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Practice Task 28 — A major winter storm warning

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

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-28Beginner
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 snowstorm is forecast for tomorrow morning in your city. Predict how the day will unfold.

A major winter storm warning.

A snowstorm morning on a city street with deep snow, a bus crawling through slush and people shovelling a driveway

Points to cover

  • • schools and some offices will close
  • • buses will run late all morning
  • • grocery stores will be busy tonight

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 ___.