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Practice Task 29 — A community redevelopment plan

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

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-29Advanced
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 neighbourhood is turning a parking lot into a small park. Predict the changes.

A community redevelopment plan.

A parking lot being converted into a small park with fresh soil, new trees and workers laying sod beside remaining parked cars

Points to cover

  • • parking will be tight in the first summer
  • • families will use the space daily
  • • nearby shops will get more foot traffic

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 ___.