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Describe an article about health that you read.

This test has appeared in 6 seasons

  • Jan–Apr/2026
  • Sep–Dec/2025
  • May–Aug/2025
  • Jan–Apr/2025
  • May–Aug/2022
  • Jan–Apr/2022

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Part 1

The examiner asks about you and two familiar topics. About 4–5 minutes.

Your home town

  1. Where is your home town? (Tell me more about that.)
  2. What do you like most about it? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Has it changed much since you were a child? (Why is that?)
  4. Would you like to live there in the future? (Why is that?)

Keys

  1. How many keys do you usually carry with you? (Tell me more about that.)
  2. Where do you normally keep your keys? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Have you ever lost your keys? (Why is that?)
  4. Do you think keys will be replaced by technology in the future? (Why is that?)

Borrowing and lending

  1. Do you often borrow things from other people? (Why is that?)
  2. What kind of things do you lend to your friends? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Have you ever lent something and not got it back? (Why is that?)
  4. Do you think it is a good idea to lend money to friends? (Why is that?)

Part 2

One minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.

Describe an article about health that you read.

You should say:

  • where you read it
  • what it was about
  • what you learned from it

and explain how the article affected you.

Follow-up question after your talk: Do you often read about health? / Did that article change anything you do?

Part 3

A broader, more abstract discussion of the Part 2 topic. About 4–5 minutes.

where people get health information

  1. Can you explain why so much false health advice spreads online?
  2. In general, how much do people trust the health advice they read on the internet?
  3. What could be done about the amount of misleading health information on social media?

how people look after their health

  1. Can you describe the habits that keep people healthy in your country?
  2. How would you compare the way older people look after their health with the way young people do?
  3. Can you speculate on how people will look after their health as technology improves?

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