Role-play is a powerful way to enhance your fluency in a language and encourage you to speak in a flexible way. Imagine that one of you wants to go on holiday and the other is the travel agent. [...]
“5 THINGS” is a free speaking paired activity that aims to increase a language learner’s capacity to be flexible with language use. The speaker needs to avoid repetition and [...]
Discuss these questions, focussing on the GRAMMAR: VERB + OBJECT + (BARE) INFINITIVE/GERUND Do you usually expect your family to give you advice on making important decisions? Do you [...]
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? Speaking part 2 of the Preliminary B1 speaking exam consists of a long turn, in which candidates must speak for about 1 minute about a topic, using an image. The examiners [...]
Ask and answer the questions with a partner: Remember: …ing adjectives make you feel …ed For instance: I think the film was boring. I felt bored when I watched [...]
Making decisions: The best grammar forms to use in decision making are conditionals HERE and modal verbs HERE to be able to speculate about what might occur if you make a specific [...]
In speaking part one of the B2 FIRST, the interlocutor will ask you questions in a type of interview. You, as the candidate, should give a 20-30 second answer in fluent and confident English. It [...]
Long turn (part 2) 3 minutes: In this part of the exam, each candidate must speak individually for 1 minute (do not stop until the examiner says “thank you”) about a question and 2 [...]
