Speech exercises
Exercise
1. Ask
your fellow-students
where
your friend lives
if
your friend has a flat (what kind of flat)
how
many rooms (what rooms) there are in his flat.
what
furniture there is in his (living-room, bedroom, kitchen, hall)
Exercise
2. Speak
on the topics:
Written tasks
Exercise
1. Write
a letter to your friend. Here is a part of his letter:
“ …As
far as you know we have got a new flat. So I have a great problem how
to make it cosy and beautiful. Will you help me with your advice?
I’ll be very grateful to you!
Looking
forward to getting your letter.
Lots
of love,
Andrew
“
You
can use the following words and word combinations:
to
be very excited, to choose furniture, to spend a fortune, I would
like (I’d like), I'm sure, colour schemes, to look well, to spare a
few hours, inside decoration, I'd be delighted, useful, to be fond
of, suitable, I'm very much looking forward to seeing, to fix a date.
Observe
the rules of writing a letter.
Exercise
2. Comment
on the following statement.
Some
people prefer living in a block of flats, others prefer living in a
cottage. What would you prefer? Why?
Give
reasons for and against living in a block of flats or in a cottage.
Follow
the plan:
Give
a general statement of the problem.
Give
arguments for living in a cottage/block of flats
Give
arguments against living in a cottage/block of flats
Make
a conclusion
