B2 Oral Proficiency Assessment: Real-Life Scenarios and Reflective Responses 2
1. 3rd Conditional
- Question: If you had met your best friend earlier in life, how do you think your experiences together would have been different?
- Follow-up: If you hadn’t made a specific choice in your life, what impact do you think it would have had on where you are now?
2. Past Perfect
- Question: Describe a situation when you realized something important after it was too late. What had happened?
- Follow-up: Can you think of a time when you had prepared for something, but it didn’t go as expected? What happened?
3. Phrasal Verbs
- Question: Tell me about a time when you had to “deal with” a difficult challenge. How did you approach it?
- Follow-up: What are some activities you enjoy doing to “wind down” after a busy day?
4. Present Perfect Progressive
- Question: What is a skill you have been trying to improve recently? How long have you been working on it?
- Follow-up: What have you been doing to stay motivated in your work or studies lately?
5. Should have, Could have, Would have
- Question: Think about a recent conversation. Is there something you wish you would have said but didn’t? Why?
- Follow-up: Can you recall a situation where you should have acted differently? What did you learn from it?
6. Future Progressive Tenses
- Question: Imagine it’s this time next year. What will you likely be doing, and how will things have changed for you?
- Follow-up: In five years, what are some of the new activities you think you will be doing regularly?
7. Connecting Ideas
- Question: Describe how you would approach a new project step-by-step. How would you connect each stage of the process?
- Follow-up: When working on something important, how do you connect your ideas to solve complex problems?
8. Gerunds and Infinitives
- Question: What are some things you avoid doing when you’re feeling stressed? Why do you avoid them?
- Follow-up: Is there something new you’ve started doing recently that you really enjoy? Why did you start it?
9. Passive Sentences
- Question: Describe a major news event that happened recently. What actions were taken, and who was affected?
- Follow-up: Can you talk about a time when a decision was made on your behalf? How did it affect you?
10. Comparisons
- Question: Compare two places you’ve visited or lived in. What are the main similarities and differences?
- Follow-up: Do you think that learning online is better or worse than learning in person? Why?
11. Noun Clauses
- Question: What do you believe is the most important quality a person can have? Explain.
- Follow-up: Why do you think people often struggle with time management?
12. Using Wish / If
- Question: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? Why do you wish to live there?
- Follow-up: Is there something you wish you had more time to do? What would you do if you had that extra time?
