LanguageCert A1 Speaking and Listening practice test 2
Questions about your country and your friends, role plays at a hotel and at a bus stop, a picture of a classroom, a talk about Lena's new flat, and a talk about your home.
How to use this test. The real exam is a 8 to 9 minute conversation with one examiner, so the questions will not be exactly these. Press a button to hear the examiner, answer out loud in your own words, then compare with the example. Practise with a friend as the examiner if you can.
Questions about you
about 1½ minutesFirst, practise the start: say your full name, spell your family name, and say where you are from. Then answer these. In the exam the examiner asks three.
What time do you go to bed?
What is the weather like in your country?
What do you have for breakfast?
Tell me about your best friend.
How do you go to work?
What do you do in the evening?
Role plays
about 1½ minutesIn the exam there are two situations. In the first, the examiner starts and you answer; in the second, you start. Each one is about two short turns each. Here are two of each kind.
The examiner starts
Situation 1
I work in a hotel. I start.
“Good evening. Can I help you?”
Situation 2
We're in the same English class. I start.
“Can I use your pen, please?”
You start
Situation 3
We're at a bus stop. You want to know the time. You start.
Situation 4
We're friends. You want to go to the cinema. You start.
Two pictures
1 to 1½ minutesThe examiner says: “Here's a picture of a classroom. I have a different picture of a classroom. Let's ask and answer questions about the two pictures. I start.” This is your picture. Practise saying what is in it, and think of questions to ask about the examiner's picture.
Listen and answer
2 to 2½ minutesThe examiner says: “I'm going to tell you about Lena and her new flat. I'll read it two times.” Read the three questions first. Play the talk, make notes, then play it a second time. Then answer each question out loud or type it.
Talk 1
Which floor is Lena's flat on?
Why does Lena love the kitchen?
Where does Lena go every evening?
Show the words
Hello, I'm Lena. I have a new flat. It is on the third floor, in a quiet street. The flat has a kitchen, a living room and one bedroom. I love the kitchen because it is big and has a window. There is no garden, but there is a park opposite my building. I go there every evening with my dog.
Your talk
about 2 minutes, with questionsThe examiner says: “Now you're going to talk on your own for half a minute. Your topic is your home. You now have thirty seconds to write some notes.”
See example notes and an example talk
Example notes
- house or flat
- rooms
- my favourite room
- near my home
Example talk: I live in a house with my husband and my daughter. It has three bedrooms and a small garden. My favourite room is the kitchen because we eat there together. There is a school and a shop near my home. I like my home very much.
Follow-up questions
After your talk, the examiner asks a few questions about it.
Do you have a garden?
Is your home big or small?
What is near your home?
What next?
- LanguageCert A1 practice test 1: Questions about your day and your family, role plays in a café and a shop, a picture of a bakery, a talk about Omar's weekend, and a talk about your weekend.
- LanguageCert A1 tips: what to do in each part, and a study plan
- LanguageCert A1: the format and how it is marked
TestWise Prep is independent and is not connected to LanguageCert or PeopleCert. Format checked against LanguageCert's SELT pages, practice papers and handbook on 14 October 2026; every practice question, situation, talk and example answer here is our own.