2. 1 Part 1 of the PET Speaking exam lasts about 2-3 minutes.
During Part 1 the examiner will ask you some easy questions to find out more about you such as about your studies, where you live or what hobbies or interests you have.
You do not have to give long answers to these questions. However, you should try to say more than short, one or two word answers.
What do you do?
What’s your name?
What do you do in your free time?
Where do you live?
Do you like studying English at school?
Do you study English at school?
How long have you lived there?

3. 2 Making suggestions Giving reasons How about …? Because …
What do you think of …?
Why don´t we …?
Perhaps we should …
Giving reasons
Because …
The thing is …
I think the problem is …
After giving your opinion
What about you?
And you, what do you think?
What’s your opinión?
Do you agree?
Part 2 of the PET Speaking exam lasts about 2-3 minutes. The examiner will describe a situation to you and your partner and give you both some visuals. You will have to share your opinions with your partner about the task and try to make a decision.
Agreeing
You are right
Yes, that’s true, I think so
Yes, I completely agree with you
That’s a very good idea.
Disagreeing
I think it might be better to …
I’d rather …
I’m not so keen on…
You may be right but I don’t really agree because...
Well, I’m not sure about it..
Changing from one picture to another
So, what about this option?
What do you think about this one?
So, let’s talk about another option.
Starting a conversation
Shall I start?
Should I start first?
Do you want to speak first?

4. There seems to be/appears to be3
ON THE RIGHT
ON THE LEFT
IN THE MIDDLE
BETWEEN … AND …
IN THE FOREGROUND
IN THE BACKGROUND
AT THE TOP
AT THE BOTTOM
BEHIND
IN FRONT OF …
… THERE IS/ARE …
….YOU CAN SEE…
Part 3 of the PET Speaking exam lasts about 3 minutes. The examiner will give you a colour photograph and ask you to talk about it on your own for about 1 minute. 
Useful phrases
In this photo we can see
It looks like + noun
It looks + adj
I think/I don’t think
It could/might be
There seems to be/appears to be
It´s something like a …
It´s made of + material
It’s used for + -ing

5. 4
Part 4 of the PET Speaking exam lasts about 3 minutes. The examiner will ask you and your partner to talk about something based on the topic in the earlier Part 3 task
In the exam, as well as talking about your own opinions and experiences, remember to ask your partner for their own thoughts..