KET Speaking: Personal Information 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In KET Speaking, a candidate is asked 'How do you spell your surname?' What should the candidate do?
- Say the surname very slowly.
- Spell out each letter of the surname clearly. (Correct answer)
- Write the surname on paper for the examiner.
- Say the surname and its meaning.
Correct answer: Spell out each letter of the surname clearly.
When asked to spell a name, the candidate must say each letter of the alphabet individually and clearly.
Question 2: An examiner asks a KET candidate: 'Are you a student?' The candidate studies English at a language school. Which is the best answer?
- Yes, I study English at a language school. (Correct answer)
- Yes, studying English in school of language.
- Yes, I am student of English language school.
- Yes, I studying at a school for language.
Correct answer: Yes, I study English at a language school.
'Yes, I study English at a language school' uses correct present simple and natural sentence structure.
Question 3: Which question is NOT typically asked in KET Speaking Part 1 (personal information)?
- What is your name?
- Where do you live?
- Can you describe a historical event? (Correct answer)
- What do you do in your free time?
Correct answer: Can you describe a historical event?
Describing historical events is too complex for KET Part 1, which focuses on simple personal facts at A2 level.
Question 4: How should a KET candidate correctly say their phone number is 555-3827?
- Five five five three eight two seven. (Correct answer)
- Five hundred fifty-five, three thousand eight hundred twenty-seven.
- Five-five-five dash three-eight-two-seven.
- Oh five five five three eight twenty-seven.
Correct answer: Five five five three eight two seven.
Phone numbers are spoken digit by digit in English, so each number is said individually.
Question 5: A KET examiner asks: 'What languages do you speak?' The candidate speaks Spanish and a little English. Which reply is best?
- I am speaking Spanish and little of English.
- I speak Spanish, and I can speak a little English. (Correct answer)
- Spanish I speak and English a little bit speaking.
- I speak Spanish and I little English.
Correct answer: I speak Spanish, and I can speak a little English.
'I speak Spanish, and I can speak a little English' is grammatically correct and uses 'can' naturally for ability.
Question 6: In KET Speaking, what is the main purpose of Part 1?
- To test candidates' ability to discuss opinions on social issues.
- To allow the examiner to verify the candidate's identity and warm them up. (Correct answer)
- To assess how well candidates can describe photos.
- To test vocabulary related to work and business.
Correct answer: To allow the examiner to verify the candidate's identity and warm them up.
Part 1 is an introductory phase where examiners ask simple personal questions to settle candidates and verify their identity.
Question 7: A KET candidate is asked 'Do you live in a house or an apartment?' They live in an apartment with their family. What is the ideal response?
- I live in an apartment with my family. (Correct answer)
- Apartment living is what I do with family members.
- I am living with family in an apartment place.
- My family we live together in apartment.
Correct answer: I live in an apartment with my family.
'I live in an apartment with my family' is a simple, grammatically accurate sentence appropriate for A2 level.
KET Speaking: Personal Information 3
In KET Speaking, a candidate is asked 'How do you spell your surname?' What should the candidate do?