Page 375 - English Grammar - IX-X

15 seconds Examiner: Thank you, Sumit. Rajesh, can you please ask Sumit a question?
Rajesh asks a question.

Sumit responds.
40 seconds Examiner asks 2–3 follow-up questions.
For example: How did you get interested in this hobby?
Who else in your family has the same hobby?
Is it an expensive hobby?

Problem-Solving (3 minutes)
Task 3
Task 3 Problem-Solving (3 minutes)
Section time Procedure
25 seconds Examiner: Thank you. Now let’s go to the next task.
I am going to give you a card which contains information regarding a problem.
I would like you to read the information and then discuss together how you
are going to solve the problem.
You have 2 minutes to do this. Here is your problem.
Problem-solving card: Your neighbours have not been keeping the nearby
area of your colony tidy. Every morning there is litter in the parking area
and on the streets.
With your partner, discuss this problem and decide what you can do to
make your neighbourhood a cleaner place for everyone.
Rajesh and Sumit study the problem (20 seconds), then the examiner asks
them to start speaking.

2 minutes Rajesh and Sumit discuss the problem to find a solution.
35 seconds Examiner: OK, now you can stop discussing.
Option A (for candidates who have reached a solution):
Thank you. (Move straight on to follow-up questions)
Option B (for candidates who have not reached a solution):
Can you agree on a solution? What is it?
Rajesh and Sumit explain.
Then examiner asks 1–2 follow-up questions.
For example: Do you think your solution will be effective enough? Why?/
Why not?
What role do you think you can play in this problem? Why?
That sounds interesting. Could you tell me more about it?
Examiner: Please stop there. That’s the end of the test.

Thank you and goodbye.
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