Part 2 — Long Turn (Cue Card)
1 min prep, 2 min talk on a given topic.
Speaking
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What you see on screen
You receive a cue card with a topic and bullets, one minute to prepare notes, then speak for up to two minutes. The examiner stops you at the limit.
How it is marked
No separate mark exists for this part; it feeds the same four criteria. Full two-minute answers give the examiner enough language to assess accurately.
Strategy
- Spend the preparation minute jotting keywords per bullet, not full sentences you cannot deliver naturally.
- Cover every bullet on the card; examiners listen for them and skipping one breaks your structure.
- If you finish early, add a related detail until stopped; early silence dents fluency.
- Keep past tenses accurate when the card asks about a memory; tense slips are very audible here.
Traps that cost marks
Rushing all four bullets in forty seconds leaves you stranded with nothing to say.
Drafting full sentences in prep wastes the minute and tempts robotic reading aloud.
Now try it under exam conditions.
Practise Part 2 — Long Turn (Cue Card)