SPEAKING: Individual task 2

SPEAKING: Individual task (4 minutes - about 2 minutes for each candidate)

You will be given two photographs and asked to compare and contrast them, and give your opinion about them.
You will only have one minute to do this. Try to keep talking; avoid any long gaps.
The pictures may show anything, but typically the subject will be: a building, a landscape, a town, a person (or a group of people) doing something
You can keep looking at the photographs while you are talking.

Describing each of the pictures

You might start by giving a brief description of each of the pictures. You do not have to describe them in detail.
If you are not sure what the picture is, use your imagination and say what you think it is. It doesn't matter if you are wrong.

There are different ways in which you can refer to the pictures. For example:
The first picture (referring to the one on the left or on top); the second/other picture (referring to the one on the right or on the bottom)
The picture on the left / the left-hand picture; the picture on the right / the right-hand picture
The top picture / the picture on the top / the upper picture; the bottom picture / the picture at the bottom / the lower picture
After introducing the pictures, you may be able to refer to them using a subject name, for example the nstead of picture you could say photo or photograph, or you could refer to the

For example:
The first/second picture/photo shows ...

Comparing and contrasting
Liking: I prefer A to B. I like A more than B. I like A, but I dislike B. A is more ... than B

Giving your opinion

In my opinion, ...
For me, ...
I think that ...

Thinking of things to say