crowd in white outfits with red sashes playing accordions

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candid documentary photograph, cheerful crowd at a traditional street festival wearing white clothes with red neckerchiefs and sashes, a woman in front singing and playing an accordion, more accordion players and onlookers behind, town street in the background, daylight, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

Which celebration do you think would be the most memorable? …… (Why?)

What might these people be celebrating?

How long might they have prepared for these celebrations?

I'd like you to compare two of the pictures, and say why they might be checking this information, and how useful the information might be.

Now, here are your pictures. They show people checking information in different situations.

Checking information

Two builders in hard hats studying plans outside a brick house extension

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candid documentary photograph, two construction workers in red hard hats and yellow hi-vis vests studying large unrolled building plans together outside a partly built brick house extension, ladder against the roof, terraced houses behind, overcast daylight, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

A woman reading the label on a product in a supermarket aisle

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candid documentary photograph, woman in a pink top reading the label on a yoghurt pot in a supermarket dairy aisle, shopping trolley with a bag in front of her, long shelves of chilled products receding behind, bright store lighting, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

A group of young hikers with backpacks checking a map on a countryside fence

https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/ef6a3f30345e9d07821850273eb303c006ed50dfea676972f99530185619e103.avif

candid documentary photograph, five teenage girls with large hiking backpacks leaning on a wooden fence studying a folded walking map together, rolling green countryside and cloudy sky behind them, natural daylight, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark

Who do you think needs to check the information most carefully? …… (Why?)

Why might the people be checking this information?

How useful might the information be?

In this part of the test, I'm going to give each of you three pictures. I'd like you to talk about two of them on your own for about a minute, and also to answer a question briefly about your partner's pictures.

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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