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Practice Task 19 — A new local business

Task 4 · Making Predictions — predict what will happen next in a described scene

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-19Advanced
30s prepare · 60s speak

You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak. Say what you think will happen next in this situation and explain your reasons.

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

Predict what will happen to a small café that just opened next to a big chain.

A new local business.

A small independent café with a few customers beside a large chain coffee shop with a long queue on the same street

Points to cover

  • • the first months will be slow
  • • regular customers will come for the personal service
  • • success will depend on quality and word of mouth

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

  1. 1. Describe the current situation
  2. 2. Predict what will happen
  3. 3. Give a reason
  4. 4. Give another prediction
  5. 5. Explain why
  6. 6. Conclude

Sentence template

Right now, ___. I think what will happen next is ___, because ___. After that, ___ will probably ___. That's likely because ___. Overall, I expect ___.