Privacy

C2 Proficiency · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Speak on your own for about two minutes in answer to the question on your card, using the ideas if they help. Then answer a short question about what your partner said.

Speak for about two minutes, and after that your partner and I will come in.

I'll start with you. Here's your card. Answer the question on it, and use the ideas below it only if they help.

Privacy

personal data online

cameras in public places

sharing on social media

How much privacy can people reasonably expect in the modern world?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Do people give away too much information about themselves online? (Why? / Why not?)

Would you mind being filmed every time you went out? (Why? / Why not?)

Is privacy more important to some generations than others? (Why? / Why not?)

You have about two minutes again, and then the three of us will discuss it.

Thank you. Here's your card now. It has a new question for you, and a few ideas you're welcome to pick up on.

Privacy

public interest

the role of the media

choosing to be in the public eye

To what extent should well-known people have a right to a private life?

What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Are people too interested in the private lives of celebrities? (Why? / Why not?)

Should the families of famous people be left alone by the media? (Why? / Why not?)

Is it fair to judge public figures by what they do in private? (Why? / Why not?)

Now each of you is going to give a short talk of about two minutes, based on a question I'll hand you. Pay attention to your partner's talk, since I'll want your reaction to it when they've finished.

Answer this Speaking task out loud and an AI examiner marks it on the official Cambridge Speaking criteria, with what you did well and what to fix next.

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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