Speaking: Part 1

• Questions about yourself, your country, your

culture...

• The questions will ask for your information,

your opinions or your feelings about things.
 Vocabulary
• tobe keen on/fond of ...
• to be a big fan of ...
• animal lover/ to have a (special) love for
animal
• to treasure st/sb
• companion (n)
• fancy (adj)
• domestic animals # wild animals
 Vocabulary: part 1 questions
- Q1: posive adj to describe animals: clever,
smart, lovely, cute, adorable, energetic,
agile/fast, tame (domesticated)/ friendly,
playful, loyal...

- Q2: negative adj to describe animals:

dangerous, poisonous, agressive, cool-blooded,
smelly, noisy, slow, messy, ...
 Vocabulary
- Q3:
• zoos, national parks, wildlife parks, when being on
safari
• Zoo: wildlife conservation, protect endangered species,
researches about animal behavior, nurture a love for
animals/nature, educational, interesting, fun
- Q4: popular = prevalent = common
If there is no forest, zoo, park => see on some specific TV
channels/documentary ( eg: Animal planet, National
Geographic)
 Speaking part 2
• Coping strategies:
- Candidates need to use strategies to deal with
situations where you don’t know the word/
answer.
=> For this question, if you have never visited such a
place, think about somewhere similar that you have
seen in a film or documentary
 Speaking part 2
• When don’t know a word:
- I’m not sure how you say this, but....
- I don’t know what their name is in English...
• When you are not sure of the answer:
- That’s a hard/difficult question. I’m not sure,
but I think that/I would state that....
- It’s hard/difficult to say, ....
 Vocabulary: part 2 question
• a place: zoo, wildlife park, national park, go on a safari
• tense: past tense
• Why you went: on my birthday, last summer vacation,
after passing the university entrance exam with flying
colors, ...
• What the place looked like: total area, parts of the
place (open zoo, bird park, river, forest, mountains,
playground, camping area), the secenery, the
surrounding area, the atmosphere...
 Vocabulary
• What you did there: learned about the history of the
place, observed the behaviors of some animals, interacted
with the animals, fed them, played with them, took photos
with them, watched the zookeepers taking care of the
animals, ...
• - What animals you found particularly interesting,
example: Lion – the king of the jungle, a fierce predator,
I’m impressive with their speed, power and agility, admire
the way they value unity/practice teamwork when
hunting, interested in information about its habitats and
behaviors, the way they hunt a prey, ...
Sample answer:
- I’m going to talk about an occasion on which I got
to see many interesting animals. It was my 19th
birthday, after I successfully passed the university
entrance exam with flying colors, my parents
decided to take a filed trip to visit a wildlife park. In
there, I got a chance to see many interesting wild
animals like lions, tigers, zebras, bears, elephants,...
right in front of my very eyes.
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