💯 Truco: lleva frases hechas avanzadas aprendidas y no te pares a pensar la idea perfecta.

🏆 La clave para un 10: pensar inmediatamente dos ideas y verbalizarlas de forma avanzada.

⚠️ Esencial: haz una frase con cada error o nuevo término para avanzar más rápido, y lee cinco minutos todos los días.

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PART 1: PREGUNTAS PERSONALES

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– Good morning. I’m Julia and this is my colleague James. He is just going to listen to us. 

– Can I have your mark sheets, please? Here you are.

– Where are you from? I’m from Madrid, a stone’s throw away from the Retiro Park.

– And you? So am I.

– What do you do? Not only am I studying, but also working as a private teacher.

– How long have you been studying English? I have been studying English since as far back as I can remember.

– What do you enjoy most about learning English? What I enjoy… is my being able to travel and be understood, but also to watch TV in its original version.

– What do you like doing in your free time? I am more and more taken with yoga and CrossFit.

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PART 2: PICTURES TÚ SOLO

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– Di lo que ves en cada foto (si te sobra tiempo):

The first picture features…

While the second one depicts…

En CAE:

I would like to focus on images X and X.

1. The former features (fíchurs)…
2. While the latter depicts…

(Si no da tiempo, sáltate la descripción)

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– Responde a la/s pregunta/s:

Obvious though (“dou”) it may seem, the images are quite contrasting / similar.

Estructuras a usar:

• Not only do I think…
• I would rather…
• It’s vital we be aware of…
• However obvious…

Para acabar: And that’s all in a nutshell.

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En Proficiency:

Obvious though it may seem, this question is too broad to answer in absolutes, but there are some factors that can help me address it. 15 segundos intro y conclusión, 30 por punto.

1. The first one being X. Not only do I think that…
2. Another factor which is often underestimated is…
3. Lastly, however obvious, we shouldn’t forget about…

Conclusion: be it as it may, although all three factors are equally relevant, I’d rather highlight as the most illustrative one.

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PART 3: PICTURES EN PAREJA

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– Distribución de los turnos: Shall I start or will you?

– Empiezo yo: I will start if you don’t mind.

– Empieza tú: You may start.

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🤜🏼 What do you think about the first item? As I see it…

🤜🏿 What are your thoughts on this idea? It seems to me that…

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🖖🏼 We see eye to eye / You have read my mind there / I couldn’t have put it better.

🖕🏿 I beg to differ / I see your point, but… / We seem to be at odds because…

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PART 4: CONVERSACIÓN EN LA QUE SE INVITA AL OTRO A PARTICIPAR

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– Me hacen una pregunta: parafraseo el enunciado. Por ejemplo: “What is the difference between a traveller and a tourist? I would say the difference between a traveller and a tourist is that the former does it to experience another culture and the latter, to document their trip”.

– Le dicen al compañero “what do you think?”: elabora si está de acuerdo o no.

🖖🏼 We see eye to eye / You have read my mind there / I couldn’t have put it better.

🖕🏿 I beg to differ / I see your point, but… / We seem to be at odds because…

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ESTRATEGIA “DE LAS DOS IDEAS” Y FRASES HECHAS AVANZADAS

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Estrategia “de las dos ideas”

– “Do you think social networks have brought us closer or apart?”

– That’s an interest question. On the one hand, they help us… On the other hand, they…

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Otras formas de decir “I think”

To my understanding…

To the best of my knowledge…🌟

As far as I am concerned…

Personally, there is no doubt in my mind that…

As I see it, one of the drawbacks of using mobile phones is…

For my part, I am convinced that…

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Formas más avanzadas de decir…

Very: really, truly, utterly, completely, virtually, entirely, wholly.

Good: propitious, superb, favourable, desirable, suitable.

Bad: unsatisfactory, adverse, unfortunate, unfavourable, unpropitious.

A bit: slightly, rather, quite, fairly.

Important: determining, paramount, decisive, overriding, essential, key, significant.

Problem: issue, matter, concern, question.

Situation: scenario, outlook.

Solve: fix, give a solution, give an answer, aid, heal.

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