Entry 1 speaking cards

Original Nolixia practice • Not official exam questions

Take turns. Listen. Ask one more question. Change the details. You can invent a character.

1. Meet a classmate

Ask: What's your name? How do you spell it?

Reply with your name or an invented name. Ask your partner their name.

Try again: change names. Spell each new name clearly.

2. Talk about your journey

Ask: How do you get to class?

Choose an answer: I walk. / I take the bus. Ask: Do you live near the college?

Try again: change the way you travel.

3. Arrange a meeting

Ask: Are you free on Saturday? Where shall we meet? What time?

Agree on a day, a place and a time. Say the full plan again.

Try again: one person is busy. Suggest another day.

4. Ask for help

Ask: Have you got a pen? Can I borrow it, please?

Choose a reply: Yes, here you are. / Sorry, I haven't got one.

Try again: ask to borrow a pencil instead.

5. At the library

Woman with a book and a man in a library; a blue bag is on a chair.

Look: Where are they? What has the woman got? What colour is the bag on the chair?

Role play: ask to sit down. Your partner imagines a reply. The picture does not tell us who owns the bag.

Picture answers: in a library; a book; blue.

6. In the park

Woman reading on a park bench beside a man with a red bicycle.

Look: Where is the woman? What is she doing? What colour is the bicycle?

Ask your partner: Do you like reading? Do you like cycling?

Picture answers: in a park/on a bench; reading a book; red.

Partner check

Could I understand the answer? Did it match the question? Did we both speak and ask questions? Did we check anything unclear?

Helpful phrase: “Sorry, can you say that again, please?”

Picture cards use original AI-generated images.