KET Speaking: Personal Information 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A KET examiner asks the candidate their date of birth. The candidate was born on March 15, 2002. How should they say this?
- My birthday is March fifteen, two thousand and two. (Correct answer)
- I born at fifteen March in year two thousand two.
- My birth date it is fifteen of three.
- I am born in the year of two thousand and two March.
Correct answer: My birthday is March fifteen, two thousand and two.
Saying 'March fifteen, two thousand and two' follows standard English date format for speaking.
Question 2: The examiner asks: 'What is your favourite subject at school?' Which answer uses the correct grammar?
- My favourite subject it is mathematics.
- I like most the subject of mathematics.
- My favourite subject is mathematics. (Correct answer)
- Mathematics is my subject that I favourite.
Correct answer: My favourite subject is mathematics.
'My favourite subject is mathematics' uses a simple subject-verb-complement structure that is correct at A2 level.
Question 3: In KET Speaking, a candidate cannot understand a question. What is the most appropriate thing to do?
- Stay silent and wait for the examiner to move on.
- Say 'Sorry, could you repeat that, please?' (Correct answer)
- Say 'I don't know' immediately.
- Start answering a different question.
Correct answer: Say 'Sorry, could you repeat that, please?'
Politely asking for repetition using 'Could you repeat that, please?' shows good communication strategy and is perfectly acceptable.
Question 4: An examiner asks: 'How do you travel to school or work every day?' The candidate takes the bus. Which is the best response?
- I use the bus to travel every day. (Correct answer)
- Bus is what I use for travel to school.
- By the bus I am travel to school.
- I travel to school by the bus every days.
Correct answer: I use the bus to travel every day.
'I use the bus to travel every day' is grammatically correct and naturally expresses daily routine.
Question 5: Which statement about the KET Speaking test is TRUE?
- Candidates take the speaking test completely alone with no examiner present.
- The speaking test has two examiners: an interlocutor and an assessor. (Correct answer)
- Candidates must speak for at least 10 minutes without stopping.
- The speaking test is optional for the KET certificate.
Correct answer: The speaking test has two examiners: an interlocutor and an assessor.
The KET Speaking test uses two examiners: the interlocutor who talks with the candidate, and the assessor who listens and marks.
Question 6: A KET candidate wants to say they have two pets — a dog and a cat. Which sentence is correct?
- I have got two pets: a dog and a cat. (Correct answer)
- I am having two pets which is dog and cat.
- Two pets I have, they are dog and a cat.
- My pets are two: a dog and one cat I have.
Correct answer: I have got two pets: a dog and a cat.
'I have got two pets: a dog and a cat' uses 'have got' correctly and the colon structure makes the answer clear.
Question 7: The examiner asks: 'What kind of music do you like?' Which answer is most suitable for a KET candidate?
- I appreciate diverse genres of contemporary popular music.
- I like pop music and sometimes I listen to rock. (Correct answer)
- Music I like is pop and also rock music I listen.
- I am liking pop music mostly and the rock also.
Correct answer: I like pop music and sometimes I listen to rock.
'I like pop music and sometimes I listen to rock' is natural, grammatically correct, and appropriate for A2 level vocabulary.
KET Speaking: Personal Information 4
A KET examiner asks the candidate their date of birth.
The candidate was born on March 15, 2002.
How should they say this?