1. Talking About Personal Habits2. Expressing Likes and Dislikes3. Expressing Reasons for Likes and Dislikes 4. Expressing a Preference5. Comparing6. Talking About Recent Changes7. Contrasting 8. Suggesting9. Expressing Opinions10. Giving Reasons for Opinions 11. Explaining12. Speculating ( = Guessing When You Dont Know)13. Speculating ( = guessing) About the Future14. Expressing Plans, Intentions and Hopes for the Future15. Clarifying16. Explaining a Word When you have Forgotten (or dont know) the Word17. Speaking in General1. Talking AboutPersonal HabitsExample question: What do you usually do in the evenings?1. I usually .2. I often .3. While Im studying I usually .4. Sometimes I .5. As a rule, I .6. Whenever I can I .*2. Expressing Likes and DislikesExample question: What kinds of music do you like?1. My favourite . is .2. I like .3. I enjoy .4. Im (quite/rather) keen on .5. I just love .6. I absolutely adore .7. Im crazy about .8. Im addicted to .9. Im really into .10. I dont mind .11. As far as . is concerned, I can take it or leave it.12. I dont care too much for . = Im not really into .13. My least favourite . is .14. I dislike .15. I cant stand .16. I hate . (extreme language)17. I find .*3. Expressing Reasons for Likes and Dislikes1. . because .2. . since .3. The main reason I like. is that its .4. What I like best about . is .5. The thing I like best about . is .6. The best/worst thing about . is .7. I dont like that very much because its too .8. Thats because I find it .*4. Expressing a PreferenceExample question: Do you (or, would you) prefer to travel alone or with others? (e.g., a friend)1. I prefer . because2. My preference is . because .3. I prefer A to B because .4. If I had the choice, Id + V . because . (假设的话)5. If I had the choice, Id rather + V. because . (假设的话)6. If I have the choice, Ill + V . (a real possibility for the future)*5. ComparingExample question: What are the differences between modern art in China and traditional Chinese art?1. A is bigger than B.2. B is not as big as A.You can also use some of these: Use “much” as in, “A is much better / worse than B”. “A is not nearly as good as B.” “B is nowhere near as big as A” “A is not quite as important as B.” “A is almost as important as B, but not quite.” “In comparison to B,A is quite big.” Or, “A is quite big in comparison to B”. “Compared to B, A isa lotbigger.”* 6. Talking About Recent Changes = Comparing the recent past and the presentExample question:Has your hometown changed much in the past few years? (e.g. 20 years)Yes, it has. For example, .1. Today there are many more cars on the roads than there were thirty years ago. ( . there are/is more_ than there were/was .)2. The air pollution is much worse/much better than it used to be. ( _ is more _ than it used to be.)3. Compared to thirty years ago, the population of the city has increased by about two million. (Compared to thirty years ago, _ has + 过去分词)4. The population of the city has increased by about two million people in the last thirty years. (_ has + 过去分词 in the last thirty years)5. More people today own a car than was the case thirty years ago. (More _ today + present tense than was the case thirty years ago.)6. Today, more and more people are living in high-rise apartment buildings whereas thirty years ago, we had very few high-rise apartments buildings in our city. (Today _ are + 现在分词 whereas thirty years ago + past tense)7. More and more large-scale supermarkets are being built nowadays but there were very few of them in my hometown thirty years ago(More and more _ are being + 过去分词 nowadays but + past tense thirty years ago.)* 7. ContrastingThe question is usually a compare question. When you answer one of these questions, you can use a contrasting statement. However, since the grammar of the comparing answers (see above) is more difficult, you will impress the examiner more by mostly using that, rather than by using contrasting statements.Example: A is big but B is small.(_ is _ but _ is _) A contrasting statement has t