B2 speaking L8

Speaking exam: relationships

FCE speaking - lesson 8

01

TODAY You will :

• practice all 4 parts of the FCe speaking exam with some vocabulary hints
• work extensively on the language and ideas related to "relationships' topic
• focus on formulating the best possible answer

Let's get started!

Index

Relationships

Relationships vocabulary 1

Relationships vocabulary 2

Relationships vocabulary 3

Relationships vocabulary 3

02

Exam part 1

Exam part 2

Exam part 2: follow-up

Exam part 3

Exam part 4

10

Homework

Relationships vocabulary 1

Describing relationships: associate verbs with pictures.

to argue

to collaborate

to discuss

to fight

to hit

to push

to manipulate

03

to be honest

to make up

to break up

to have enough

to support each other

to understand

to listen

to be aggresive

to be considerate

to be passive aggressive

Relationships vocabulary 2

Phrasal verbs

difficlut

nothing

a lot

close

04

up

sorry

have

lose

keep

down

Relationships vocabulary part 3

Relationships: adjcectives

05

when two people are together it means they are ... but (and) they can ...

people in the relationships can be ...

a relationship can be ...

Relationships vocabulary part 3

Relationships: adjcectives

when two people are together it means they are ... but (and) they can ...

people in the relationships can be ...

a relationship can be ...

• trusthworthy
• caring
• loving
• respectful
• responsible
• sensible
• helpful
• generous
• faithful

• healthy
• balanced
• simple
• beneficial
• strong
• direct
• positive
• reciprocal

• in a relationship
• going out
• married
• engaged
• dating
• have a husband/wife/spouse
• have boyfriend/girlfriend/partner

06

• meaningless
• disfunctional
• uncomfortable
• unhappy
• difficult

• mean
• cruel
• untrustworhy
• manipulative
• abusive
• unfaithful
• respectless
• lonely

• get divorced
• have children
• dump someone
• cheat on someone
• go on a honeymoon

Relationships part 1

"Hello my name is ... and this is my collegue ... Could you hand us the marksheet?" Where are you from? First I'd like to know something about you.

1. What do you like to do when you are on a date?
2. Do you get along well with your family?
3. Have you ever fallen in love at first sight?
4. What are the best qualities your friends have?
5. Are you still in touch with your friends from school?

07

Relationsphips part 2

Why did these people decide to spend their time in these places?

08

DESCRIBE

COMPARE

SPECULATE

in the first picture we can see ...

the first couple ... whereas the second...

it looks like ...

I imagine they ...

lagoon---swimming pool --- desert --- sunset --- a glass of wine --- turbans

He is ... while she is ....

I guess that ...

On one hand ... on the other ...

they seem to ...

Relationship part 2: follow-up question

Relationships: Talk about honeymoon and aniversaries

1. What would be the best honeymoon for you?2. Do you think that people are spending too much money on their honeymoons? 3. What would you do if you couldn't afford your honeymoon? 4. How important to you is celebrating anniversaries? 5. Would you be sad if your partner has forgotten about your anniversary? 6. Should the engagement be romantic?

09

ENGAGEMENT

HONEYMOON

VERBS

PEOPLE

• wastful
• generous
• emotional
• forgetful
• engaged
• distracted

• unexpected
• romantic
• well planned
• spontaneous
• intimate
• in public

• romantic
• exciting
• lavish
• intimate
• adaventerous
• simple

• be over the moon
• get angry
• have fun
• enjoy time with someone

Relationships exam part 3

"Now, I'd like you to talk about something for about 2 minutes. Here are different kinds of relationships . First have some time to look at the task. [15 seconds] Now talk to each other about what problems might arise in these relationships?

Brother - sister

parents and teenagers

What problems might arise in these relationships?

10

boyfriend - girlfriend

work collegues

flatmates

Relationships part 4: Discussion

Examiner: • Did you have to get along well with someone you didn't like? How did you manage it? • Do you think it's easy to avoid conflicts in a big family? • Which is more important for you, your job or your family? • Do you think it is better to be single or to be married? • What problems might have elder single people? How should they fight them?

GIVING YOUR OPINION - What I think is that ...

GIVING REASONS ... that means ...

ADDING REASONS - Another thing is that ...

11

• ...so it's obvious that...

• Just as importantly, ...

• I'm no expert but...

• ... it's becauce ...

• As well as that, ...

• It's clear to me that...

• Apart from that, ...

• I might be wrong but ...

• There's also the fact that...

• One thing I'm sure of is...

• And don't forget...

Homweork

Part 4 of the exam. Record three 2 minutes long speeches about these topics: • Do you think fairy tales influence our choice of a partner? • What are the challenges single mothers might face? • How can young people help elder people in fighting loneliness?

11