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Practice Task 12 — An opinion that shifted

Task 2 · Talking about a Personal Experience — describe a personal experience with details and feelings

Speaking Task 2Talking about a Personal ExperienceSPK-T2-12Advanced
30s prepare · 60s speak

You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak. Tell the story of a personal experience — say when and where it happened, what happened, and how you felt.

Listen to the task prompt. Two fixed voices: a female examiner and a male situation narrator.

Describe a time you changed your mind about something.

An opinion that shifted.

Points to cover

  • • what you used to think
  • • what made you reconsider
  • • what you believe now

You get 30 seconds to prepare, then 60 seconds to speak. Everything here works offline — no AI needed.

  1. 1. Introduce the experience
  2. 2. Say when and where it happened
  3. 3. Describe what happened
  4. 4. Explain how you felt
  5. 5. Explain the result
  6. 6. Conclude

Sentence template

I'd like to talk about ___. It happened ___ when I was ___. What happened was ___. At the time I felt ___ because ___. In the end, ___. Looking back, it's an experience I still remember because ___.