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Practice Task 15 — Urban planning

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

Speaking Task 7Expressing OpinionsSPK-T7-15Advanced
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 cities build more bike lanes even if it means fewer parking spaces?

Urban planning.

Points to cover

  • • bike lanes improve safety and health
  • • drivers and businesses lose parking
  • • gradual change with consultation

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.