B2
English Speaking Exercises for B2 – Topic-based presentation
6 latihan
1. Listen to a student doing the task below. Which of the four prompts (A-D) does she not mention?
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- Look at the pictures. Then talk for about one minute about how people in your country celebrate International Women’s Day.
- A What is the history behind the celebration?
- B Do people usually give or receive gifts and/or cards?
- C Are there any other annual traditions?
- D Do you personally take part in any celebrations?
Speaking Strategy 1
Make sure that you mention all of the prompts in the task. Learn some useful phrases for changing the subject or moving on to the next point.
2. Read Speaking Strategy 1. Complete phrases 1-4 with the words below.
- far now something subject
- 1)As as the history of the event is concerned,
- 2)Turning to the topic of
- 3)That brings me to the of
- 4)There’s else I’d like to talk about:
3. Listen again. Match phrases 1-4 from exercise 2 with endings a-f below. There are two extra endings.
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- a)marches on International Women’s Day.
- b)home-made greetings cards.
- c)national holidays.
- d)gifts, the most common one is flowers.
- e)I’m not really an expert.
- f)celebrations at school.
Speaking Strategy 2
When you don’t know or can’t remember the words you need, use phrases for paraphrasing so that you can explain what you mean in other words.
4. Read Speaking Strategy 2. Match the sentence halves.
- 1)It would be called ✗
- 2)It’s like ✗,
- 3)It’s something
- 4)It’s a
- a)you (wear / eat / drink, etc.).
- b)kind of
- c)in my language.
- d)but (bigger / smaller, etc.).
5. Choose two things you can see in the photos on this page. Describe them using phrases from exercise 4.
- Look at the pictures. Then talk for about one minute about how people in your country celebrate New Year.
- A Does food or drink play a part in the celebration?
- B Do people usually give or receive gifts and/or cards?
- C Are there any other traditions?
- D What do you personally usually do to celebrate?
6. Look at the task above. Make notes for each of the four prompts.
- 1)Does food or drink play a part in the celebration?
- 2)Do people usually give or receive gifts and/or cards?
- 3)Are there any other traditions?
- 4)What do you personally usually do to celebrate?
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