USEFUL PHRASES FOR SPEAKING PAPER FCE

PART 1
I'm speaking English for my own satisfaction / my job / in order to improve my
employment prospects.
If you want to go ahead these days, you need to have a good command of English
I always loved (the sea.
I'd love to visit places untouched by man.
!owever, there's no place like home.
"hat's a big #uestion$
I want to be a useful member of society.
I'm keen on ...
I'm an avid (traveler, %apalony ...
I haven't given it much thought until now.
PART 2
&hat strikes me about the first picture is the fact that...
"his picture reminds me of...
'udging from the photograph, the children...
"he man appears to be...
(rom what we can see here, he must...
"here are many similarities...
)oth picture depict...
)oth picture are #uite similar in that they show...
&hen you give it a closer look it reveals...
"he first picture ... whereas the other picture ...
*nother important difference is...
+icture ... doesn't show ... as clearly as ...
+icture ... attempts to ... but I think picture ... does this more effectively...
*ll pictures are interesting, but ... gives a stronger idea of...
It's difficult to tell from a photograph but this picture could have been taken in ...
I might be wrong, but I'd say that this picture ...
I would imagine/guess that this picture comes from ...
+icture ... is by far the best to show because ...
"o me, picture ... is essential for this kind of publication.
I'm surprised there is no picture showing...
* picture of ... would get the message across more effectively.
"he cover would be so much better if we had a picture of ...
,o let's look at the alternatives ...
"he name for this escapes me at present, but it's for/it's like ...
"he name for it is on the tip of my tongue ...
PART 3
-p to the problem in #uestion ...
"he main problem centres around ...
It's my belief ...
(or my part ...
*s I see it ...
*s I was saying ...
I forgot to mention ...
I'm of the opinion that ...
"o my mind ...
"o my way of thinking ...
I am convinced that ...
I am inclined to believe that ...
.on't get me wrong but shouldn't we ... /
'udging by ... they must be ...
... is a separate issue.
0oving on to ...
"aking everything into account ...
I couldn't agree more.
I agree up to a point.
I think I see what you mean, but ...
I'm in two minds about it. / I'm ambivalent about ...
I don't see eye to eye with you here ...
"hat's true in a way, I suppose, but ...
I don't feel convinced ...
"hat's one way of looking at it. 1n the other hand ...
2an you take a clear stand on that matter/
It brings to the #uestion / idea / problem of ...
+erhaps we should put ... first/ &hat do you think/
* strong point in favour of ... is that ...
&hat do you think should go ne3t/
*re you happy with this order then/
.o you go along with that/
PART 4
'ust following from what 4 was saying, I also feel ...
&hile generally agreeing with 4, I must say that ...
*dding to what 4 has just said, I think ...
I can sympathise with what 4 said but ...
1ne thing 4 didn't mention is ...
,urprising, as it may seem, I don't support 4's view on ...
+erhaps it should be also emphasi%ed that ... / it should be pointed out that ...