B2 Oral Proficiency Assessment: Real-Life Scenarios and Reflective Responses 3
1. 3rd Conditional
- Question: Imagine you hadn’t started learning English. How different do you think your life would be now?
- Follow-up: If you could go back in time and change one event, what would you change, and how do you think it would affect your present?
2. Past Perfect
- Question: Describe a time when you arrived somewhere and discovered that something important had already happened. What was it, and how did you react?
- Follow-up: Can you think of a situation where you realized you had misunderstood something after it was too late? What happened?
3. Phrasal Verbs
- Question: Tell me about a time when you had to “step up” and take responsibility for something unexpected. How did you handle it?
- Follow-up: Are there any routines you “look forward to” each day? Why are they important to you?
4. Present Perfect Progressive
- Question: What is something you have been meaning to try but haven’t yet? How long have you been thinking about it?
- Follow-up: What have you been focusing on improving lately, and how has it been going?
5. Should have, Could have, Would have
- Question: Is there a recent event where you think you should have reacted differently? What would you have done instead?
- Follow-up: Can you recall a time when you could have made a different decision but chose not to? What was your reasoning?
6. Future Progressive Tenses
- Question: What do you think you’ll be working on a year from now? How do you think your current skills will help you?
- Follow-up: Imagine a typical day in your life five years from now. What will you be doing?
7. Connecting Ideas
- Question: Describe a task that required you to connect multiple ideas or sources. How did you ensure everything made sense?
- Follow-up: When learning something new, how do you connect it with what you already know?
8. Gerunds and Infinitives
- Question: What is something you enjoy doing that helps you relax? Why does it help you?
- Follow-up: Is there something you’ve been planning to start soon? Why are you interested in it?
9. Passive Sentences
- Question: Can you talk about a famous invention? Who was it invented by, and how is it used today?
- Follow-up: Describe an important decision that was made recently in your country. Who was affected, and what was done?
10. Comparisons
- Question: Compare two jobs or careers that interest you. What are the key similarities and differences?
- Follow-up: Do you think it’s easier to be successful now compared to 50 years ago? Why or why not?
11. Noun Clauses
- Question: What do you think makes a great leader? Explain your answer.
- Follow-up: Why do you believe some people are more successful than others?
12. Using Wish / If
- Question: If you could change one thing about your daily routine, what would it be, and why?
- Follow-up: Is there something you wish you had known earlier in life? How would it have changed things for you?
