SPEAK-EASY NOTES

SPM

SPEAK-EASY NOTES

Focus on Speaking

Some pointers to help you in speaking
test SPM

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SPEAKING IS EASY

ACTUALLY!

THIS POCKET NOTES CONTAIN
USEFUL PHRASES AND NOTES
TO HELP YOU TO GET BETTER

MARKS IN SPEAKING TEST!

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Table of contents

01 PART 1 02 PART 2

INTERVIEW ON ONE MINUTE TALK
OPINIONS
LIKES/DISLIKES 04 USEFUL

03 PART 3 PHRASES

PAIR WORK ON
RANGE OF FAMILIAR
TOPICS

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Introduction

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PART 1

THE INTERVIEW

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PART 1

To do well in Part 1, familiarize yourself with the suggested list of phrases

below.

FUNCTION : TO TALK ABOUT SELF / BIO DATA

SAMPLE QUESTIONS GUIDELINES TO ANSWER
“What is your name?” “I am ......You can call me..... ”
“Would you please introduce yourself?” “My name is ….. I am .....”
“Where do you live/ come from?” “I live at ...../ I come from ......”
“How do you come to school?” “I come to school by ......”

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS GUIDELINES TO ANSWER

FUNCTION : TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES

“What do you like to do during your past “During my past time, I like to …..”
time?” “I usually do ….. when I am free.”
“What is your hobby?” “My hobby is …..”
“What is your favourite gadget?” “My favourite gadget is …..”

FUNCTION : TO EXPRESS OPINIONS

SAMPLE QUESTIONS GUIDELINES TO ANSWER
“What do you think about …..?” “Personally, I think …..”
“What is your opinion on …..?” “As for me, I think …..”
“What do you like about ……?” “In my opinion, ”
“If you ask me, I would say ”
“Personally, what I like about it is ……”

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FUNCTION : TO EXPLAIN AND GIVE REASONS

SAMPLE QUESTIONS GUIDELINES TO ANSWER
“Why do you think …..?”
“Why do you like this “I think ..... because …..”
subject/gadget/food/hobby?” “It is probably because / due to …..”
“I like this subject/gadget/food/hobby
because …..”

FUNCTION : TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE PLANS

SAMPLE QUESTIONS GUIDELINES TO ANSWER

“What is your plan for the next school “For the next school holiday, I plan to …..”
holiday?” “This weekend, I think I would …..”
“What do you plan to do this weekend?” “I plan to ….. this weekend.”

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PART 2

ONE MINUTE TALK

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SOME EXAMPLES ON HOW TO USE THEM IN YOUR SPEAKING EXAM

1) Describe something you do to stay healthy.
I do many things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle but the one I’d like to tell
you about is…

2)Describe a TV programme you have watched recently.
I have watched several good TV programmes recently but my favourite was…

3)Describe a day out that you enjoyed.
I’d like to talk about the time I went to…

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PART 2: INDIVIDUAL LONG TURN

The questions in this part focus on your ability to:

 Give information of a non – personalkind
 Talk about past/present/future experiences
 Explain and give reasons
 Express and justify opinions
 Describe people, places and situations
 Name personal characteristics, objects and activities
 Paraphrase words and ideas

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Let’s get familiar with the course.
Interlocutor: In this part of the test, I’m going to give each of you a topic and I’d like

you to talk about it on your own for about a minute. You also needto
answer a question brief about your partner’s topic.
Candidate A, it’s your turn first. Here’s your task.

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Brainstorming: A family celebration My parents’ wedding anniversary
I did many activities, began with cake
What was the event? cutting, presenting surprise gift and
What did you do there? followed by playing board game

Did you enjoy yourself? Why / Why not? Yes, I enjoyed myself because we got to
spend time together as most of us are
Why are family celebrations important in always busy with our own schedule

Malaysia? Family celebrations are important
because they create an opportunity for
family to spend time together. Also, they
help to maintain good relationship and
build stronger family bond

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A family celebration

Just recently, I celebrated my parents’ 17th wedding anniversary with my
siblings. On that day, we did many activities. The celebration began with cake
cutting. It was a two – tier red velvet cake, which was both our parents’ favourite,
made by all of us a day before. Then, we presented a surprise gift which was
their portrait painted by my little brother who was good at arts. My parents were
so touched. After that, a few hours before we went to bed, we decided to play a
board game. I enjoyed myself because we got to spend time together as most of
us are always busy with our own schedule. Both my parents work, so we rarely
have time together. In my opinion, family celebrations are important because
they create an opportunity for family to spend time together. Also, they help to
maintain good relationship and build stronger family bond.

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PAIRWORK

LET’S DISCUSS THE TOPIC!

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Discussions

Listening Speaking

Mercury is the closest Venus has a beautiful
planet to the Sun and the name and is the second
smallest one in the entire planet from the Sun. It’s

Solar System hotter than Mercury

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How to listen actively

Pay attention Give feedback

Earth is the Venus has a
planet we live on beautiful name

Body language

Saturn is a gas
giant with rings

Respond

Jupiter is the
biggest planet

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Ideas to communicate orally!

Plan the Personal
time
Describe a anecdote
picture
Speak at the
Talk about right volume Have your
yourself notes
Don’t speak
quickly Look at the
listeners

Use short Create a
sentences discussion

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Build a good talk

Link Ask Answer

Despite being Jupiter is a gas Mercury is the
red, Mars is a giant and the closest planet
cold place, not biggest planet to the Sun and
the smallest
hot at all of them all

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These sentences may help

Start sentences Link sentences

● Mercury is small ● Venus has a nice name
● It’s very hot ● It’s terribly hot
● Its name has nothing to ● Earth is the third planet

do with the liquid metal from the Sun

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Be a listener to communicate

Neptune Mars

Neptune is the Despite being red,
farthest planet from Mars is a cold place,
not hot at all
the Sun
Jupiter
Mercury
Jupiter is the biggest
Mercury is the closest planet in the entire
planet to the Sun and Solar System

the smallest

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PART 3: GENERAL TIPS

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USEFUL PHRASES

LET’S PRACTISE!!

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SOME EXAMPLES:

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AGREEING/DISAGREEING

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SAMPLE QUESTION: PART 3

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“Believe in yourself! You
can do speaking well in

SPM. Remember
3P..Practise, Practise and
Practise. All the best my

dear Students!

—Cikgu Suriati

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