Talk about an important invention you know.

You can use the following questions as cues:

• What is it?

• How does it work?

• What do you use it for?

• What benefits does it bring?

Useful languages:

Useful vocabulary

Useful structures

• microwave, mobile phone, laptop, tablet, air- conditioning, car, airplane, ...

• handy, portable, light, convenient, ...

• playing games, listening to music, cooking, travelling to work and school, cooling hot weather, ...

• contacting easily, serving well for entertaining purposes, travelling more quickly, saving time on cooking, ...

• ... is one of the most important inventions of human beings.

• I would like to talk about ... which is one of the most revolutionary creations in my opinion.

• It is used for many different purposes such as ...

•... can help us in many ways such as ...

• There are a lot of benefits brought about by ...

•... has changed people’s lives by ...

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. I would like to talk about...

2. It is...

3. ... Is used for many different purposes ...

4. There are a lot of benefits brought about by ...

5. Firstly, ... Secondly, ... In addition, ...

6. In conclusion, ...

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

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