Edexcel Oral Exam Vocabulary & Structures

(AS & A2)

You should try where possible to vary the language you use in response to
questions asked by the examiner and, in general, in the presentation of your
topic. You should avoid, at all costs, repetitive phrases such as creo que, etc.,
when answering questions.

The objective is to engage in meaningful conversation and the result should

not be a stilted question and answer session.

The following structures should be learnt and used where appropriate:

A m, me parece que I think that

Ya, pero
Que yo sepa
No estoy persuadido/a de que sea el caso
No creo que sea as
Es de presumir, s, pero
Pues, resulta que
S, es cierto que
Efectivamente, de hecho
No, todo lo contrario
A primera vista, s, pero
A largo plazo, es otra cosa
Ya, pero tenemos que preguntarnos si
Eso no puede ser, puesto que
O sea
Lo que pasa es que
Lo que ocurre es que
Lo que sucede es que
Como ya se sabe
La verdad es que
As es que
No slo eso, sino tambin
S, claro, y eso explica por qu
A lo mejor s pero
Es decir
A pesar de eso
No se me ocurri, pero s
Pues, por mi parte
Ya, pero nadie ignora que
Bueno, yo dira que
Lo que s es cierto es que
Hay quienes afirman que
La verdad es que me resulta curioso
que
Ya, pero no sera mejor que + subj?
Me preocupa bastante que
Ya he constado que
La razn principal, claro, es eso
Bueno, por cualquier razn, pero
Y se trata tambin de saber cmo
Y de ah que
Thats true but
As far as Im aware
Im not convinced that thats the case
I dont think thats true
Yes, presumably, but
Well, it turns out that
Yes, its true that
Exactly, in fact
No, quite the opposite
At first sight, thats true, but
In the long run, its different
Yes, but we have to ask ourselves if
That cant be the case, since
in other words
The thing is that
As we already know
The truth of the matter is that
Therefore
Not just that but also
Yes, of course, and that explains why
Yes, probably, but
that is to say
in spite of that
I didnt think of that, but yes
Well, as far as Im concerned
Of course, but everyone knows that
Well, I would say that
What can be said is that
Some would say that
Actually, it seems strange to me that
Yes, but wouldnt it be better if
Im quite worried that
Ive already made the point that
Thats the main reason, clearly.
Well for whatever reason, but
And its also a question of knowing how...
And thats the reason why