Giving Advice & Looking at Beautiful Things - Test 6
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 why it might be important to give advice in these situations.
It's your turn first. Here are your photographs. They show people giving advice in different situations.
Giving advice
Football coach crouching in a changing room, giving advice to his team sitting on a bench
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candid documentary photograph, youth football team in white and navy kits sitting on a wooden bench in a bright changing room, coach in a blue t-shirt crouching in front of them giving advice, a football and water bottles on the grey carpet floor, shirts and towels hanging on hooks above, daylight from a window, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Mother pointing at a textbook while helping her frustrated young son with homework at the kitchen table
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candid documentary photograph, mother in a green long-sleeved top sitting at a light wooden kitchen table pointing at a page of an open workbook, helping her young son with homework, the boy propping his head on his hand looking frustrated, bright modern kitchen blurred in the background, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Do you like listening to advice? …… (Why? / Why not?)
Why might it be important to give advice in these situations?
I'd like you to compare the photographs, and say why you think these people are looking at these beautiful things.
Now, here are your photographs. They show people looking at beautiful things.
Looking at beautiful things
Visitors in a bright art gallery looking at large paintings, a mother and daughter holding hands
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candid documentary photograph, five visitors of different ages standing in a bright art gallery with white walls, each looking at large sepia-toned paintings of tree branches and landscapes, a mother holding her young daughter’s hand, a dark leather bench in the middle of the room, warm even gallery lighting, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Young friends on a rooftop terrace beside a marble statue, admiring a historic city view, one taking a photo
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candid documentary photograph, group of four young friends standing on a stone rooftop terrace beside a large classical marble statue, admiring a panoramic view of a historic European city with a gothic town hall spire, palaces and green parks below, one woman taking a photo of the view with her phone, sunny day, blue sky, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Do you enjoy going to museums and galleries? …… (Why? / Why not?)
Why are these people looking at these beautiful things?
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.