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C1 Advanced · Speaking · Part 2
Long turn
How this works
- You’ll get 10 seconds to look at the three photos — the time the examiner spends reading the task — and then 1 minute to respond, just like the real exam.
- Choose two of the three photos, compare them and answer both parts of the question.
- Speak and your words are written down for you as you go — fix anything the recogniser mishears, or just type your turn. No microphone needed either way.
Useful phrases
Compare, don't describe
Pick two photos and hold them against each other — nobody is asking what's in them.
- What strikes me about both of these is…
- Whereas the first involves…, the second is far more…
- These two have more in common than they appear to…
- If there's a difference, it lies in…
Speculate and hedge
You can't know — so signal how sure you are. Hedging is what C1 rewards.
- They may well have…
- It's conceivable that…
- Presumably…, though I could be wrong.
- I'd imagine the appeal lies in…
- There's every chance that…
Answer both halves
The C1 question asks two things — deal with the second before the minute is out.
- On balance, I'd say…
- As for how they might be feeling…
- That said, the second one strikes me as…
- What's harder to judge is…