Uncommon Vocabulary

Use a mix of vocabulary from: Part One Topic 13: Restaurants; Part One Topic 31: Cooking; Part One Topic 36: Food.

Grammar Point

Use a conditional structure to express a recommendation:

If asked, I would most definitely recommend this place on the basis that...

Use past tenses to describe your experience in the restaurant. Use present tenses to describe the features of the food etc.

Place 17: A city you would like to visit

Describe a city you would like to visit.

You should say:

Where the city is

Why you would like to visit this city

What you know about this city

Whether you think you will visit this place in the future.

Suggestion

Choose any city that you know something about. The trick with this topic is to talk about a city in a different country, e.g. New York.

Uncommon Vocabulary

native custom renowned indigenous culture landmark

(Use vocabulary from Part One Topic 34: Travelling.)

Grammar Point

You must use conditional sentences because the topic card says - "a city you would like to visit" (i.e. a city you have not visited already):

If I had the option to choose any city, I would probably pick...

The reason why I would select this place is because I would love to... and I might be able to...

Use a present perfect tense + past simple tense:

Ever since I was a kid I have always had a real yearning to visit this place.

Place 18: A country you would like to visit

Describe a country you would like to visit.

You should say:

What the city is

Why you would like to visit this country

What you know about this country

Whether you think you will visit this place in the future.

Use the same content, vocabulary and grammar as Place 17: A city you would like to visit, but change it to country and focus on one city in that country, e.g. USA, New York City.

Place 19: A city / town / village you have visited

Describe a city / town / village you have visited.

You should say:

When you went there

What you did there

What you liked about this plan

Whether you would like to visit this place again.

Use the same content, vocabulary as Place 17: A city you would like to visit, but say that you have actually visited this place. Talk about a city that you know something about, e.g. a famous city - London or Paris.

You do not need to use conditional (if + would) grammar for this topic. You must use a mixture of past and present tenses:

I spent a week in...

I had never been there before so I was rather enthusiastic about this trip.

One the second day, while I was shopping, I saw...

I haven't been back to this place since that first visit.

Place 20: A monument

Describe an important monument in your city or country.

You should say:

Where it is located

What it looks like

Why it is important

Whether it is famous.

Suggestion

This is quite a difficult topic to talk about. Because the topic is a monument, it is not really acceptable to describe a building. The most common type of monument is probably a statue in memory of something or someone; so this is the easiest one to talk about. Use the basic content from Place 4: A place of natural beauty as an introduction and then continue by talking about a monument in the park or garden.

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