Oral Exam - English

Reading Aloud

1)Commonly mispronounced words
a) A-thlete/Athletic (2 syllables not 3)
b) Basically (3 syllables not 4)
c) Calm (don't leave out the 'l')

other common mispronounced words can be found in the following website http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

Picture Description

1) In one sentence, summarise what is the main activity in the picture (where?when?what is happening)

Eg This picture shows/ This picture depicts...a scene at an amusement park

2) Describe the picture in an organised way
- clockwise direction
-anticlockwise direction
-right to left/left to right
-in front of picture to at back of picture

3) Sequence

a) Opening line

b)Brief description of general activity

c)Cluster 1
Describe
-what is happening eg The doctor and nurses look very busy
-facial expression eg The boy looks rather afraid
-attire eg A young boy carrying a backpack..
-thoughts of person(s) eg He may be thinking....
-feeling of persons(s) eg He must be annoyed.....
-character of person eg He is a kind/inconsiderate boy.

d)Opinion
- I think /I feel....good/bad/commendable.....
- Perhaps/I suppose/In my opinion

e) Cluster 2

f) Opinion
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. Concluding statement

When describing
a)Use better words.
b) Be consistent and use the present tense, present continuous tense and present perfect tense throughout your conversation
c) Avoid common mistakes like - "These 2 women is", "the children is", "Here got", "The boy which is.."
d) Speak in grammatically correct sentences. Try to use the right words and vocabulary.


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