CELPIP CoachSign in
Back to Speaking Task 7

Practice Task 3 — Student life

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

Speaking Task 7Expressing OpinionsSPK-T7-03Intermediate
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.

Is it better for students to work part-time while studying? Give your opinion.

Student life.

Points to cover

  • • work teaches responsibility and money skills
  • • it can hurt grades if hours are long
  • • a limited number of hours is ideal

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.