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Practice Task 23 — A new public bike programme

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

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-23Intermediate
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.

Your city is adding a bike-share system downtown. Predict the effects over one year.

A new public bike programme.

A downtown bike-share station with a row of rental bikes as a woman unlocks one and a man returns another

Points to cover

  • • short car trips will decrease
  • • the system will be busiest in summer
  • • the city will need more safe lanes

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 ___.