11 Accepting that your opinion ie different from
someone else’s
I don’t think we can agree about this.
Let's agree to disagree about that,
Speaking Part 3: Describing a photo
12. Describing the position of things in a photo
Tn ihe background /
atthe back
nthe forground
| al the lront
in a/one/tive lelt- in the other/
Mend ceenee im the middle — dhe sight hand
| comer
on the on the
left (of) [*— right (of)
on one —»|
side (of)
on the other
side (of)
under/below
ontep of O
next tolby [JQ in font of
between OO
In the background, there are some mountains...
In the foreground, Tecan see some people
The person in front is wearing ..
There 1s another person behind the woman in the
black jacket,
On the right of the photograph, I can see 2
restaurant.
tenina CP
The bed is next to the window
‘There's a lamp by the bed.
19. Saying where people are
They're indoors/outdoors.
‘They're in the streeV/in a square.
They're at the beach.
They're in a parkithe countryside.
‘They're in a shop/cinema/theatre/café/hotel, ete
‘They're on 2 bus/train/plane, ete.
They're at home/school/work, etc,
14 Describing people
He's (rather/quite) tall/short/fat/thin,
She's/He’s got faic/dark skin.
She's got dark/fair/short/long hair,
She's/Tle’s wearing glasses/jeans and a Tshirt
15. Describing buildings/places
Its @ modern/very old building,
There area lot of people in the street
The square looks (quite) crowded.
16 Making guesses
They look/seem (very/quite) happy/sad,
They look/seem (a bit) wortied/tired/bored (to me).
1 think they’re happy because they're both smiling
Ilooks as if they'te having a good time,
Vm not sure, but it looks like France to me, because
of the buildings.
Vm not sure what it i, but it might/could be a/an ..
‘They could be friendls or brothers.
He's probably a tour gulde because ..
Maybe they are lost in the mountains.
Perhaps they have lost their vay
Speaking Part 4: Discussion
17 Explaining/Asking for/Confirming opinions
[think that
In my opinion, ts...
What do you think?
Do you agree?
Ate you sure?
‘What about you?
48 Asking about and expressing likes, dislikes and
proferencos
What do you like?
Do you like skiing?
[enjoy reading magazines that have articles about
interesting people,
{Ym interested in (spozt/finding out about ...)
Y'm not very keen on
My favourite band/kind of music is
because ...
1 ike/don’t like playing computer games because ..
I'd sather live in the city than the country.
Tlike the mountains, but I prefer the beach.
If { could choose, I would live in a house by the sea.
Like it
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