B1 Speaking: Discussion
1- Useful expressions:
Starting the conversation.- Shall I start? ; May I start? ; Should I start? ; Would you
like to start?
Making suggestionsand comments:
How about…?;What about…?
I think that it would be a good idea to VERB….
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What do you think of…?; Maybe we could…
Agreeing.-
I think you’re right because…
I agree with you because…;
That’s a good idea, or a good point.
That’s true because…
That would be nice
That sounds good.
Disagreeing.-
(I’m afraid) I don’t agree with you because…
Mmm, I am not sure you know
Maybe it would be better if we…
2- LET’S PRACTICE...
A young man is going to visit a city for the weekend, but he doesn’t enjoy
sightseeing. Talk together about the different things he could do in the
city and say which would be most fun for him.
You and your friend want to take up a new hobby. Talk together about the different things you could do
and decide which would be the most fun. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.
You and your friend are planning your Saturday evening but you do not know
where to go. Discuss and decide together what place would be most interesting
for you to spend your evening.
It is your cousin’s birthday and you are planning to buy a present for her.
Discuss and decide together which present would be best.
You are going on a cycling trip in the countryside with a group of friends. You
need to decide what things would be useful to put in your backpack and take
with you.
Talk together about the different things it would be best to take.
Your English teacher has asked everyone in your class to write a story in
english and is going to give a prize to the student who writes the best story.
Talk together about the different things the teacher could give you as a prize,
and then decide which would be the best.
A friend of yours is going to run in an eight-kilometre race next month and
needs to get fit quickly.
Talk together about the different things he could do to get fit, and then decide
which would be the best.
A group of school children are going to the cityfor the day. They are going to
the theatre in the afternoon but they need something to do for two hours in the
morning.
Talk together about the different things they could do in the city for two
hours, and then decide which would be the best.
A teacher is going to take a class of 15-year-olds on a school trip.
Talk together about the different places the class could visit and decide which trip the
class would enjoy most.
Here is a picture with ideas to help you.
A boy is leaving his school because his parents are going to work in another country. The
students in his class want to give him a present. Talk together about the different
presents they could give him and then decide which would be best.
Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.
You are both going on a three daywalking trip in the country-side.Talk together about
the things you will need, and decide which are the most important things to take with
you.
You are both going on a three daywalking trip in the country-side.Talk together about
the things you will need, and decide which are the most important things to take with
you.
Your friend has moved to a new town and wants to make some new friends. Talk about
different things your friend can do to meet people and say which you think is best.
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A girl is going to live in another city. The people in her tennis club want to give her a
goodbye present.
Talk together about the different things they could give her and then decide which
would be best to take.
A girl is going to spend two weeks living in a family in England to improve her
English. She has put the clothes she needs in her bag.
Talk together about the other things she will need to take and decide which is the
most important.
Some parents want to start an activities club that teenagers could go to after school.
Talk together about the different things ithe club could offer and decide which one
would be the most popular with teenagers.
A brother and sister are going to spend a weekend in a big city with their parents.
Talk together about the different things they could do there and decide which would
be the most enjoyable.
An friend of yours wants to help his elderly neighbour who cannot walk very
well. Talk about the different things your friend could do, and which is the best.
