IELTS Speaking Part 3 Common Questions

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  • 7 āϟāĻŋ common question type
  • āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ question type āĻāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ grammatical structure;
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7 Common Question Type:

IELTS speaking part 3 āĻ āϝ⧇ 7 common question type āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ:

  1. opinion – what do you think about this? āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ example āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
  2. evaluate – āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ opinion āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?
  3. future – future āĻ āϕ⧀ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?
  4. Cause and effect – āϕ⧀ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ ‘āĻāϟāĻŋ’ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ and/or ‘āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ’ āϕ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?
  5. Hypothetical – imaginary āĻŦāĻž unreal situation āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧁āύāĨ¤
  6. Compare and contrast – āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ difference and/or similarities āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧁āύāĨ¤
  7. Past – past āĻ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ different āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž change āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?

Grammatical Structure

Opinion

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ ‘I think…’ āĻŦāĻž ‘In my opinion…’ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ sentence āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤Â  IELTS examiner āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ language āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ vary āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ:

  • As I see it,
  • personally,
  • for me,
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ strongly feel āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ use āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāσ
  • I’m convinced thatâ€Ļ (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇…)
  • I’m certain thatâ€Ļâ€Ļ (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇…)
  • I’m sure thatâ€Ļâ€Ļ… (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇â€Ļ.)
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ less sure āĻšāύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ weaker opinion āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāσ
  • I guess that (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇āϏāĻŋ āϝ⧇â€Ļ)
  • I suppose that ( āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝ⧇â€Ļ.)
  • I’d say that (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§‹ āϝ⧇….)

Example Question

What are some the ways people can help others in the community?

āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž community āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧀ āϕ⧀?

As I see it, there are many ways one can help the needy, but the best way is by making charitable donations. People can choose a charity and simply donate a sum of money and leave it to them to help others in need. For instance, I recently gave money to an orphanage. I don’t have time to help them personally, so I’ll leave it up to them to use the money as they see fit.

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Evaluate

āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ question āĻ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ opinion āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻŽāύ expressions āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ agree āĻŦāĻž disagree āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Agreement āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāσ

  • I couldn’t agree with you more.
  • That’s so true.
  • That’s for sure.
  • That’s exactly how I feel.
  • No doubt about it.
  • I suppose so./I guess so.
  • You/they have a point there.

Disagreement āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāσ

  • I don’t think so.
  • I’m afraid I disagree.
  • I totally disagree.
  • I beg to differ.
  • I’d say the exact opposite.
  • Not necessarily.
  • That’s not always true.
  • That’s not always the case.

āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ explanations āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ examples āϏāĻš āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ answer āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ extend āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Example Question

Some people say that people helped others more in the past than they do now. Do you agree or disagree?

I don’t think so. When it comes to my parents’ generation I think they are quite sceptical about helping other people in the community, but my generation are regularly doing things to improve it, such as volunteering for various environmental and charitable organizations. Young people are actively encouraged to help out in the community and I don’t think this happened in the past, so I’m afraid I’d disagree.

(āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āφāϏ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž community āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ sceptical, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ improve āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ volunteering āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāωāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āĻšāĻŦ āύāĻžāĨ¤)

Future

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ predict āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ change āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ predict āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ ‘will + verb’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Examiner āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ predict āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ complicated structure āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ ability āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāϰāĻ“ complex structure āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇:

  • X plans toâ€Ļ..
  • It is predicted thatâ€Ļ.
  • X intends toâ€Ļ.
  • I foreseeâ€Ļ..
  • It is foreseeableâ€Ļ.
  • Conditionals- If X + verbâ€Ļ..
  • It is likely thatâ€Ļ
  • It is probable thatâ€Ļ.
  • It is unforeseeable thatâ€Ļ.
  • I envisageâ€Ļ.

Always āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ explain āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ future āĻ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ answer extend āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ future conditional āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

Example Question

Some people say that working from home will be quite common in the future. Do you agree?

It is foreseeable that more people will work from home in the future. If the internet becomes faster and there are more programs, such as Skype, that allow people to work from home more easily, I’d predict that more people will stay at home. If you think about it, most people don’t need to be physically present to do their jobs and I envisage that face to face meetings will be a thing of the past.

(āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āϟ faster āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻž āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ easily āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ predict āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āϝ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ physically āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āύ⧇āχ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝ⧇ face to face meeting āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤)

Cause and Effect  

You may also be asked to discuss what has caused a certain situation and what effects this has. This language will also help you in IELTS writing task 2.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ certain situation āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϕ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āϕ⧀ effect āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ discuss āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ language āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ IELTS writing task 2-āĻāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

To talk about cause and effect you can use:

â€Ļbecauseâ€Ļ

â€Ļas a resultâ€Ļ

â€Ļresulted inâ€Ļ

â€Ļas a consequenceâ€Ļ

â€Ļdue toâ€Ļ.

