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MET Speaking Hub
The MET Speaking section takes about 10 minutes across 5 tasks in two stages: Stage 1 (Tasks 1–3, 60 seconds each) and Stage 2 (Tasks 4–5, 90 seconds each). In the real exam, recording starts right after the prompt with no separate preparation timer.
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Describe a busy black-and-white picture of an everyday place for 60 seconds.
Tell a short story from your own life connected to the picture’s theme (60 seconds).
Give and support your opinion on a question linked to the same theme (60 seconds).
Someone you know is considering a plan. Explain its advantages and disadvantages (90 seconds).
Speak to a person in authority about a proposal and try to convince them (90 seconds).
All sample prompts, answers and feedback on this page are original practice material created by METmock and are not taken from official exam materials.
Task 1 · Describe a picture (60 seconds)
Describe the neighbourhood train station scene on screen. Talk about the setting, the people, and what they are doing. You have 60 seconds.
Task 5 · Persuade an authority figure (90 seconds)
Your university library director plans to close the building at 7:00 p.m. on weekdays to cut utility costs. Persuade the director to keep one reading room open until 10:00 p.m. You have 90 seconds.
“I completely understand the need to lower electricity costs this term, Director. Rather than closing the whole building at seven, could we trial keeping just the ground-floor reading room open until ten with one student assistant?”
Task 5 · Persuade an authority figure · Estimated 56 / 80 (B2)
Rated on the 3 official MET 0–4 dimensions
Task Completion · 3 / 4
Polite register for a director; presents two clear reasons and a realistic compromise.
Language Resources · 3 / 4
Natural modal verbs for polite persuasion (“could we trial…”, “would allow students to…”).
Intelligibility / Delivery · 3 / 4
Steady pace (~135 wpm); watch word stress on “electricity” and “compromise”.
Many students is working part-time until six in the evening.
Many students work part-time until six in the evening.
Use plural present simple “work” for a general weekday schedule.
Next step: Re-record Task 5 once, finishing your closing sentence before the 90-second timer ends.
In the official MET exam, there is no separate preparation countdown—recording begins as soon as the prompt finishes. Use the first 2–3 seconds to take a breath and open with a clear topic sentence.
Task 1: Describe a picture (60s). Task 2: Talk about a personal experience on the same theme (60s). Task 3: Give an opinion related to the theme (60s). Task 4: Weigh advantages and disadvantages of a situation (90s). Task 5: Persuade an authority figure to adopt your suggestion (90s).