If you are lucky enough to get a topic you like for part two and feel confident enough speaking about all the parts on the card fluently and coherently then I recommend that you keep going until the examiner stops you. Don’t worry about crashing the two-minute barrier. You won’t get penalised!
The big problem is when you feel you don’t have enough to say. There is nothing worse than when you start to hesitate and your talk drifts slowly to an end on a half-finished sentence. If you really can’t think of anything more to talk about then one possibility is just to say to the examiner, “I have finished.”
A better option is to finish on a conditional. Remember that you need to display a range of complex grammatical structures to obtain a grade 7 or above and the end of part two is an excellent way to use a conditional sentence in a natural way that also provides a natural conclusion to part two.
Let’s say that you have to describe a restaurant that you like. A good way to finish would be to say to the examiner,
“….. and so you have the chance while you’re in the city I would definitely recommend visiting La Taverna.”
If you have to describe a country you would like to visit you can finish with,
“…. and so If I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel the world, I would definitely start in America.”
If you have to describe an important historical event you could conclude with,
“… and so if it had not been for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 the history of the 20th century would have been very different.”
Work your way through as many part two questions as you can and try to think of possible endings using a conditional. If you have the time to do this, you will probably increase your speaking band score!
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