Here's how we practiced for the speaking test, which included some listening activities.

First, use easy Spot the Difference pictures, and insist students describe them with whole sentences.  "Flower spot yellow" is no good, "The flower on the right has a yellow spot" is acceptable.  (I downloaded the Spot the Difference from an earlier thread here, and I've lost track of its author)

Second, have them describe pictures.  In the descr powerpoint I did not show them the Alice in Wonderland picture at first.  I described it left to right and made them draw what they heard.  Then I showed them the picture.  The other pictures I had one group turn their backs and draw from what the other group told them.

Attached.  If you can, ask your co-t for the "rubric" or "assessment criteria".  Those are technical teacher terms for the standards the students will be graded on.

Sorry--that's Open Office Presentation.  I'll convert it.  (Newer versions of PowerPoint should be able to bring it up FYI)

Give them a set of interview questions and ask them to prepare an answer for 1 or 2 of them (their choice) (should smoking be banned in all public places, tell me about the best day of your life, how do you feel about entering high school....)

Give them a week to prepare. I always ask for at least 3 sentences per question

Then interview them one by one.

You can also tell the students to prepare three answers and you will ask one randomly so they must be paying attention to you during the test.

these tests are not as important as you may think and they probably are worth a very small part of a students score. Half the time, if my co-teacers don't like my numbers they change them to their liking.