Unit 7: Individual Oral (IA)
Topic 7.1: About the IA Questions
Practice 16 exam-style questions for IB English B SL Topic 7.1. Review the question stems below, then unlock the full Question Bank to access markschemes, model answers, and AI grading.
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Theme: Experiences
Look at the photo.
Speak as in the exam: present the image for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it and develop your ideas.
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Theme: Sharing the planet
You are given this photo for your Individual Oral.
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it and develop your ideas.
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Theme: Social organisation
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it, relate it to the theme and add your opinion.
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Theme: Identities
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it, relate it to the theme and add your opinion.
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Theme: Identities
You are given this photo for your Individual Oral.
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it and develop your ideas.
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Theme: Human ingenuity
Look at the photo.
Speak as in the exam: present the image for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it and develop your ideas.
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Literary extract (**The Last Bus**), linked to the theme **Social organisation**.
Speak as in the exam: present the passage for about 3–4 minutes. Explain what happens, interpret the characters and the message, and develop your ideas.
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Literary extract (**Saturday Hours**): read the extract and speak as in the exam: present the passage for about 3–4 minutes. Briefly place the extract in the work, explain what happens, interpret the characters and the message of the text, relate it to a course theme and add your opinion.
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Literary extract (**The Long Dry**): read the extract and speak as in the exam: present the passage for about 3–4 minutes. Briefly place the extract in the work, explain what happens, interpret the characters and the message of the text, relate it to a course theme and add your opinion.
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Read the extract below (theme: Sharing the planet).
Speak as in the exam: present the extract for about 3–4 minutes. Interpret it and develop your ideas.
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Literary extract (**Print**), linked to the theme **Human ingenuity**.
Speak as in the exam: present the passage for about 3–4 minutes. Explain what happens, interpret the characters and the message, and develop your ideas.
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Read the extract below and speak as in the exam: in the presentation part of your Individual Oral, present the extract for about 3–4 minutes. Interpret it, relate it to a theme and add your opinion.
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Theme: Human ingenuity
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it, relate it to the theme and add your opinion.
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Theme: Experiences
Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes. Describe it, interpret it, relate it to the theme and add your opinion.
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Literary extract (**Departures**): read the extract and speak as in the exam: present the passage for about 3–4 minutes. Briefly place the extract in the work, explain what happens, interpret the characters and the message of the text, relate it to a course theme and add your opinion.
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Read the extract below (theme: Identities).
Speak as in the exam: present the extract for about 3–4 minutes. Interpret it and develop your ideas.
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