B1 · Trinity GESE Grade 5
Practise your B1 speaking test with an AI examiner
The ten-minute Grade 5 exam for British citizenship and settlement: your Topic Form, then two conversation subjects, marked A to D with reasons.
- The same two phases and six subjects as the real exam
- A graded report straight after, with your sentences corrected
- On your phone, any time. 4 minutes free, no card
Settling after 26 March 2027 on the partner or work route? You need B2: the Grade 7 practice is here.
Trinity GESE Grade 5 format. Topic phase and Conversation phase, about five minutes each.
Marked on Trinity’s own criteria. Communication, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation.
Voice processed in the EU. Microsoft Azure. Audio is not stored.
B1 is still the level for citizenship, and for settlement before 26 March 2027
Naturalisation stays at B1 whatever happens in 2027. Settlement needs B1 until 26 March 2027 on every route, and after that on the BN(O), Armed Forces and Domestic Worker routes. The test is speaking and listening only, £160 an attempt at Trinity.
How it works
Pick a subject
One of the six Grade 5 conversation subjects, or bring your Topic Form for the full mock.
Talk with the examiner
They greet you, ask, listen and follow up, like in the room. Ask them to repeat if you need to; that is allowed in the real exam too.
Get your grade
A to D for the phase and for each of the four criteria, your sentences corrected, and the one thing to fix first.
The exam: 10 minutes, two phases
Trinity GESE Grade 5. The Conversation phase is free to practise now; the full mock runs both phases in one sitting, timed, with a letter for each phase and Trinity’s overall result. Your first full mock is free.
Topic phase
Full mockabout 5 min
You hand over your Topic Form. The examiner asks about at least four of your five points, in any order, and you ask them one question about your topic. Build your Grade 5 Topic Form, free.
Conversation phase
Free nowabout 5 min
Two of six subjects chosen by the examiner. What you have done, what you prefer and why, what you will do next.
Why people fail Grade 5
A recited topic
The examiner asks about your points in any order and follows up. A learned speech falls apart at the first real question. Practise answering, not reading.
Forgetting to ask a question
At Grade 5 you must ask the examiner something about your topic. Many candidates never do. The report tells you if you did.
Past simple for everything
Present perfect is the heart of the Grade 5 list: have you ever, I have lived here since. Every slip is shown, corrected.
One-word answers
Yes or no is not an answer at B1. Add a reason or an example every time. The report counts how often you stopped early.
Simple pricing
Your first full mock is free with an account. After that, one payment, no subscription: a Pass Pack costs less than a quarter of the £160 exam fee, and a retake is another £160. Conversation practice stays free.
Pass Pack
First mock free£34
3 months
- 10 full 10-minute mocks
- Unlimited phase practice
- Your own Topic Form
- Reports and progress
- Works for B1 and B2
Pass Pack 12
£59
12 months
- 30 full mocks
- Everything in Pass Pack
- For a start from A2, or B1 now and B2 later
5 more mocks
£15
until your pack ends
- For a pack you already have
- Ends when your pack ends
Fail the real exam first time? Send us the result and your pack is extended by three months, free. Prices include VAT; payment through Stripe, the seller of record.
B1 guides
B1 English Test for Citizenship and ILR: GESE Grade 5 Guide
The B1 speaking and listening test (Trinity GESE Grade 5): who still needs B1 after 2027, two phases, six subjects, Grade 5 grammar, a one-month plan.
B1 English Test Topics: All 6 Subjects, Questions (GESE 5)
The six Trinity GESE Grade 5 conversation subjects with examiner questions, the Grade 5 grammar each invites, a model B1 answer and free AI practice.
B1 English Test for Citizenship: Who Needs It, Which Test
Citizenship needs B1 speaking and listening, unchanged by the 2027 B2 rule. Who is exempt, when an old pass is reused, the four approved tests, how to prepare.
B1 English Test Practice: Free Speaking Mock, 2-Week Plan
Free B1 English test practice for GESE Grade 5: an AI examiner asks real Grade 5 questions, grades you A to D and lists the grammar you used. Two-week plan.
B1 English Test Example: Full GESE Grade 5 Transcript
A realistic Trinity GESE Grade 5 exam written out in full: greeting, topic, two conversation subjects, with notes on what the examiner listens for and why.
B1 English Test Questions and Answers: All 6 Subjects
Grade 5 examiner questions on festivals, transport, occasions, entertainment, music and recent experiences, each with a merit-level answer and its grammar.
Questions
Who needs B1 rather than B2?
Everyone applying for British citizenship: naturalisation stays at B1 and HC 1691 does not change it. Everyone applying for settlement before 26 March 2027, on any route. After that date, settlement on the BN(O), Armed Forces and Domestic Worker routes stays at B1; the partner route and most work routes move to B2. Not sure? The B1-or-B2 check takes a minute.
Which exam is this?
Trinity GESE Grade 5, the Secure English Language Test most people take for B1 speaking and listening. Ten minutes, one examiner, two phases: your prepared topic, then a conversation on two of six subjects. If you are taking the four-skills ISE I instead (some work and student visas), the speaking part is different and this mock is only a partial rehearsal.
There are free B1 mock apps. Why pay here?
You do not have to. The conversation practice is free every day, and your first full ten-minute mock, Topic Form and all, is free with an account. What a pack buys is more full mocks: 10 timed sittings with a Trinity-style letter for each phase, the two-phase result the way Trinity combines it, the sentences you said next to the ones a B1 speaker says, and a PDF you can show a teacher. The same pack also works for B2 if your plans change.
Do I need a Topic Form?
Yes, in the real exam and here. Five points about a subject you know well, not one of the six conversation subjects, written in your own words. The examiner asks about at least four of your points, in any order, and you must ask the examiner one question about your topic. Our examiner does the same.
How accurate is the grade?
It is an estimate of how a Trinity examiner would mark that performance, built on the published Grade 5 descriptors and language list: present perfect, will for the future, preferences with reasons, for and since, quantifiers. A is distinction, B merit, C pass, D fail; two Ds across the two phases fail the exam, one D does not. A real examiner on a real day can differ.
What happens to my voice?
The examiner is an AI speech model on Microsoft Azure in the EU. Your voice is streamed to it and turned into text; we do not store the audio. We keep the transcript and the report so you can come back to them. Nobody trains a model on your conversations.
SpeakPass is an independent study aid and is not affiliated with Trinity College London or the Home Office.