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Speaking mock paper: Pearson Edexcel Higher

Paper 4 of 4 of the Pearson Edexcel Higher 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 Higher speaking test

10 to 12 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 · 2 to 2.5 minutes in total

Studying and my future

Your Spanish friend Diego has written to you about his plans for after school.

El verano pasado hice prácticas en un hospital y me gustó mucho.

Por eso, cuando termine el instituto, quiero estudiar medicina en Zaragoza.

Sé que la carrera es larga y difícil, pero vale la pena porque es un trabajo muy útil.

Mis padres me apoyan y mi hermana pequeña dice que seré un médico genial.

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

Part 2

Role-play

10 marks · 1 to 1.5 minutes

Campsite

  • You are at the reception of a campsite in Spain.
  • Your teacher will play the part of the receptionist 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 the reception of a campsite in Spain. I will play the part of the receptionist and will speak first."

  1. Say how many people are in your group.
  2. Say where you want to put your tent.
  3. ?Ask a question about the shop.
  4. Say what you will do tomorrow.
  5. ?Ask a question about the bikes.
Part 3

Picture task

28 marks · 7 to 8 minutes: description and questions 2 to 2.5, conversation 5 to 5.5

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 (Higher tier)

  • Read aloud: pronunciation consistently clear and comprehensible; slips in the sound-symbol correspondences don't affect the message.
  • Conversation (language), top band: "consistently 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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