MONOLOGUES

Give a very brief introduction

Hello // Good morning // Good afternoon
My name’s …
I’m going to talk/speak about … (TOPIC)

Develop each idea from your Speaking Card (Topic Sentence)

giving examples or giving reasons for or against.
Use linkers e.g.
First of all, ...
Secondly, ...
In addition,…
Finally,….

Continue with another idea (Topic Sentence) presented in the

Speaking Card following the same steps.

To add examples or opinions, you may use some of the following:

In my opinion // In my view,
In general, ...On the whole, ...Generally speaking, ...
In most cases ...

I think it’s a good idea to ...

I don’t think it’s a good idea to ...

Most people think that ... // Some people think that …

One advantage is that ... // One disadvantage is that ...

Another advantage / disadvantage could be / might be that ...

As I said before, ...

There are several things we can do, for example / such as ...
Another thing we could do is ... // We can /could also ...

Some people say that ... ... , but I don’t agree with that idea.
In my opinion, people should / shouldn’t ...

However, ...
On the other hand, ...
Finally, ...

To conclude your presentation (Monologue)

In conclusion / To sum up / In a nutshell, etc.