Speaking· Task 1 of 7 types· usually 6–7 items
Read Aloud
Read the text below aloud, once. You get 35 seconds to read it silently first — use them. Every word you say as written earns a point, and the pace you keep is scored too.
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Tips for Read Aloud
- Use the preparation time to read the text silently to the end — find the long words and where each sentence breaks.
- Every word you say as written earns a point. A word you skip, swap or add is one error.
- If you trip on a word, keep going. Saying it again counts against your fluency; one wrong word costs only that word.
- Pause at commas and full stops, not in the middle of a phrase — a pause where a fluent reader would not stop is what fluency marks down.
- Read at a natural pace. Fluency loses marks for rushing as well as for dragging.