FCE SPEAKING PART 3

● The examiner gives you a booklet with a question and five prompts around it.

● The examiner gives you time to read the question and the prompts.

● You discuss EACH of the prompts in relation to the question for about two minutes.

● The examiner asks you to make a decision related to what you have been discussing.

● You and your partner have about one minute to try and reach a decision.

LANGUAGE TO START AND MOVE ON THE DISCUSSION

Are we ready?
Shall I start?
Shall we talk about this one first?
Shall we move on to the next point?
I think that brings us to …
(keyword)
Let’s talk about this one first

LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION

Personally, I think …
To be entirely honest …
The way I see it …
In my opinion …
From my point of view …

LANGUAGE TO AGREE/DISAGREE
I completely agree with you /what you are saying
I couldn’t agree more with you on that
That’s a good point actually
That’s exactly what I was thinking
We (don’t) see eye to eye on that
I take/see your point, but …
I know what you mean but …
I think you should also consider …

LANGUAGE TO INVOLVE YOUR PARTNER

Wouldn’t you say so?

You wouldn’t disagree with that, would you?
May I add something? / Is it ok if I say something?
How do you feel about that?
What’s your view on this?
Are you happy to go with this one?
It seems we have decided on this one