â€Ļcausedâ€Ļ

â€Ļled toâ€Ļ.

â€Ļmeans thatâ€Ļ.

āĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ just āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ examples āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ sentence āĻāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ word āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ depend āĻ•āϰ⧇ word āĻāϰ form āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ sentence āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ grammatically correct āϤāĻŦ⧇āχ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ⧎

Example Question

How does advertising influence what people choose to buy?

āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϤāĻž Advertising āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ influence āĻ•āϰ⧇?

I think advertising has a big influence on what people purchase and often leads to them always sticking with the same brand. For example, I always drink Coca Cola and I believe this is because I grew up watching all those ads on TV and I instinctively buy it as a result. I mean, why would companies spend so much money on adverts, unless it led to more sales?

(āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύāϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ advertisement āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ influence āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ always Coca Cola āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ believe āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽāĻŋ tv āϤ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ advertisement āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢāϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ āφāĻŽāĻŋ instinctively āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ, āϕ⧇āύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇ āĻāϤ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ sales āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇?)

Hypothetical

2nd conditional āϟāĻŋ ‘unreal’, ‘unlikely’ āĻŦāĻž ‘impossible’ situation āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ ‘unreal’ situation āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ question ask āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ ‘āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ?’

āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧇ grammar structure āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ:

If + (subject 1) + past participle, then (subject 2) + would + verb

Example Question

If you could choose any country to live in, where would you choose?

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύ?

If I could live in any country, I would probably choose Australia. The weather is great; the people are super friendly and just imagine living beside all those beaches. If I could choose another country, it would have to be Italy, for the architecture, the culture and its fascinating history.

(āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ; āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ friendly āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ imagine āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ choose āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āχāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧋, āϕ⧇āύāύāĻž āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϛ⧇ architecture, culture āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ fascinating historyāĨ¤)

Compare and Contrast  

āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ compare āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, comparative adjective + than āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ He’s taller than his sister.

Some comparative adjectives are irregular:

Good- better

Bad- worse

Far- further

For short adjectives, add –(e)r. If they end in –y change to –ier. For example:

Hard- harder

Cheap- cheaper

Easy- easier

Lazy- lazier

For longer adjectives, use more. For example:

More interesting

More difficult

Example Question
Do you think primary school children should learn a second language or should they wait until secondary school?

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ primary school āĻāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ second language āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ secondary school āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ wait āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ?

It’s obvious that the earlier children start a language the easier it becomes in later life. However, some parents might think that subjects like maths are more important than languages at primary level. They may also think that a foreign language is less important than their first language and this should be prioritized.

(āĻāϟāĻž obvious āĻ¯ā§‡Â  āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āφāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ language āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϟāĻžÂ later life āĻ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤Â āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ guardian āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ maths āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ primary level āĻ language āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧā§‡Â more important āĨ¤Â āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ foreign language āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ first language āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧā§‡Â less important āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ prioritized āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)

Past

āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻŦāϧāĻŋ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž present perfect continious āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ They have been developing the city centre for the past five years. āĻāχ tense āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž structure āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ has/have + been + present participle (verb-ing)āĨ¤

  • Past habit āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ situation āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ used to + infinitive-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Past habit āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ would + infinitive āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĨ¤
  • āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āφāϰ true āύāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ past simple tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
  • āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ background āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ past continuous tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
  • āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ past perfect tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Example Question

How has teaching changed in your country over the past few decades?

āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻļāϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϕ⧀ change āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?

In the past, teachers simply lectured students and the students just listened to what they said. We were given lots of facts to learn and there was no room for creativity or freedom of expression. I remember learning lots of things without thinking about the theory behind it. Now, there’s been a movement towards students thinking for themselves.

(āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇, teacher āϰāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻ°Â āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ Lecture āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ¨Â āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ student āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžÂ āĻļ⧁āύāĻ¤Â āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤāĨ¤Â āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻ°Â āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āĻ¯Â āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžÂ āĻšāϤ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ creativity  āĻŦāĻž freedom of expression āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—Â āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤Â āφāĻŽāĻžāĻ°Â āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡Â āφāϛ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇āϰ theory āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤Â āĻāĻ–āύ, student āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ thinking āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯Â āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ movement āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤)

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