SPEAKING BOOST

LESSON 3

SPEAKING QUESTION
TYPES
 LESSON PLAN:

STORY ABOUT FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTION

REVISION OF 5 SPEAKING STRATEGIES
PART 1 QUESTION TYPES
STRATEGIES FOR PART 1 QUESTIONS
PART 3 QUESTION TYPES
STRATEGIES FOR PART 3 QUESTION TYPES
TOP 10 IDIOMS FOR SPEAKING
TOP 10 COLLOCATIONS FOR SPEAKING
 STORY ABOUT FOLLOWING THE
INSTRUCTION
IF EVERYTING IS DONE BY
FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS,
EVEN THE MOST DIFFICULT
PROBLEMS FIND THEIR OWN
SOLUTIONS!

IF,NOT BELIEVING, WE DO NOT

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE
PROBLEMS BECOME WORSE
INSTEAD OF BEING SOLVED!
REVISION OF 5 SPEAKING STRATEGIES
FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC
DIVIDING THE RESPONSE INTO 2-3 PARTS
DEPENDING DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
CONCEDING THE ANSWER BY SHOWING WEAK SIDE OF
THE OPINION
AVOIDING TO GIVE A CLEAR ANSWER, THEN
ANSWERING TO THE QUESTION
 PART 1 QUESTION TYPES
 DO YOU LIKE  HOW
COULD(SOLUTIONS/POSSIBILITIES)
Do you like jewel?
 HOW OFTEN How can people learn things on the
internet?
How often do you take buses?  WHAT
 HOW IMPORTANT EFFECTS(RESULT/CONSEQUENCES)
How important is it for you to have a What are some negative effects of
pet? starting your day without a plan?
 DO YOU THINK/WHAT DO YOU THINK  WILL(FUTURE)
Do you think the dictionary is useful? What type of transportation will be
popular in the future?
 WHY(REASONS)
WHAT KINDS/TYPES/WAYS OF
Why do some people do not like to have
a pet? What flowers have special meaning in
your country?
 COMPARING
DID/WAS/HAVE(PAST)
Can you compare the advantages of
planes and trains? When was the last time you gave
flowers?
 CONTRASTING
Have you planted any flowers?
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of living in a flat?
 STRATEGIES FOR PART 1 QUESTIONS
 DO YOU LIKE – FROM G TO S  HOW
COULD(SOLUTIONS/POSSIBILITIES) –
Do you like jewel? DIVIDING/AVOIDANCE
 HOW OFTEN - DEPENDS How can people learn things on the
How often do you take buses? internet?
 HOW IMPORTANT – FROM G TO S  WHAT
EFFECTS(RESULT/CONSEQUENCES) -
How important is it for you to have a pet? DIVIDING
 DO YOU THINK/WHAT DO YOU THINK - What are some negative effects of starting
CONCESSION your day without a plan?
Do you think the dictionary is useful?  WILL(FUTURE) – AVOIDANCE/ANY
 WHY(REASONS) - DIVIDING What type of transportation will be popular
Why do some people do not like to have a in the future?
pet?  WHAT KINDS/TYPES/WAYS OF –
 COMPARING - DOUBLE FROM G TO S DIVIDING ONLY
Can you compare the advantages of What flowers have special meaning in your
planes and trains? country?
 CONTRASTING – DOUBLE DIVIDING  DID/WAS/HAVE(PAST) – SUITABLE
What are the advantages and When was the last time you gave flowers?
disadvantages of living in a flat? Have you planted any flowers?
 PART 3 QUESTION TYPES
OPINION disadvantages of spending time by the
sea?
Should people make detailed plans?
Why? HYPOTHETICAL
Should parents make important plans for If you were a writer, what kinds of books
children? would you want to write?
EVALUATE PAST
Do you think that people should show how Have people’s shopping habits changed
they care about each other by actions
not words? over the years?
Do you think that people are less willing FUTURE
to help others these days than in the
past? Do you think in the future, the world will
be a less noisy place than now?
CAUSES/EFFECTS(MAY COME ALONE)
IMPORTANCE
Why don’t some people like to make plans?
Is it important for young people to get
Why do people like spending time on the advice from their parents when planning
sea? a career?
COMPARING WHAT KINDS(SOMETHING PLURAL)
What is the difference between shopping What types of jobs are connected with the
with friends and shopping alone? sea?
CONTRASTING What activities do people usually do by the
What are the advantages and sea?
 STRATEGIES FOR PART 3 QUESTION TYPES
OPINION – CONCESSION disadvantages of spending time by the
sea?
Should people make detailed plans?
Why? HYPOTHETICAL - SUITABLE
Should parents make important plans for
children? If you were a writer, what kinds of books
would you want to write?
EVALUATE – CONCESSION PAST - SUITABLE
Do you think that people should show how
they care about each other by actions Have people’s shopping habits changed
not words? over the years?
Do you think that people are less willing FUTURE – AVOIDANCE/SUITABLE
to help others these days than in the
past? Do you think in the future, the world will
be a less noisy place than now?
CAUSES/EFFECTS(MAY COME ALONE) -
DIVIDING IMPORTANCE – FROM G TO S
Why don’t some people like to make plans? Is it important for young people to get
advice from their parents when planning
Why do people like spending time on the a career?
sea?
WHAT KINDS(SOMETHING PLURAL) –
COMPARING – DOUBLE FROM G TO S DIVIDING
What is the difference between shopping What types of jobs are connected with the
with friends and shopping alone? sea?
CONTRASTING – DOUBLE DIVIDING What activities do people usually do by the
What are the advantages and sea?
 TOP 10 IDIOMS FOR SPEAKING
• Cut it out!: stop it; to a morning.
stop doing that. • Couch potato: • Crocodile tears: tears
• Call it a day: to stop somebody who is lazy or crying that are not
working, to end a job. and inactive. sincere.
• Chill out: to relax; to • Cold fish: an • Cost an arm and a leg:
calm down. unfriendly person. to be very expensive.
• Cut corners: to save • To catch someone • Catch one’s breath: to
money (to do red-handed: to rest for a moment
something in the capture someone in after exercise to
cheapest way). the act. restore
• Chicken out: to • Count on: to depend • Come down with: to
become too on someone to do become ill with a
frightened/scared to what you want. particular illness.
do something. • (to) cut it out: to stop • Can’t stand (someone
• To cut class = to play (doing) something. or something): to hate
hooky = to ditch class: • Crack of dawn: (a or dislike someone or
to deliberately not go time) very early in the something very much.
 TOP 10 COLLOCATIONS FOR SPEAKING
• fundamentally similar • polar opposites • pale in comparison
• bear little resemblance • the advantages of • draw a comparison
to • outweigh its between
• entirely different disadvantages • strike the balance
• in marked contrast to • the other side of the between
• a wide variation argument • a subtle distinction
• a world of difference • strikingly different • the growing disparity
• a clear distinction • fundamentally different • bridge the gap
• a yawning gap • not to bear comparison
with
• differ widely
• compare favourably
• the exact opposite with