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Note: All test pieces can be found in the LAMDA Anthology of Verse and Prose, Volume 20.
| Class Number | Title | Subtitle | Piece Title and Author | Category | Time Limit | Cost | Application Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 7 Years & Under | Set Verse Speaking | Bertie Beaky by Claudine Toutoungi | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 91 | 8 & 9 Years | Set Verse Speaking | Extinct by Monika Johnson | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 92 | 10 & 11 Years | Set Verse Speaking | On Forgetting that I am a Tree by Ruth Awolola | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 93 | 12 - 15 Years | Set Verse Speaking | The Beach on a Foggy Day by Jade Anouka | Speech | £7.00 | Download | |
| 94 | 16 - 99 Years | Set Verse Speaking | Because I Could not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson | Speech | £9.00 | Download | |
| 95 | 7 Years & Under | Set Prose Reading | Contact by Malorie Blackman | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 96 | 8 & 9 Years | Set Prose Reading | Anne of Green Gab les by Lucy Maud Montgomery | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 97 | 10 & 11 Years | Set Prose Reading | The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 98 | 12 - 15 Years | Set Prose Reading | The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo | Speech | £7.00 | Download | |
| 99 | 16 - 99 Years | Set Prose Reading | Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen | Speech | £9.00 | Download | |
| 101 | 8 & 9 Years | Set Poetry Reading | Riddle by Anna Laetitia Barbauld | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 102 | 10 & 11 Years | Set Poetry Reading | Voyage to the Bottom of my Bowl by Claudine Toutoungi | Speech | £6.00 | Download | |
| 103 | 12 - 15 Years | Set Poetry Reading | Wild Geese by Mary Oliver | Speech | £7.00 | Download | |
| 104 | 16 - 99 Years | Set Poetry Reading | I Hope You Stopped for the Swans by Cecilia Knapp | Speech | £9.00 | Download | |
| 105 | 7 Years & Under | Verse Speaking | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 106 | 8 & 9 Years | Verse Speaking | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 107 | 10 & 11 Years | Verse Speaking | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 108 | 12 - 15 Years | Verse Speaking | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download | |
| 109 | 16 - 99 Years | Verse Speaking | Speech | Four Minutes | £9.00 | Download | |
| 110 | 7 Years & Under | Prose Reading | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 111 | 8 & 9 Years | Prose Reading | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 112 | 10 & 11 Years | Prose Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 113 | 12 - 15 Years | Prose Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download | |
| 114 | 16 - 99 Years | Prose Reading | Speech | Four Minutes | £9.00 | Download | |
| 115 | 7 Years & Under | Poetry Reading | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 116 | 8 & 9 Years | Poetry Reading | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 117 | 10 & 11 Years | Poetry Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 118 | 12 - 15 Years | Poetry Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download | |
| 119 | 16 - 99 Years | Poetry Reading | Speech | Four Minutes | £9.00 | Download | |
| 120 | 7 Years & Under | Poem Own Composition | Poems must be between 8 – 24 lines and submitted at time of entry | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 121 | 8 & 9 Years | Poem Own Composition | Poems must be between 8 – 24 lines and submitted at time of entry | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 122 | 10 & 11 Years | Poem Own Composition | Poems must be between 8 – 24 lines and submitted at time of entry | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 123 | 12 - 15 Years | Poem Own Composition | Poems must be between 8 – 24 lines and submitted at time of entry | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download |
| 126 | 8 & 9 Years | Holy Book Reading | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 127 | 10 & 11 Years | Holy Book Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 128 | 12 - 15 Years | Holy Book Reading | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download | |
| 130 | Year R, 1 & 2 | Group Speaking | Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group | Speech | Three Minutes | £8.00 | Download |
| 131 | Years 3 & 4 | Group Speaking | Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 132 | Years 5 & 6 | Group Speaking | Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 133 | Open | Group Speaking | Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 134 | Open | Share a Poem | To be spoken by two people | Speech | Four Minutes | £9.00 | Download |
| 135 | 7 Years & Under | Reading at Sight | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 136 | 8 & 9 Years | Reading at Sight | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 137 | 10 & 11 Years | Reading at Sight | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download | |
| 138 | 12 - 15 Years | Reading at Sight | Speech | Three Minutes | £7.00 | Download | |
| 140 | 11 Years & Under | Solo Acting | Monologue (excluding Shakespeare) | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 141 | 12 - 15 Years | Solo Acting | Monologue (excluding Shakespeare) | Speech | Four Minutes | £7.00 | Download |
| 142 | 16 - 99 Years | Solo Acting | Monologue (excluding Shakespeare) | Speech | Five Minutes | £9.00 | Download |
| 143 | 12 Years & Over | Shakespeare | Performer to present, from memory, an extract from any Shakespeare play | Speech | Four Minutes | £7.00 | Download |
| 144 | 11 Years & Under | Acting Through Song | For performers using a backing track | Speech | Three Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 145 | 12 Years & Over | Acting Through Song | For performers using a backing track | Speech | Five Minutes | £7.00 | Download |
| 147 | 9 Years & Under | Group Drama | Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 148 | 10 - 13 Years | Group Drama | Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 149 | 14 Years & Over | Group Drama | Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play | Speech | Five Minutes | £15.00 | Download |
| 150 | Open | Public Speaking | A prepared talk on any subject | Speech | Five Minutes | £9.00 | Download |
| 160 | 7 Years & Under | Favourite Poem | Non Competitive | Speech | Two Minutes | £6.00 | Download |
| 161 | 30 years & Over | Favourite Poem | Non Competitive | Speech | Four Minutes | £9.00 | Download |