C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2 Sample Answer

These are high-scoring sample answers for the following Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2. Read them to understand what you need to talk about and the kind of answers you need to give for a good C1 Advanced speaking score. For advice, strategies and tips on the best ways to answer (because 1 minute is very short), this article will help.

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C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2 Quiz: Enough Time for You?

C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2

Question

Why might these people be working in these situations?

How might these environments affect their performance?

Factory Technician - Why might these people be working in these situations? - C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2 Question

Open plan office - Why might these people be working in these situations? - C1 Advanced Speaking Part 2 Question

Sample Answer

1 minute to compare and contrast the two pictures you have chosen as well as answer the two questions.

I’d like to talk about the engineer in picture 2 and the office workers in picture 3, please. Apart from the obvious reason of working for a salary, all of these workers are putting the skills they have to their best use. While it’s common for an engineer to work on a machine, which needs upgraded or repaired, not everyone can do that. The same can be said of office workers in an open-plan office. Not everyone can work in such a place with many people milling about and having different conversations to get different aspects of their job completed. Here, the engineer is on his own and will probably be able to concentrate fully on what he is doing, which may not be the case for everyone in the large office. Saying that, if there is a problem, it is probably easier for the office workers to ask a colleague for help rather than the lone engineer.

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Analysis

This is my opinion of the above answer. The answer was given as in a test, with minimal preparation time.

Adding descriptions when choosing the pictures saves time.

Talking about similarities first is something you can work on and helps as part of a plan.

If you talk about what you want to contrast without any problems, then contrast again with something easier. Here it is being alone and in a busy office.

I thought some good vocabulary was used.

Lesser-Known Vocabulary

putting smth to its best use – utilizing a resource, skill, or ability in the most effective way possible, often for a positive or productive outcome.
upgraded – improved by the addition or replacement of components
open-plan office – a workplace layout where employees work in a shared space with minimal or no physical barriers between workstations
people milling about – moving around a place, often a crowd of people, in a disorganized or leisurely manner, without a specific purpose or direction
aspects – a particular part or feature of something.
which may not be the case – it is possible, or it might not be true, that something is true
saying that – however
lone – having no companions; solitary or single

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