@I!a Ask and answer these questions with a partner.

1 What different places have you been to on holiday?

2 Have you ever been to the desert? What about a city break?
3 What kind of transport have you used during holidays in the past?
4 Have you ever travelled anywhere alone?

PREPARING FOR SPEAKING PART 2]

� Listen to the instructions the examiner gives at the start of Speaking Part 2 and
choose the correct answer.
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38 1 You can choose the topic for Speaking Part 2. / The examiner will give you a topic.
2 You have one minute to make notes./ You have lots of time to make notes.
3 You should make notes on the paper provided./ You can make notes on the task card.
4 The maximum time to talk is two minutes./ You can talk as long as you like.
5 You can stop talking if you have nothing to say./ You should keep talking until the
examiner stops you.
� Look at the task the examiner gave the student in exercise 2.
The sections on the task card
Describe an exciting journey you once took. should usually be taken in order,
You should say: · so it reads like a real story where
you set the scene in the
• when and where you went on the journey · beginning, then give your
• what kind of transport you used opinions at the end.
• what happened on the journey
and explain what you remember most about the journey.

� Complete this table with your own ideas, then practise asking and answering the
questions with a partner. It sometimes helps if you
add some questions of
When and where you Where did I go? your own to the task, to
went on the journey give you more to say.
When did I go?

Who did I go with?

What kind of transport What kind of transport did I use?

you used
Why did I use that kind of transport?

What do I remember about the transport?

What happened on the Interesting point 1

journey
Interesting point 2

Interesting point 3

And explain what you What do I remember? (Item 1)

remember most about
the journey Why do I remember it?

What do I remember? (Item 2)

Why do I remember it?

 USING SEQUENCING WORDS

� Close your books and listen to the student attempting the task in exercise 3. You need to use the correct
-= Look at the pictures and listen again. As you listen, put the pictures in the
i1� order they happened. sequencing words during the long
turn so that the examiner can
understand what happened from
beginning to end.

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4 5 6
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9 10 11 @13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

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� Use the words from the box and your ideas from exercise 4 to plan your own answer
to the task. Then practise your answer with a partner.

after until as and because before in order to

now once or since although when whether
while yet so but where

PRONOUNCING SEQUENCING WORDS

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Listen to sentences 1-5. Decide whether the words in bold are stressed or unstressed.
� Underline the stressed words.
-- - 1 I boarded a plane to Paris, which was rather exciting as I had never done
that before.
2 Since I come from China, it took a long time to arrive, but when I got there,
the first thing I did was go to the Louvre Museum.
3 I had trouble ordering food because I don't speak any French.
4 Once I had eaten, I then took a tour bus to the Champs Elysees in order to do a bit
of shopping.
5 As I got back on the tour bus and started taking pictures, I dropped my camera
over the side.

CHOOSING THE CORRECT SEQUENCING WORDS

� Connect the sentence beginnings, 1-10, with the sentence endings, a-j, and the
correct sequencing words. More than one answer may be possible.

1 This was rather exciting but a took a tour bus.

2 It took a long time to arrive as b I come from China.
3 It was a great experience and c started taking pictures.
4 I went to a restaurant although d I had eaten.
5 I went to the Champs Elysees then e I went on to buy as much as I could.
to do a bit of shopping
6 I then took a tour bus since f I had never done that before.
7 I took the flight back to China once g I was pretty hungry around that
time.
8 I got back on the tour bus where h next time I think I should study
French.
9 I started taking pictures after everything was over.
10 Once I had eaten, I because I dropped my camera over the side.

UNIT 04 / SPEAKING
 DEALING WITH FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

@:g Listen to THREE recordings, A, Band C, and answer these questions.

1 How many questions did the examiner ask?
2 What kind of questions did the examiner ask? turn, try to summarise
3 How long was the student's answer? what you have said.

Share your ideas with a partner.

EXAM SKILLS ]
� Ask and answer these Speaking Part 1 questions with a partner.
1 Do you usually go on holiday every year?
2 Do you prefer to go to cities or the countryside?
3 Do you like to travel alone or with other people?
4 Why do people like to travel?

� Answer the prompts in this Speaking Part 2 task. Try to talk for TWO full minutes.

Describe an exciting journey you once took.

You should say:
• when and where you went on the journey
• what kind of transport you used
• what happened on the journey
and explain what you remember most about the journey.

rn As you listen to your partner, try to think of TWO follow-up questions.

When your partner has finished, ask.follow-up questions. For example:
Would you ..?
.
Do you ...?
!�there ..?