Yesterday I suggested that you analyse sample answers carefully, instead of just reading them and then forgetting them. So here's a quick analysis of two of Friday's sample speaking answers:
Answer 1
- 4 sentences: topic sentence then 3 advantages
- Organising: I think... / First,... / Another benefit would be... / Finally, it seems to me that...
- Good vocabulary: clear advantages, lack of traffic or industry, the average city, sense of community, everyone knows each other, the pace of life, laid back, the hustle and bustle
- Interesting grammar: second sentence begins with a subordinate clause using 'with'
Answer 3
- 3 sentences: direct answer, explanation, the opposite or alternative
- Organising: Yes, think... / A visit can be both... and... / If schools don't offer...
- Good vocabulary: both relaxing and educational, walks in the fresh air, may never have seen before, offer this opportunity, life outside the city
- Interesting grammar: adding information using 'especially', use of semicolon to expand on one idea, first conditional sentence to imagine the alternative
Can you analyse answer 2 in the same way?
Answer2
3 sentences: direct answer, explanation, example
Organising: No…/ The reason for this is that… / For example,…
Good vocabulary: change very much, tend to be protected, live close to an area called…, nothing seems to have changed, be just as they were
Posted by: Chunya | October 23, 2017 at 00:58
4 sentences
Direct answer <->No
Explanation<-> the reason for this is that
Examples<-> Peak District
Good vocabulary
The reason for this is that~
Tend to be protected
Construction is not allowed
Nothing seems to have changed since I was young
Just as they were
Grammar
Use ; to add a sentence to illustrate the previous one
Posted by: BELLE | October 23, 2017 at 15:50
Answer 2
3 sentences: direct answer, giving the reason then put forward an example
Organising: No, they.../ The reason for this is that…, and... / For example, ...
Good vocabulary: countryside areas, tend to be protected, not allowed, close to an area called, nothing seems to have changed,just as they were
Posted by: Xixi | October 24, 2017 at 06:26