Speaking · Speaking Interview
Weekend Activities Interview
Speaking · Interview
Instructions
This task measures your ability to respond to a range of general and academic questions by producing a coherent, clear spoken response with natural pace, expressive intonation, and varied, accurate language.
You will answer 4 interviewer questions. You will have 45 seconds to answer each question. Initial questions focus on factual information and personal experience, whereas later questions ask you to express and support your opinions.
- Allow microphone access when prompted.
- Use headphones and find a quiet space.
- You will hear the scenario, then each interviewer question. Recording starts automatically when the question audio ends.
- Take a deep breath — and let's go.
Weekend Activities Interview
Answer each interview question aloud
Scenario
You have agreed to take part in a research study about how people spend their weekends. You will have a short online interview with a researcher. The researcher will ask you some questions.
Question 1
Thank you for speaking with me. I'm studying how adults use their free time. Could you describe a typical weekend for you?
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Saturday usually starts slowly, with a late breakfast and the shopping. In the afternoon I try to get outside, either for a long walk or to see friends. Sunday is quieter, and I do the chores I have been avoiding all week. I aim to keep at least half of Sunday completely unplanned.
Question 2
How different is your weekend from your weekdays?
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Very different, mostly because of pace. During the week almost every hour is already committed to something. At the weekend I can decide at eleven in the morning what I feel like doing. The other big difference is who I see; weekdays are colleagues, weekends are friends and family.
Question 3
Do you feel you get enough rest at the weekend? Why or why not?
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Honestly, not always. I often fill the two days with errands and social plans and then start Monday tired. The weekends that leave me rested are the ones where I deliberately keep a whole afternoon empty. I have got better at this, but it takes effort not to say yes to everything.
Question 4
If you suddenly had an extra free day each week, what would you do with it?
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I would use it for the things that always get postponed, like proper cooking and seeing people who live further away. I would also like to learn an instrument, which needs regular practice rather than occasional bursts. I suspect some of it would go on doing nothing in particular, and I would not regret that either.
What a high-scoring response does
- Answers the question that was asked in the first sentence
- Supports it with a reason and a concrete example
- Keeps talking fluently for most of the 45 seconds
- Sounds natural: clear pronunciation, few long pauses
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