MET Speaking Practice Test (Michigan English Test)

5 Tasks • Record Your Voice • AI Scoring

Speaking Section

The MET Speaking test has 5 tasks. You will record your voice for each task. Responses are transcribed using Whisper and scored by AI on official MET criteria: Task Completion, Language Resources, and Intelligibility/Delivery.

What the Speaking Section Demands

Five recorded tasks, each with its own time limit, captured in one take. You speak into a microphone and the answers are stored as they are given, so what matters is fluent, connected speech produced under mild time pressure rather than sentences drafted in advance. Because later tasks refer back to an image or a topic introduced earlier, following your own thread and keeping to the point matter as much as vocabulary range.

Task Types

  • Task 1 — describe a picture: give a full account of the people, objects, and setting shown.
  • Task 2 — personal experience: connect the picture to something from your own life and narrate it.
  • Task 3 — opinion: state a view on a topic drawn from the picture and support it with reasons.
  • Task 4 — advantages and disadvantages: weigh both sides of a situation.
  • Task 5 — persuade: argue a named person round to your position.

Where Marks Are Lost

  • Describing only part of the picture in Task 1 and leaving the rest unmentioned.
  • Filling the time with repeated filler instead of developing a reason or an example.
  • Answering Task 5 in general terms without addressing the person named in the prompt.
  • Letting Tasks 2 and 3 drift away from the picture, so the response no longer answers the task.

A Practice Method That Works

Record all five tasks in the free test below and treat the first run as a baseline. Your responses are transcribed and scored automatically, so you can read exactly what was heard and spot filler words, unfinished sentences, and repeated slips that went unnoticed while speaking. Each attempt returns comments explaining which of the three criteria lowered the mark. The tests can be retaken freely, so you can re-record a task after adjusting your pace or adding detail and compare the two attempts. The written section works on the same principle, with essays scored automatically against the official criteria. Speaking results of 48 (Competent) or 59 (Proficient) form part of the Australian skilled-visa thresholds, and the MET is accepted for U.S. nursing licensure by 34 state boards.

Tasks

  • Task 1 (60s): Describe a picture
  • Task 2 (60s): Personal experience related to the picture
  • Task 3 (60s): Opinion on a topic from the picture
  • Task 4 (90s): Advantages & disadvantages
  • Task 5 (90s): Persuade a named person

Note: Requires microphone access. Your responses will be recorded, transcribed, and scored by AI. Ensure you are in a quiet environment.

How MET Scores Speaking

The MET Speaking section consists of 5 tasks testing real-world communication skills. Your responses are recorded and rated by trained human raters on a 0-80 scale across three official criteria:

Common mistake: Speaking too fast or too slowly. Aim for a natural conversational pace. Responding with one-word answers or very short phrases will significantly lower your score — even at A2 level, raters expect connected sentences.

Record your responses in the free practice above and read the AI transcription to catch filler words, repeated mistakes, and unfinished thoughts. Regular speaking practice is the most reliable way to raise fluency and confidence for the real MET Speaking test.

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Last reviewed: 29 September 2026.