PET SPEAKING PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION (2-3 minutes)

In PART 2 you have to:

Talk about a situation which is illustrated on a sheet of paper.

Make suggestion and discuss alternatives.

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USEFUL LANGUAGE : 'How do you feel about that?'

ASK FOR SUGGESTIONS

GIVE YOUR OPINION
'What shall we do _______?'
'Where shall we go _______?' 'I think/I don’t think that’s a good idea
because…'
MAKE SUGGESTIONS 'Personally, I think that’s a terrible idea
because …'
'How about going to …?' 'In my opinion it would be better to stay in
'Why don’t we ….?' a hotel because …'
'We could stay in ……' It's my belief ...
'Let’s invite some friends round to ….'. For my part ...
Perhaps we should put ... first? What do you As I see it ...
think? As I was saying ...
A strong point in favour of ... is that ...
What do you think should go next? AGREE AND DISAGREE
Are you happy with this order then?
Do you go along with that? 'That’s what I think too'
'I agree'
RESPOND TO SUGGESTIONS 'I’m not sure I agree with you'
'Yes, you’re right'
'Yeah, that’s a great idea' 'Well, that’s true but …'
'Yes, that sounds good' 'I’m sorry but I don’t agree with you'.
'Well, I think I’d prefer to go …’ I couldn't agree more.
'Yes, OK' or 'All right, I agree'. I agree up to a point.
I think I see what you mean, but ...
DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES I'm in two minds about it. / I'm ambivalent
about ...
'Which do you think is best?' I don't see eye to eye with you here ...
'Yes, that’s possible' That's true in a way, I suppose, but ...
'It’s difficult to decide but …' I don't feel convinced ...
'I think this is more useful because …' That's one way of looking at it. On the other
'It would be better to go to the cinema hand ...
because …'
The main problem centres around ... EXPRESS PREFERENCES

ASK FOR OPINIONS 'I’d rather go to …’

'I’d like to stay in …’
'What do you think about that?' 'I’d prefer to go to …’
'Do you agree?'

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