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Uncommon Vocabulary

Use Part One: Topic 4: Sports; Experiences 24: Something dangerous you would like to do.

Grammar Point

Use the same structures as: Hobby / Activity 2: A hobby you would like to take up; Experiences 24: Something dangerous you would like to do.

I'd love to have the chance to have a go at mountain biking.

It would without doubt be quite risky.

It would need quite a lot of careful preparation.

I doubt ever have the chance to actually do it.

Hobby / Activity 6: An outside activity

Describe an outside activity that you enjoy doing.

You should say:

What the activity is

How often do you do it

Why you enjoy it

Whether it is a popular activity in your country.

Suggestion

This topic is so general that you have many options to choose from. You can repeat the content from the following: Hobby / Activity 4: A sport (a); Place 8: A walk that you regularly take.

Uncommon Vocabulary

outdoor in the open air fresh air invigorating

refreshing bracing energizing

Grammar Point

Use some past tenses:

When I wasn’t so busy I used to do this more frequently.

I’ve been doing it on and off for about 2 years now (on and off = irregularly).

I initially took up this activity after I left school.


Hobby / Activity 7: A game

Describe a game that you enjoyed playing when you were a child.

You should say:

What the game was

Haw the game is played

Why you enjoyed it

Whether this game is still played today.

Suggestion

It is important to realize that this topic card is about a game and NOT a sport. The easiest options are children’s games that involve pretending to be adults, such as hospitals, war, families, shops etc.

Uncommon Vocabulary

amuse oneself make-believe imagination

play-acting act out the role of imaginary

imitate mimic

Grammar Point

This topic needs mostly past tenses:

I can recall that we regularly used to amuse ourselves by...

Whenever we had free time, we would often...

I can still remember how we sometimes used to...


Hobby / Activity 8: Something you like to do at weekends

Describe something you like to do at weekends.

You should say:

What the activity is

Why you do it at weekends

What you like about this activity

Whether it is popular in your country.

Suggestion

This is a very simple topic. You can select content from any of the previous Hobby / Activity topic cards.

Uncommon Vocabulary

See Part One Topic 26: Weekends.

Grammar Point

Use the same grammar as Hobby / Activity 6: An outside activity.


Section 7: Other Part Two Topics

  1. An animal
  2. An environmental problem
  3. A subject that you liked at school
  4. An ideal job
  5. Food
  6. Type of clothes
  7. Favorite month or season
  8. Type of weather
  9. Extreme weather
  10. Something good about your personality
  11. A future plan or ambition
  12. An important invention
  13. A form of public transport
  14. A public event
  15. A sporting event

Others 1: An animal

Describe a wild animal that can he found in your country.



You should say:

What the animal is

Where it can be found

How people in your country feel about it

Whether you have seen it.

Suggestion

The obvious choice here is the giant panda. (There is a full example of a Part Two description of a panda in the section of this book entitled "Examples of Part Two Using the Fluency Method".)


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