B1 (PET)

ORAL EXAM

Vocabulary list B1

Sample paper B1

Part 2 Speaking

You will be asked to describe a picture. You must talk for one minute

Locate what you describe within the picture. 

GIVE A GENERAL INTRODUCTION

• This photograph shows…

•In this photograph I can see…
•This is a photograph of…

DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S AGE

• He / She´s about 16 years old.
• He / She is a teenager/a young child/a middle-aged woman…

DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S ACTIONS

• He´s sitting on the bed/at the desk/at the table.
• She´s standing in a line/queue.
• They are having breakfast/lunch/dinner.
• Some people are playing on the beach and others are sun bathing.

DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS

• They are happy because they are smiling.
• They feel afraid because…
• She looks very interested in this activity…
• They seem bored because…

TALK ABOUT PLACES

• She is in her bedroom/she´s walking in the country/he´s running in a city…
• I can see a street market/an old building/a square/a restaurant/a long beach
• She is inside/outside her house…

DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S CLOTHES

• He / She´s wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
• They are wearing casual/smart clothes.
• He´s wearing a school uniform.

DESRIBE PEOPLE’S ROLES IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

• It is probably a…
• This person/girl/boy seems to be a …
• The woman talking may/might be a (tourist guide) because she´s pointing to a building.

MAKE GUESSES

• It could/may/might be…
• It looks as if…
• It looks like…
• It´s possible…
• It seems…
• It might be summer because some people are wearing sunglasses.

Part 3 Speaking

Here is a presentation with all the information you will need for part 3

sample paper B1