Practise your English, in and out of the classroom, as much as you can.

Listen carefully to the examiner's questions.

Ask the examiner if you don't understand what you have to do.

Speak clearly so that both examiners and your partner can hear you.

Remember that both the examiners want you to do well in the test.

Don't worry too much about making grammatical mistakes.

Don't worry too much if you don't know a word.

Don't worry that your partner is a stronger or weaker speaker than you. The examiners assess the candidates individually.

Don't sit in silence in the test, even if you are nervous. Examiners can't give marks to candidates who don't speak.

Talk to the examiner, not your partner.

Try to give more than one-word answers

Talk to your partner, not the examiner.

Ask your partner questions.

Listen to your partner's answers and look at them to show you are interested in what they are saying.

Give your partner a chance to speak too.

Don't speak for too long without involving your partner.

Talk about everything you can see in the photograph.

Try to paraphrase if there are words you don't know.

Don't try to talk about things / ideas outside the photograph.

Don't stop talking if there is a word you don't know, just talk about something else you can see.