42 Unit 03 | See it. Want it. Buy it. Work with a partner. Use some of the expressions to make sentences about the pictures below. Individual long turn: Practise an individual long turn with a partner. Decide if you want to try out Task A, which asks you to compare two pictures, or Task B, which starts with a short text to talk about. Task A TOPIC: Shopping Give a 3-minute talk on a positive shopping experience. b SPEAKING 16 Speculating and giving your opinion Which of the expressions below would you rather use to give your opinion, which to speculate about a situation? Mark them with O for ‘opinion’ or S for ‘speculate’. Some expressions work for both, depending on the situation. Mark them with O/S. LANGUAGE 15 a 1 I suppose it is … 2 It seems to me … 3 I expect/imagine … 7 It’s not clear, but probably … 8 I would guess … 9 I’m absolutely sure … 4 Maybe they are/have … 5 What I mean is … 6 I might be wrong, but … In your talk you should: compare the pictures describe a shopping experience you really enjoyed explain what items you order online Task B TOPIC: Shopping Give a 3-minute talk on a negative shopping experience. In your talk you should: comment on the message posted on a social media site suggest what people can do with shopping items that make them unhappy describe a situation when you were unhappy with something you bought Strategies box Instead of two pictures to compare, the prompt for an individual long turn could also be part of a blog or an email, a diary entry, a social media message, a quote or a chart. Read it carefully and make sure you fully understand it. Summarise it briefly in your own words as much as possible, and then comment on it. … So the shirt arrived, but when I tried it on, I saw that it had got a dirty spot on the sleeve. Anyway, I sent it back, but they wouldn’t take it back. They said it was all my fault … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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