How do you feel? Not so good. Why? I think I can do better. Um, which part do you think you
did well and which part do you think you can improve? I think I did well in first part, in
the second part, but not that good in the third part. Okay. Would it surprise you if I told you
that maybe your first part wasn't that good in compare in comparison to your third part and your
second part. Is that surprising? Yeah. Let me tell you why. You had three topics in your first part,
and one of the biggest things that you could do to to improve would be to give more answers,
to give longer answers. Throughout your part one, you only gave very short answers like yes
or no and we encourage students to speak as much as possible during the test. So now, do you think
you could have done better? Maybe. Yeah, if the students want to watch your full speaking test
they will see it in the corner of the screen now, they can click a link to the video below to watch
your full test. Let's talk about the three topics which you had. The first topic was work and study,
and the examiner asked you do you work or study? What was your answer? Work. Now do you think
that's a long answer or do you think that's a short answer? Very short answer. So what could
you do to to be better at that? Uh, I used to work in the mixing shop and now I'm working in the
designer company. Perfect, that's so much better than what you did in the test. You need to give
longer answers and the next question was do you enjoy what you do? Absolutely yes.
Long answer or short answer? Short. So what do you need to do better?
Is there any suggestions. Sure, so you can say yeah, I quite enjoy what I do, I have quite a
varied day so in the morning I do some tasks on working with customers, and in the afternoon I have
some projects that I work on. What do you what do you think about that one? I will say that in next
time. Excellent. And then the third question is what do you hope to do in the future? Um, I said
designer but I should make my answer more longer. Great, have a go. Um, I want to be a designer in
specific um senior designer but currently as a junior designer has a lot of things to learn.
So much better than your your test answer so well done. In your next test I really want
to hear longer answers. Okay. Now we're going to look at some vocabulary to talk about and things
that you maybe want to do in the future. If I said to you, I've got my sights on becoming a designer,
what does to have my sights on or to have got my sights on, what does that mean?
Not very sure. Okay, so you can say um I want to be, it's my plan. So can you repeat after me,
I've got my sights on becoming a senior designer. I've got my size on becoming a senior designer.
Fabulous, the next one is my long-term goal. What is your long-term goal Lucy?
Senior designer. Yeah, exactly. So my long-term goal is to become a senior
designer. Have a go at that one. My long-term goal is to become a senior designer. Fabulous.
My dream is to become a senior designer. My dream is to become a senior designer. Good,
excellent. So those are different ways that you could talk about things in the future.
You could also say words like I hope to get into, or I hope to go into, I'd like to become, or even
um I've got a few things on my radar. What does that mean? I've got a few things on my radar.
It's all my in my long-term goal list. Yeah, maybe not something one specific thing
but a few different things. The next topic that we had was pets. The first question is have you ever
had a pet? What was your answer? Yes. What do you think you could say better? Yes, I have two cats.
One is the long hair Doric and another one was the domestic cat. So much better Lucy,
well done. You're getting the hang of this now, you've got the idea. Um, are you an animal person
Lucy? Yes, absolutely. What does that mean? I like dogs, cats, birds, rabbit, and I all keeped
them before. Yeah, now I've got some high level language for us now which relates to animals.
What would it mean if I said hold your horses, hold your horses. Hold my horses.
Not sure. Hold your horses means wait, wait hold your horses. Can you try
that one? Wait hold your horses. Oh just hold your horses. Hold your horses. Good.
What would it mean if I said, um at the weekend I pigged out, to pig out. Pig out.
Can you tell me? Sure, it means to eat a lot of unhealthy food.
Lots and lots of unhealthy foods. So at the weekend I pigged out on chocolate and pizza.
What does it mean if I said I smell a rat? I smell a rat. Maybe some not good smell.
No, it doesn't mean anything to do with smelling, actually it's an idiom. So that means um you don't
trust something that somebody has said, so if your friend tells you a story and if you think they are
lying to you, you can say hmm I smell a rat, try it. I can smell a rat. Not I can, I smell a rat.
Sorry pardon? Not I can smell a rat but I smell a rat. I smell a rat. Well done. Now,
the next idiom is to hear something straight from the horse's mouth.
To hear something straight from the horse's mouth, what does that mean?
I don't know. It means to hear something directly from that person ,so um I heard that he
won the lottery, I heard it straight from the horse's mouth, I heard it directly from him.
Very, very high level language there. Um, you have to use some
less common language in your test, so please make sure that you do learn some phrasal verbs,
some idiomatic language when you go for the test. Your third topic was musical instruments. Now you
told us that you play the piano, how long have you played the piano? Play the piano for eight
years. Again, I have played the piano for eight years. I have played the piano for eight years.
Good. What does the phrasal verb to take something up mean? I took up the piano when I was nine,
I took up the piano when I was nine. What does that mean? I started play piano. Well done,
so to take up the piano means to start. I gave up the piano when I was 15, what does that mean?
Not sure. If I take up the piano when I was nine but I gave up the piano when I was 15,
what do you think it means? Only played the six years. What does give up mean? Don't
play anymore. Correct, I stopped playing. So those are two phrasal verbs that we could use,
so I took up the piano and I gave up the piano. When did you take up the piano? Six. Full sentence.
I took up the piano for in six. When I was six. When I was six. And did you give up the piano or
have you given up the piano yet? Uh, yes. When did you give up the piano? I gave it a piano
three years ago. Well done, good job. Now I've got some idioms here, some high level language. What
would it mean if I said to blow my own trumpet? I don't like blowing my own trumpet. Oh I have
no idea about this. Yeah, it's a difficult one. It means I don't like talking about myself or kind of
praising myself, or I don't like, I prefer to be modest. Do you like to blow your own trumpet?
No. No. What about if I said somebody has changed their tune? Changed their tune. He changed his
tune, what does that mean? True? Yeah, never heard of this one. Okay, he changed his tune means he
changed his idea or he changed his um decision, or he changed his opinion about something.
So, um my brother changed his tune about something, he changed his opinion. My brother changed his
tune. Correct, yeah. What would it mean if I said we had a whistle stop tour? Whistle stop tour.
Is it about tour or not? Yeah, so yeah, it is, yeah. So tour is what?
I need a hint. A tour is like a trip or a a visit around a city.
What do you think whistle stop means?
A whistle stop tour means a really quick tour around the city and well done, and that brings
us to the end of this vocabulary session. Lucy I hope in the next test that you do,
you're gonna give many more answers and ideas about your uh life and your experiences. Will
you promise to do that for me? Yes. Wonderful. See you in the next video Lucy. See you.