Speaking Test: La Alfombra Roja (The Red Carpet)

Scenario: Assume the personality of your Spanish-speaking celebrity. You're in line waiting to make your entrance on the red carpet at a big celebrity fund-raising event to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and you strike up a conversation with the celebrity next to you. THIS IS ALL IN SPANISH, OF COURSE!

Some Guidelines:

  • Each person must use one courtesy expression.
  • Each person can use ¿Y tú? only once. (Except the one with Soy cantante. That's a freebie.
  • Using the Para Ti vocabulary can earn you a little extra credit.
Person APerson B
Says hello. Responds and asks what his name is.
Says his name and asks her name.Says her name and asks how he is doing.
Answers and asks how she is doing.Answers and asks his age.
Answers and asks her age. Answers. Then says with the profession of your celebrity: "Soy cantante. ¿Y tú?"
Answers with profession: "Soy actor." Then asks where she is from.Answers and asks if he is from here.
Answers and asks if she likes to ... (pick a verb)Answers and asks if he likes to ... (pick a different verb)
Answers and says goodbye.Says goodbye.