B2
English Speaking Exercises for B2 – Role-play
11 latihan
1. Match the sentence halves to make phrases for being diplomatic.
- 1)Can I have a word
- 2)Well, it’s
- 3)What did you have
- 4)I thought
- 5)You must
- 6)So, how can
- 7)I didn’t want to bring
- 8)You should have said
- 9)And could we possibly
- a)feel that
- b)it up, but
- c)something earlier.
- d)we resolve this?
- e)with you about?
- f)perhaps we could
- g)just that
- h)in mind?
- i)agree on?
2. Listen to a student doing the task below. Tick the phrases in exercise 1 that you hear.
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- You are going on holiday with a friend for the first time. You are having problems with your friend. You feel you are taking all the responsibility. Talk with your friend about preparing for the trip and agree on a fair division of the tasks.
3. Put the following topics in the order they were discussed. What other topic was discussed?
- a)arranging insurance
- b)changing money and traveller’s cheques
- c)organising transport to the airport
- d)booking and paying for the holiday
4. Read the Speaking Strategy. Listen again. Note examples of the strategies you hear.
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Speaking Strategy
In a guided conversation, listen carefully to what the other person is saying and show interest.
Use structures like Oh, dear … Oh, I’m sorry … I didn’t realise … to empathise with the other person.
Use question tags, e.g. … don’t you? … isn’t it? … are you? to gain agreement from the other person.
5. Match the question tags with the statements.
- 1)You’ve got the money, ?
- 2)I paid for the ticket, ?
- 3)Holidays aren’t easy to organise, ?
- 4)We hadn’t booked the tickets, ?
- 5)She can’t be telling the truth, ?
- a)had we?
- b)didn’t I?
- c)can she?
- d)haven’t you?
- e)are they?
6. Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use supposed to.
- 1)It’s important that we keep our travel documents safe at all times.
- 2)It’s expected that we leave a tip after the meal.
- 3)We need to pay for the holiday by the 25th.
7. Read the task below. Prepare your points about the issues below. Think of diplomatic phrases to use.
- You are on holiday with a friend and are having problems with him/her. You feel you are taking all the responsibility for organising sightseeing trips, looking after the money and the luggage, and keeping the hotel room tidy. Talk with your friend about agree on how you can share these tasks.
- 1)organising sightseeing trips
- 2)looking after the money and luggage
- 3)keeping the hotel room tidy
8. Think of one more topic to add and prepare a diplomatic phrase to use.
Extra exercises
9. Read the Strategy and look at sentences 1-6. Replace the underlined words with the more colloquial alternatives below.
Strategy
To sound natural, use language which is typical for spoken interaction, e.g. phrasal verbs (get on, turn up), discourse markers (you know, actually, as I was saying, what I mean is), colloquial expressions (in hot water, couch potato), or hedging words (may, might, could, quite, a bit, sort of, I guess).
- a)drag but get in touch with kind of busy
- loads and loads of put up with
- 1)Sorry, I’m occupied today.
- 2)How can you tolerate this mess?
- 3)I’ll contact him tomorrow.
- 4)Good idea; however, I’m not around on Monday.
- 5)There are many exercises to do.
- 6)Studying grammar is very boring
10. As part of a school exchange, a student from the UK is staying with you. You are having problems with the student and you need to establish some clear rules. Discuss the following points and come to an agreement on each one.
- – leaving the lights on
- – clearing up after meals
- – talking on the phone late at night
- – using your laptop
11. Summarise what you have agreed for each point in exercise 2.
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