Thursday, 10 December 2015

Plan for informal letter writing

•Opening formula
•Paragraph 1: Initial greetings and comments about going on holiday to Spain and about when would be a good time for you to go
•Paragraph 2: Response to suggestion about hitting the town – ask for more details about the nightlife
•Paragraph 3: Elicit information about distance between house and city, as well as available transportation
•Paragraph 4: Ask for suggestions about types of clothes to bring
•Paragraph 5: Final remarks

•Closing formula

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Useful expressions for speaking exam part 3

Part 3 expressions:
  • Shall we start with…?
  • Do you think…?
  • I completely agree
  • In addition…
  • I see your point
  • From my point of view
  • I think that’s a good point because
  • To my mind… (in my opinion)
  • What about + gerund?
  • Shall we go on to…
  • I totally agree with you…
  • Let’s agree to disagree then.