Vocabulary and grammar for speaking

Sound precise and natural: topic collocations, going round missing words, idioms used safely, the tenses Speaking questions ask for, and fixes for the most common spoken slips.

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  1. Understand what the examiner listens for in your vocabulary and grammar, and why precise, natural words beat rare ones.
  2. Use topic collocations, precise adjectives and phrasal verbs for the themes that come up most in Speaking.
  3. Describe your way round a missing word, avoid echoing the question, and use idioms only when you know their meaning, form and situation.
  4. Choose the right tense for experiences, stories and imaginary situations, and add a few natural structures for range.
  5. Find and fix the spoken grammar slips you make most, using your own recordings.

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這節課裡有什麼

  1. What the examiner is listening for
  2. Speak like a person, not like an essay
  3. Collocations: learn words in pairs and chunks
  4. Topic vocabulary for everyday questions (Parts 1 and 2)
  5. Topic vocabulary for bigger questions (Part 3)
  6. Word partners that often go wrong
  7. Go beyond good, nice and interesting
  8. Phrasal verbs: the backbone of natural speech
  9. Paraphrasing: when the word will not come
  10. Idioms: only the ones you truly know
  11. Tenses that do the heavy lifting
  12. Experiences: present perfect first, past simple for the details
  13. Stories: three past tenses working together
  14. Imaginary situations: if, would and wish
  15. Range without risk: six natural structures
  16. The spoken grammar slips that come up most
  17. Putting it together: one answer, upgraded
  18. Final practice: a mini interview with a language audit