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Practice Task 24 — A friend beginning a ten-month course

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

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-24Beginner
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.

A friend is starting evening classes while working full-time. Predict how the term will go.

A friend beginning a ten-month course.

An evening adult education class with working adults at desks, an instructor at a whiteboard and dark windows outside

Points to cover

  • • the first weeks will feel exciting
  • • tiredness will hit around the middle of the term
  • • good planning will decide the result

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 ___.