MODULE 1
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Holidays
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Where did you go on your last holiday? What was it like?
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What is your favourite type of holiday? Why?
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Describe a happy holiday memory.
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What would be your dream holiday? Why?
Special Occasions
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What special occasions do you enjoy celebrating? Why?
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Tell me about a recent special occasion.
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How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
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What is the most popular festival in your country and how do people
celebrate it?
Daily Life
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What do you enjoy doing with your family?
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Tell me about a typical weekend.
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What is your ideal way of spending an evening out?
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What do you do to relax?
Candidate B:
Which form of transport do you usually use?
A
B
Candidate A:
Compare the two photographs and say why you think people
choose to use these forms of transport.
Introducing:
well, let me see,
in the first ...
Enumerating:
first, then, and,
... also
Adding points:
also, another
point, what is more
Structuring discourse
Bus
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reasonably cheap
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convenient
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keeps to regular
timetable
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can be crowded/delayed
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slow
Taxi
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fast
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good for luggage
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take to exact destination
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expensive
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hard to find at busy
times
Topic Vocabulary
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Select one or more questions from any of the following categories as
appropriate.
Exam Practice: Speaking
Exam Practice: Speaking
