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Speaking mock paper: Pearson Edexcel Foundation

Paper 4 of 4 of the Pearson Edexcel Foundation mock, at full length and with the official time. New questions you won't have seen on our practice pages. Your answers are saved on this device as you go.

Pearson Edexcel Foundation speaking test

7 to 9 minutes, 50 marks, after 15 minutes' preparation. In exam order: read aloud, role-play, picture task.

  • 15 minutes' supervised preparation immediately before the test: 14 minutes in the preparation room, then 1 minute in the exam room when you may practise the read aloud text out loud (it is recorded but not marked)
  • Notes on one sheet of A4, and you may annotate the read aloud text; you can't write on the role play or picture cards
  • Two weeks before the test you choose the thematic context for the picture task, from two offered at random
  • No dictionary or other resources
Mode

Prepare first, as in the exam, or start the test straight away.

Your cards

Part 1

Read aloud

12 marks · 1.5 to 2 minutes in total

My personal world

Your Spanish friend Marta has written to you about her best friend.

Mi mejor amiga se llama Carmen.

Tiene el pelo rubio y los ojos verdes.

Es muy divertida y siempre me ayuda.

Los viernes vamos juntas al cine del centro.

A veces discutimos, pero nos queremos mucho.

36 words. Then two questions about your likes, dislikes and opinions.

Part 2

Role-play

10 marks · 1 to 1.5 minutes

Tourist information office

  • You are at a tourist information office in Spain.
  • Your teacher will play the part of the employee and will speak first.
  • Your teacher will ask questions in Spanish and you must answer in Spanish.
  • You are expected to say a few words or a short phrase or sentence in response to each prompt. One-word answers will not be enough for full marks.

Your teacher will say: "You are at a tourist information office in Spain. I will play the part of the employee and will speak first."

  1. Say what you want to visit in the town.
  2. Say how many days you are here for.
  3. Say what activities you like.
  4. Give your opinion of the town.
  5. ?Ask a question about the castle.
Part 3

Picture task

28 marks · 4.5 to 5.5 minutes: description and questions 1.5 to 2, conversation 3 to 3.5

Travel and tourism

Older tourists in a narrow old street in Spain taking photos with their mobile phones; a smiling woman with glasses is in the foreground.
Picture 1
Walkers with big rucksacks on a dirt path between green fields, heading towards a village of old houses with a church tower on a hill, under a blue sky (the Camino de Santiago near Cirauqui, Navarra).
Picture 2
The picture you will describe

Describe your picture (people, location, activity), answer two questions, then a conversation on travel and tourism.

What the top bands ask for (Foundation tier)

  • Read aloud: pronunciation consistently clear and comprehensible; slips in the sound-symbol correspondences don't affect the message.
  • Conversation (language), top band: "generally successful use of three timeframes" (past, present and future).
  • Conversation (communication): relevant answers, ideas developed with extended sequences of speech.

Next: your mock summary → Practise one task at a time on the speaking practice page.

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