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Cambridge IELTS 17 Speaking Test 2

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Cambridge IELTS 17 Speaking Test 2 is a three-part interview lasting 11 to 14 minutes. You can sit it here free, recorded as the real test is. There is no answer key for Speaking — it is scored on four published criteria, by an instructor or by our AI in minutes.
3 parts
Interview, long turn, discussion
11–14 minutes
As long as the real test
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Every Cambridge paper, 1 to 21
4 criteria
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What this paper covers

Part 1
Reading
Part 2
A big city you would like to visit
Part 3
Visiting cities on holiday · The growth of cities
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What the tasks are

Part 1
Familiar questions about yourself — work, study, home, hobbies. 4 to 5 minutes.
Part 2
The long turn. A cue card, one minute to prepare, then speak for up to two minutes.
Part 3
A discussion of the abstract issues behind the Part 2 topic. No preparation. 4 to 5 minutes.
Marked on
Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, Pronunciation — four criteria of equal weight.
There is no question-by-question table for this paper, and nothing is missing: Writing and Speaking are not marked against an answer key at all. They are scored on four published criteria — the same four the examiner uses — so what is worth knowing beforehand is the shape of the tasks, which IELTS publishes and which is the same in every book.

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