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Speaking

Useful Phrases

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Part 1: Interview (2 min.)
Part 2: Long Turn (2 min.)

Part 3: Collaborative Task (3 min.)

Part 4: Discussion (5 min.)


Credits

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Part 1: Interview (2 min.)

• I study English for my own satisfaction / my job / in


order to improve my employment prospects.
• If you want to go ahead these days, you need to have
a good command of English
• I'm keen on ...
• I'm an avid (traveller, photographer) ...
• I haven't given it much thought until now.

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Part 2: Long Turn (2 min.)

• What strikes me about the first picture is the fact


that...
• Judging by the photograph, (the children)...
• Both pictures depict...
• The first picture ... whereas the other picture ...
• Picture ... attempts to ... but I think picture ... does
this more effectively...
• It's difficult to tell from a photograph but …

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Part 3: Collaborative Task (3 min.)

• As I see it …
• To my mind …
• Judging by … it must be …
• I couldn’t agree more.
• I don’t see eye to eye with you here.
• I see your point, but …
• Do you go along with that?

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Part 4: Discussion (5 min.)

• While generally agreeing with X, I must say that ...


• Adding to what X has just said, I think ...
• Judging by … it must be …
• I can sympathise with what X said but ...
• One thing X didn't mention is ...
• Perhaps it should be also emphasized that ... / it
should be pointed out that ...

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Credits

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