The Leaving Cert oral examination consists of 4 parts, with the picture sequence (sraith pictiúr) section coming in as Part 3. It is a very popular section with students and can help you to raise your
grade significantly in the oral examination.

FORMAT
Students have to prepare 20 picture sequences, each one based on a different topic. In the exam,  students will then randomly select 1 of the 20 studied and ideally, the student should be able to put
together a short story based on the one that s/he has selected.

MARKING SCHEME
There are 80 marks going for this section; 50 for the content, which is the most important, so students must remember not to not omit any of the sections on the sheet. While the student is telling the story, the examiner will be evaluating their standard of grammar and will award 20 marks for the grammatical content.

At the end of the story, the student will ask the examiner 3 simple questions based on the pictures and in turn the examiner will ask the student 3 simple questions based on t
he same picture. This will account for the final 10 marks.