B1 Preliminary (PET) - Speaking - Part 3 - Collaborative Tasks with Pictures

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Sample speaking tasks for B1 Preliminary (PET) exam, Speaking Part 3: Collaborative tasks with pictures. The material provides ten topic-based scenarios, each asking learners to discuss different options and agree on the best choice. Topics cover using an empty public building, choosing a new book, learning about space, buying gifts for a penfriend, and planning presents or class trips, plus helping the environment, talent show prizes, family activities, and items for a long bus journey. A link for practising online with a speaking partner is included.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

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B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Collaborative tasks with pictures Below you will find sample speaking tasks that may appear on the Cambridge exam. Topic 1 Here is a sample situation: A town has a large public building that is empty. The people in the town want to use the building. Talk together about the different ways the people of the town could use the empty building and say which would be best. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 2 Here is a sample situation: A young man enjoys reading books about people with interesting lives. He is looking for a new book to read. Talk together about the different books he could read and say which would be most interesting. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 3 Here is a sample situation: A teacher wants his class to learn more about space. Talk together about the different ways to learn about space, and say which students would find most interesting. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 4 Here is a sample situation: A girl’s penfriend is visiting her from another country. The girl would like to buy her penfriend a present that will remind her of her stay. Talk together about the different presents she could buy her penfriend and say which would be best. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 5 Here is a sample situation: A young woman is going to spend six months living and working in a cold country. Her friends would like to give her a present to take with her. Talk together about the different presents her friends could give her and which would be best. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 6 Here is a sample situation: A teacher has asked her class for ideas of places to go on a class trip. The place must be fun, but also somewhere that students can learn something. Talk together about the different places they could go to and say which would be best. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 7 Here is a sample situation: A young man would like to do something to help the environment. Talk together about the different things he could do to help the environment and say which would be best. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 8 Here is a sample situation: A school would like to organise a talent show for students. The school wants to give a prize to the winner of the talent show. Talk together about the different prizes the school could give to the winner of the talent show. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 9 Here is a sample situation: A family want to do an exciting activity together that will be fun for everyone to do. Talk together about the different things they could do together and say which would be the most fun. B1 Preliminary (PET) · Speaking · Part 3 Topic 10 Here is a sample situation: A girl is going on a long bus journey with her family to visit some relatives. She can take one thing with her on the bus for entertainment during the journey. Talk together about the different things she could take with her. Practise online —find a speaking partner: [https://app.engxam.com/pet/speaking/3/](https://app.engxam.com/pet/speaking/3/)

FAQs

What kind of tasks appear in B1 Preliminary (PET) Speaking Part 3?

The tasks are collaborative picture-based situations where learners discuss options together and decide which is best.

How many topic scenarios are provided for practice?

There are 10 topic scenarios, labeled Topic 1 to Topic 10.

What should candidates do in each topic?

They should talk together about different possible choices related to the situation and then say which option would be best.

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