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Practice Task 3 — A family restaurant

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

Speaking Task 4Making PredictionsSPK-T4-03Beginner
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 next in this restaurant.

A family restaurant.

A family restaurant where a waiter approaches a table with drinks as a child colours and the parents look at menus

Points to cover

  • • the waiter will serve the drinks
  • • the couple will order their meal
  • • the child will finish colouring and eat

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 ___.