Speaking CAE
Speaking CAE
Speaking CAE
Giving opinions:
In my _________________
As _______ as Im ________________
My feeling is _________________
I feel (strongly) that ... / I firmly believe that ...
Ways of saying I think its good / right to...
I a_____________ of + noun/ing
I a _____________ with + noun/ing
Im a s__________ of + noun/ing
Im in f__________ of + noun/ing
Ways of saying I think its bad/wrong to...
I d___________ of + noun/ing
I d______________ with + noun/ing
Im an o___________ of + noun/ing
Im a______________ + noun/ing
Agreeing and disagreeing:
Im afraid I dont agree with you ...
I thing youre wrong ____________ that
I _____________ to accept that
I _____________ly agree with you
I ____________nt agree more!
Conceding:
I agree with you up to a _____________ but what about ... / you
should consider ...
You ___________ a point, but ...
You may be ____________ about that but ...
Im prepared to accept ... but what about ...
Health + Body
World Issues
News Events
Media + Advertising
Government + Society
Thinking + Feeling
Places
People + Relationships
Education + Work
Speaking self-analysis
Record yourself and analyse what you can hear by answering the following questions:
Does my intonation sound like an English speakers or does it sound like Spanish?
Do I sound fluent?
Do I sound logical?
Do I hesitate too long searching for a word?
Choose words / expressions from your course book / notebook for your class mates to define but add 2
words which they CANT use in their definition!
START
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Do you get on with Have you ever put Do you usually get Who do you look Do you need to cut
your family?
out a fire?
round to doing up to?
down
on
your homework?
smoking/drinking?
19.
Did you ever have
to
look
after
brothers/sisters?
18.
Do you put money
by for summer
holidays?
17.
What do you do
with clothes that
have worn out?
6.
7.
8.
9.
Who do you take Have you ever run Has your car ever Have you tried to
after
in
your out of money on broken down?
get through to
family?
holiday?
England by phone?
16.
15.
14.
13.
12.
11.
10.
What
illnesses How often do you Can you get by in When do you slow When are animals When do people Where did
make you come eat out?
French or Italian?
down in a car?
put down?
say Look out!
grow up?
out in spots?
you
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
GO FORWARD 2 Who brought you Explain: The wind Were you told off a Have you ever got Stick your tongue Did you get up to
SPACES
up?
died down.
lot as a child?
away with anything out!
anything bad as a
illegal?
child?
27.
28.
29.
Who stands out as Explain: to get Where do you like
being very good in over an illness
to eat out in
your class?
Seville?
39.
Did Mario Conde
get away with his
crimes?
32.
31.
Are/Were
you What do you rub
allowed to stay out things out with?
all night?
38.
Who do you find it
difficult to put up
with?
40.
41.
When do you get When criticised, do
round to tidying you break down?
up?
59.
Are your
worn out?
36.
35.
Have you ever had Have you ever run
a tooth taken out out of money on
at the dentist?
holiday?
42.
43.
Who do you look GO BACK 3 SPACES
up to in your
family?
58.
57.
shoes Where were you Who is difficult to
brought up?
put up with in your
family?
60.
61.
What was the last STICK
YOUR
thing you threw TONGUE OUT!
out?
FINISH
37.
Do you find it hard
to throw things
out?
62.
Who do you put up
in your house at
Christmas?
34.
33.
Should the price of GO BACK 2 SPACES
English classes be
put down?
44.
45.
46.
Who was the last Who puts you Where did
person you told through when you grow up?
off?
telephone ELI?
47.
48.
49.
you Do you ever have When do you say What items are
to cut down on Get down!
usually sold out at
alcohol/food?
the supermarket?
56.
55.
54.
53.
52.
51.
Who do you get on Have you ever put How can you get When can you say Who do you take Who do you look
with best in your out a fire?
by if you have no Mind out!
after
in
your like in your family?
family?
money?
family?
63.
Have prices been
put up in Spain
now we have the
euro?
78.
77.
76.
Which
famous Who stands out in GO BACK 2 SPACES
person do you look a crowd?
up to?
64.
65.
66.
When do you use GO FORWARD 3 Who do/did you
Go on!
SPACES
get on with best at
school?
75.
74.
Have you ever put What is the worst
a friend up?
thing you got up to
at school?
Whatever your answer, yes or no, explain and tell the story !
30.
Tell your group
about your best
friend
50.
Do you fit in easily
when you meet
new people?
67.
68.
69.
When should you When do you use Do you stay out all
slow down in a Put through
night during Feria?
car?
73.
72.
71.
70.
When was the last Who would you What did you put Do you give back
time you told like to go out with? on yesterday?
what you borrow?
someone off?