Speaking and listening – Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate

Let’s talk about EXPERIENCES

Conversation cards

1.Have you ever been abroad? 2.Have you ever ridden a horse? 3.Have you travelled by plane or
Where have you been? An elephant? A camel? ship?
Which country would you like to A motorbike? Anything else? Which do you prefer? Explain.
visit and why? Talk about it.

4.Have you ever seen a ghost? 5.Have you ever bought a lottery 6.Have you ever visited a fortune
Do you believe in ghost? or lotto ticket? teller?
Talk about it. Have you ever won anything? Talk about it.

7.Have you ever been camping? 8.Have you ever cheated on an 9.Have you ever been to an
Where did you go? Did you like exam? How did you do it? amusement park?
it? Talk about it. Talk about it. What were your favourite rides?
Talk about it.

10Have you ever broken a bone 11Have you ever done anything 12Have you ever been to the
or been in hospital? that you really regretted? zoo?
Talk about it. (= to be sorry or sad about something) Which animals did you like most?
What was it? Explain why.

13Have you ever met a 14Have you ever performed in 15Have you ever been on the
celebrity? public? (sing on stage, play music, act radio or on TV?
Who was it? in a play, speak in public, etc.) Talk about it.
Talk about it. Talk about it.

16Have you ever told a big lie to 17Have you ever seen a tornado 18Have you ever called a woman
someone close to you? or another natural disaster? ‘sir’ or a man ‘madam’?
Tell the class if you want. What other natural disasters do What happened?
you know?

Interview a friend Name: ………………………………… Food for thought - Discuss

Have you ever (+V3) … y/n Details (ask extra questions)  Experience is a great teacher.
(be) in a fight?    (why)
 Experience is simply the name
(drink) beer?    (taste)
we give our mistakes.
(eat) horse meat?    (taste)
(go) abroad?    (where)  Good judgment comes from
(play) golf?    (with whom) experience and experience
(ride) a donkey?    (cost) comes from bad judgment.
(visit) a fortune teller?    (prediction)
(speak) to a foreigner?   (from where) 
 The only source of knowledge is
experience.
(see) a ghost?    (where)
(skip) school?    (why)
 If we could sell our experiences
(cheat) on an exam?    (how) for what they cost us, we'd all
(tell) a lie?    (to whom) be millionaires.