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Practice Task 13 — Parenting

Task 7 · Expressing Opinions — state and support an opinion on a community or workplace issue

Speaking Task 7Expressing OpinionsSPK-T7-13Beginner
30s prepare · 90s speak

You have 30 seconds to prepare and 90 seconds to speak. State your opinion clearly and support it with reasons and examples.

Listen to the task prompt. Two fixed voices: a female examiner and a male situation narrator.

Should parents limit how much television children watch?

Parenting.

Points to cover

  • • limits protect sleep and activity
  • • some programmes are educational
  • • watching together works better than banning

You get 30 seconds to prepare, then 90 seconds to speak. Everything here works offline — no AI needed.

  1. 1. State your opinion
  2. 2. Reason 1
  3. 3. Example
  4. 4. Reason 2
  5. 5. Example
  6. 6. Conclusion

Sentence template

In my opinion, ___. The main reason is that ___. For example, ___. Another important point is ___, because ___. Of course, some people would say ___, but I still believe ___ overall.