How

to extend your answers

IN THE PAST Talk about present: I WILL/IN THE FUTURE E.g. What was your favourite food
Talk about past: Talk about future: when you were a child?
When?
When I was a child I pretty much all the Soon 1. Paraphrase key words: were a
When I was younger time/occasionally/normally One day child – when I was younger,
When I was a little girl +Where? Next favourite food- be keen on sth.
+Who with? week/month/year/summer
When I was in grade __ At the end of this/next year 2. Example answer: I remember
When I was at primary Full sentence: At the beginning of next when I was younger, I was
school I pretty much all the time year extremely keen on, you know,
When I was at middle go swimming at the pool +future tense Vietnamese food. But now I
school near my house and often go can’t stop eating sushi, so I’m
When I was at high school with my friend Ha. I’m planning to… thinking about going to Asahi
When I was at uni I’m thinking about… restaurant next week.
When I was ___ (age) Likes-dislikes-preferences I have plans to…
Few years ago I’m hoping to.. 3. Where’s the
Last year/month/week LINKING WORDS: I’m intending to… past/present/future?
Reason: the reason is that I’m considering whether to.. Linking words, adverbs, and
The main reason is that or to.. intonation (rhythm, pause,
Result: so basically, I might… or …. stressed words/syllables)
Add: plus, besides, not,
also, too. Conditional: 4. Get them to practice: focus on
Oh I completely forgot… After I __I’ll hopefully timing – 15-20 seconds per
As soon as I ___I ‘ll probably question.
I THINK The moment I ___ I’m
I guess gonna
I suppose
I reckon If I __I might either __or __
In my opinion If I had the opportunity, I’d
If you ask me __
I wish I + could+inf then__
I wish +past tense then __

I LIKE I DON’T LIKE

I absolutely love v+ing I totally hate / can’t stand/ can’t bear

I’m pretty fond of v+ing I’m so not fond of v+ing
I’m quite keen onv+ing I’m not quite keen on v+ing
I quite enjoy v+ing I really don’t enjoy v+ing
I really like v+ing I really don’t like v+ing
I don’t really mind +ving I would mind if +inf
(=it’s not a problem for me) (=it’s a problem for me)
The best thing in the world is The worst thing in the world is
I’m so into v+ing/+n I’m not quite into v+ing
I’m crazy about v+ing I’m not so crazy about v+ing
My favourite thing to do is My least favourite thing to do is