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PART 2: SIMULATED SITUATION(2-3 minutes)

In PART 2 you have to:

*Talk about a situation which is illustrate on a sheet o! "a"er#

*$ake su%%estion an iscuss alternatives#

USEFUL LANGUAGE:

MAKE SUGGESTIONS

&'ow about -in%&

&+hy on,t we &

&+e coul ,

Perha"s we shoul ,

.hall we ,

ASK FOR OPINIONS

&+hat o you think o!/&

&0o you a%ree&

&'ow o you !eel about

that&

&+hich o you think is best&

AGREEING

& I think so1 too&

&I (com"letely) a%ree withyou&

&es1 you,re ri%ht&

&That,s a %reat iea&

DISAGREEING POLITELY

&I think it is better to /&

&I think I, rather"re!er/&

&I,m not really sure about

that,

&I,m not very keen on/&

&That,s true but/&

&ou may be ri%ht1 but/&

GIVE YOUR OPINION

&Personally1 I thinkI on,t

think that,s a %oo iea/&

&4rom my "oint o! view/&

&In my o"inion1 it woul be

better to /&

GIVE REASONS

&/because/&

&The thin% is that/&

&The "roblem is that/&

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REMEMBER!

5 4ocus on the "icture in the mile1 which %ives the key to the situation#

067,T waste time by %ivin% the back%roun to the situation

5 8se the "ictures roun the outsie as ieas !or your iscussion# 0on,t

escribe them#5 Think about the ty"e o! situation 9 is it irectly about you or a thir

"erson I! it,s about a thir "erson1 use he, or she, consistently#