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Jul 2021
9m 41s

B1 speaking exam practice

M. A. Bilbrough
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I'm going to talk about the B1 Cambridge exam, and more specifically about the speaking exam. And part two of the speaking exam, which is talking about or describing a picture or photo. You can find the audioscripts to these podcasts at https://www.practisingenglish.com/ Support the show My NEW book: "B1 English Vocabulary Builder - 22 Short Stories for Lear ... Show More
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