Loading your courses
Tip: Speaking Task 5: pick one option and stay with it. Comparing both is fine, switching sides isn't.
Tip: Speaking Task 5: pick one option and stay with it. Comparing both is fine, switching sides isn't.
Conquer the 8 speaking tasks with confidence, fluency templates, and time-management drills.
Familiarize yourself with the 8 speaking tasks, timing, and evaluation criteria.
15 minsLearn how to speak clearly into the microphone and manage the countdown timer.
15 minsPractice advising a friend or colleague on a decision or problem.
10 minsUse modal verbs (should, ought to, could) and structure your advice logically.
15 minsTell a compelling story about a past event with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
12 minsMaster past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses for storytelling.
15 minsDescribe a detailed illustration so that someone who can't see it understands what's happening.
12 minsUse prepositions of place (in the background, next to) to organize your description.
10 minsLook at an image and logically guess what will happen next.
20 minsUse future forms (going to, will probably) to express predictions.
10 minsChoose an option from a graphic and convince someone else to agree with you.
10 minsLearn persuasive language and how to highlight the benefits of your choice.
10 minsHandle a sensitive interpersonal conflict, usually requiring an apology and a solution.
10 minsPractice polite refusal, sincere apologies, and proposing alternatives.
15 minsState your opinion on a social issue and defend it.
20 minsUse strong opinion phrases and provide concrete examples to support your stance.
20 minsDescribe a strange or uncommon object or situation to someone over the phone.
10 minsLearn strategies for describing things when you don't know the exact word.
15 minsIdentify and eliminate 'um's and 'ah's, replacing them with natural pauses.
15 minsComplete a full 8-task speaking mock test under exam conditions.
20 mins