Year 7 Summative Speaking Exam

Useful phrases, structures and vocab

1.    Expressing and sharing your opinion

·         In my opinion, it is …

·         As far as I´m concerned it is …

·         I don´t think that …

·         I like/don´t like

·         I´m keen on this one because …

·         I prefer this other because …

·         The best thing is …

·         The worst thing is …

·         I´m not sure whether …

·         I think it would be better if …

·         I think we should …

·         I find it + adjective because …

·         It looks + adjective because …

·         The good/bad thing is …

·         One advantage/disadvantage is …

·         One benefit is …

·         The main drawback is …

·         On the other hand, I also think …

Places of Work

On

•On a building site

•On a checkout

•On a farm

•On a production line

In

•In a mine

•In a classroom

•In an office

•In a call centre

•In a hospital

•In a factory

•In a lab

4.    Key prepositions

•      In the background
•      In the corner
•      At the front
•      At the bottom
•      On the right
•      On the left
•      In the centre

Important Work Vocbulary

•To do a job (noun)

•To work (verb)

•A career

•A part-time job

•A full-time job

•A manual job

•Physical labour

•Office job

•Team work

•Independent work

     General vocab - Directions

•This image shows

•You can see

•It shows/seems/looks like

•Perhaps/maybe

•They might be

•In the background

•At the front

•On the right

•On the left

•In the centre

Linking Phrases

      Similarities

•There is also,

•As well as this,

•Like the first image …

Differences

•In contrast,

•Unlike the first image …

•However,