In this lesson you will
- Work a Paper 3 speaking past paper under exam conditions.
- Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
- Identify and classify your own errors.
- Log each error with its correction and rule.
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Orient · target · prepare
Objectives and exam focus
You are exam-ready when…
Tick each as you secure it.
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Session focus
Speaking marks reward **developed answers**: never stop at one word. Add a reason, an opinion and an example, and use more than one tense. Silence and one-word replies lose Communication marks.
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Recognise · decode
Examiner & command-word vault
Exam & examiner terminology8 terms
اِخْتَرْchoose
أَكْمِلْcomplete
صِفْdescribe
اُذْكُرْstate / mention
عَلِّلْgive a reason
قَارِنْcompare
المُصَحِّحُthe examiner
مُعَايِيرُ التَّصْحِيحِthe mark scheme
Command-word mission
Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on command words and examiner terms — a wrong answer costs a life.
Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points
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Paper 1 — Listening (past-paper style)
Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.
Listen for detail
Choose the correct option
Listening script
فِي تَمْثِيلِ دَوْرٍ يَقُولُ المُوَظَّفُ: أَهْلًا، كَيْفَ أُسَاعِدُكَ؟ يُجِيبُ الطَّالِبُ: أُرِيدُ حَجْزَ غُرْفَةٍ لِلَيْلَتَيْنِ. يَسْأَلُ المُوَظَّفُ: لِكَمْ شَخْصٍ؟ فَيَقُولُ: لِشَخْصَيْنِ، وَأُفَضِّلُ غُرْفَةً قُرْبَ الحَدِيقَةِ لِأَنَّهَا هَادِئَةٌ.
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)
Read for detail
Prove each answer from the text
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Speak · develop your answers
Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)
Prompts
- صِفْ نَفْسَكَ وَهِوَايَاتِكَ.
Describe yourself and your hobbies. - مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ فِي العُطْلَةِ، وَمَاذَا سَتَفْعَلُ غَدًا؟
What did you do in the holiday and what will you do tomorrow?
Model exchange
Examiner
صِفْ نَفْسَكَ وَهِوَايَاتِكَ.
QuestionYou
اسْمِي رِيمٌ، وَأُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ وَالسِّبَاحَةَ لِأَنَّهُمَا تُرِيحَانِ عَقْلِي وَتُقَوِّيَانِ جِسْمِي. أَمْسِ قَرَأْتُ رِوَايَةً جَمِيلَةً، وَغَدًا سَأَذْهَبُ إِلَى النَّادِي. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ الهِوَايَاتِ مُهِمَّةٌ.
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)
Task
Write about 80–90 words: your strategy for the speaking test and the errors you will avoid, using the examiner's advice. Give reasons.
- Address every required content point.
- Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
- Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
- Keep to the word count.
Reveal a model answer
لِلتَّحَدُّثِ خُطَّةٌ. لَنْ أَكْتَفِيَ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، بَلْ سَأُطَوِّرُ كُلَّ إِجَابَةٍ بِسَبَبٍ وَرَأْيٍ وَمِثَالٍ. سَأَسْتَخْدِمُ المَاضِيَ لِلْأَحْدَاثِ وَالمُسْتَقْبَلَ لِخُطَطِي لِأُظْهِرَ المَدَى. إِذَا لَمْ أَفْهَمِ السُّؤَالَ، سَأَطْلُبُ الإِعَادَةَ بِأَدَبٍ بَدَلًا مِنَ الصَّمْتِ. سَأَتَحَدَّثُ بِثِقَةٍ وَنُطْقٍ وَاضِحٍ لِأَنَّ الطَّلَاقَةَ وَالتَّطْوِيرَ يَرْفَعَانِ دَرَجَةَ التَّوَاصُلِ. بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ أَتَجَنَّبُ أَكْثَرَ أَخْطَاءِ التَّحَدُّثِ.
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Score like an examiner
Mark scheme — how the examiner scores you
Communication / Task Completion — 6 marks
- Every required point is addressed clearly.
- Content is relevant and developed with detail.
Range — 4 marks
- Varied vocabulary and structures.
- Opinions with reasons and more than one tense.
Accuracy — 4 marks
- Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
- Errors do not block meaning.
Papers 1 and 2 are point-marked (one mark per correct answer); Papers 3 and 4 use these band criteria. Mark yourself honestly against the descriptors, not against how much you wrote.
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Log · correct · learn
Error log
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Reflection
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