Uncommon Vocabulary

Use the vocabulary from Part One Topic 3: Hobbies / Free-time activities.

Grammar Point

You can use a wide range of tenses:

I’ve been doing this for years.

I originally took up this activity 5 years ago.

I used to do it every day but now I only spend a few hours a week doing it.

I will never forget the first time I tried this.

Hobby / Activity 2: A hobby you would like to take up

Describe a hobby or activity that you would like to take up in the future.

You should say:

What the hobby is

Why you want to do it

Whether it is popular in your country

Whether you think you will start doing this in the near future.

Suggestion

With this topic you can choose any hobby but remember this is a "would-like" question so you must focus on why you would like to do this in the future.

Uncommon Vocabulary

Use the vocabulary from Part One Topic 3: Hobbies / Free-time activities.

Grammar Point

You must me conditional structures:

If I could choose any hobby, I guess I'd like to take up...

I suppose it would be quite fascinating.

I might have the chance to...

I'm not sure if I will actually be able to start doing this.

Hobby / Activity 3: Something you do to help you relax

Describe something you do to help you relax.

You should say:

What the activity is

How often you this

Why you like this

Whether this is popular in your country.

Suggestion

A common problem with this topic is when candidates describe a sport such as football. A physical sport is not a form of relaxation, so a description of a sport will often be judged as "irrelevant" or "off-topic" by the examiner. You should actually describe something "you do to help you rest". The easy choices are music, reading, TV or radio etc. (In the past I have heard candidates try to describe "sleeping" - I think it almost impossible to describe sleeping for 2 minutes.)

Uncommon Vocabulary

Use vocabulary from Part One Topic 26: Weekends; Part One Topic 45: Relaxation. Grammar Point

The same as Hobby / Activity 1: A free-time activity.

Hobby / Activity 4: A sport (a)

Describe a sport that you enjoy watching or playing.

You should say:

What the sport is

Where / When you play or watch it

Why like watching / playing this sport

Whether it is popular in your country.

Suggestion

It is actually quite difficult to describe many common sports such as football or basketball because each sport has its own specialist vocabulary. It is much easier if you choose a range of sports such as athletics. It is probably easier to describe "playing" rather than "watching", because you can use more vocabulary to describe why you like playing it (especially the physical benefits).

Uncommon Vocabulary

Use Part One Topic 4: Sports.

Grammar Point

The same as Hobby / Activity 1: A free-time activity.

Hobby / Activity 5: A sport (b)

Describe a sport that you would like to try.

You should say:

What the sport is

Why you would like to try it

Whether this sport is popular in your country

Whether you think you will start doing this in the near future.

Suggestion

It is important to notice that this is a sport that you have not tried before. One option is to describe an extreme or dangerous sport. (See Experiences 24: Something dangerous you would like to do.) A second option is to take the sport from the previous topic card and say that you have never tried this sport before.

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1254