Welcome back to Day 2.
It's great to see you again :)
Today's training focuses on your speaking skills.
Something I KNOW is that in your native language you are very talkative. It is my hope that by the time you go to your exam, you'll be just as chatty in English too.
Firstly to be able to speak well, you need the appropriate language for the task. So let's have a look at some grammar that will be useful.
Speculation and deduction - Model Verbs and expressions
You have the grammar table, although I'm not next to you right now to revise it with you. No problem! Why not check out this video to help you understand further.
Now give this onine exercise a try to test your knowledge
Ok. Time to put the grammar to good use. Below you can see an exam question from part 2 from the FCE speaking exam.
- Set a timer for 1 minute.
- First compare the photographs and then answer the question seen at the top of the image.
- Speak clearly.
- Use the grammar!
We are almost done for today, just one more task to do.
Watch the following video and listen to the language that the students use.
How could they improve their performance? Leave a comment below.
See you tomorrow ;)
Hi!
ReplyDeleteFirts, I want to comment that doing the exercises about modals verbs (speculations- deductions) I have seen one that I had never seen: is/are bound to.... Reading the explications I belive that it is a modals verbs that say like an obligation. I don´t know if this is correct.
Regards!!
And, for other hand, in relation with how the girls can improve, I think that in their speaking they use the speculations verbs rarely and the first girl, especially, say a lot "I think", so I believe that she have to change this expession for some modal verbs as may, migt or could.
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ReplyDeleteBe bound + to-infinitive is used to refer to future events which are certain or very likely to happen:
DeleteI forgot to teach you the grammar behind 'bound to', so I'm bound to be embarrassed next class when I see you. Haha!
Also, you ard correct in saying that the girl say's "I think" far too much! Model verbs are the best way to express her 'thoughts