196 3A COMMUNICATIVE Talk about it something you wanted that you recently bought a time you went for an interview for a job or course + What exactly did you buy? 1+ Why had you wanted it for so long? + Did you do any research before you bought it? How? + Where did you buy it? ‘+ Have you been using it much since you bought it? + What job / course was it for? *+ Where had you found out about the job / course? + How did you feel before the interview? + Were there any questions you found hard to answer? What were they? * Did you get the job / place on the course? a time when someone stole something from you (or someone you know) ‘a time when you overslept and missed something important + What was taken? + What had you been doing just 1+ What important thing were you 1 going to do that day? before it was stolen? 1 + Had you gone to bed very late + How oi you feel after you 1 the night before? Why? realized thad beon stolen? + Had you set an alarm? * Did you call the police? Were | 6 How late did you wake up? ‘they helpful? 1 What did you do? + Did you ever get it back? ! « What happened in the ond? a time you met or were very close to a celebrity a time you won something + What was it? + When? Where? How old were you? + Were you expecting to win? + How did you feel when you realized you'd won? * Did you celebrate? What id you do? + When did it happen? + Where were you? + What were you doing? + Which celebrity did you see? + What was he / she doing there? + Did you speak to him / her? What about? + Did you take a photo of him / her? Engl Filfurt tan Teachers Sue Uppeciner a time you had a really bad restaurant meal + When / Where did you have it? Whe with? + Why had you decided to go to this particular restaurant? + Why was the meal so bad? + Were you or any of the other people ill afterwards? + Did you complain? If not, why not? a time when your parents were very angry with you about something + How old were you? + Why did they get angry? What had you done / been doing? + How did your parents find out? + Did they punish you? How? + Have you parents forgotten about it? a holiday you didn’t enjoy + Where / When was it? + Who went? + Had you been there before? + What did you do there? + Why didn’t you enjoy it? Did you ever go there again? Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2020