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How Shall We
Spend the Money?
Page 2
You’re a member of the Budget Department. Your
job is to decide how to spend the public’s money.
Your country faces problems in various areas such
as defense, infrastructure, education, and internal
security. How much will you allocate to the different
areas?
Numbers,
percentages, and
fractions
2
Getting a Pet
Page 10
You want to get a pet from a local pet store. What
kind of pet do you want? How should it look? What
personality should it have?
Animal idioms 3
Planning a Lifestyle
Magazine
Page 18
You’re launching a new lifestyle magazine. Who will
be the target audience and what topics will the
magazine cover? Will it be printed, published
online, or both?
“Too” and
“enough”
4
You want to improve the fitness level of the people
in your country. To do this, what are the best sports
to promote?
Making
comparisons
5
Invitation to
Dinner
Page 34
Imagine that you’re having a dinner party and you
can invite anyone whether dead or alive. Who will
you invite? Would it be a famous author, a historical
figure, the leader of your country, or a popular
singer/actor?
Words for talking
about fame
6
An Inheritance
Page 42
Your uncle has passed away and left you 5
million dollars. You must invest the money in five
companies. Which would you choose? How would
you choose them?
Forming
adjectives from
nouns
7
Recommending
Places
Page 50
Your magazine is planning a travel issue. What
would be the cheapest, the friendliest, or the
most beautiful places that you would feature or
recommend to your readers?
Superlatives
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TALKING POINTS ROLE-PLAY PROJECT TALK ABOUT TESTS
Ask for and make proposals
Comment on proposals
Talk about finance and
budgeting
Discuss how
to spend next
year’s budget
Write a budget
proposal for
your country
Realize what speaking tests
evaluate
Talk about preferences
Ask about and describe pets
Ask and answer questions
about pets
Buy a pet in a
pet store
Write an
e-mail to a
friend about a
new pet
Organize what to say
Talk about different sections
of a magazine
Discuss options
Give and respond to
opinions
Discuss the
format of a
new magazine
Write a
newspaper
advertisement
Develop the topic with
specific details and
examples
Talk about people’s fitness
Talk about cause and effect
Compare different sports
Discuss the pros
and cons of
different sports
Write a
letter to a
newspaper
Avoid repetition,
self-correction, and
pausing
Talk about a historical figure
Ask for and give reasons
Comment on reasons given
Discuss who to
invite to dinner
Write a dinner
invitation
Use appropriate stress and
intonation
Talk about companies
Talk about consequences
Talk about the future
Interview a
financial analyst
Write a brief
report on five
companies to
invest in
Improve pronunciation
Discuss the features and
attractions of a place
Compare travel destinations
Recommend caution
Conduct
an editorial
meeting
Write the
minutes of
the editorial
meeting
Use a range of vocabulary
and idiomatic expressions

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Ask Any Question
You Want
Page 58
Here’s your chance to ask anyone who is alive or
dead any question you want. Who will you ask?
What questions will you pose? Why?
Asking questions
politely
9
Living on a Desert
Island
Page 66
You have decided to spend the rest of your life on
an uninhabited desert island. How will you prepare
for this? What items will you take with you?
“Use” as a verb and
noun
10
You’re going to make a movie. What type of movie
will you make? Will it be an action adventure,
a crime thriller, a comedy, a horror movie, or a
romance?
Adjectives and their
synonyms
11
Into the Future
Page 82
What do you think life will be like in the year
2050? Try to foresee the 10 biggest changes that
will occur by then.
Using “will” for
predictions
12
Designing and
Marketing a Product
Page 90
Your job is to design and market a new product.
What kind of product will it be? What will you
name it and what are its features? What will be
the slogan for marketing the product?
Slogans 13
Important People
in History
Page 98
In the last 4,000 years, billions of humans
have lived. Who had the greatest influence on
civilization or your country? What did they do and
what was their impact?
Talking about fame 14
Items Representing
Your Country Today
Page 106
You’ve been asked to show the people of the
future what your country is like today. One way
to do this is to create a time capsule that will be
opened in the future. What items will you put into
it? What do they represent?
Justifying decisions
or choices
15
Challenging
Problems
Page 114
What are some problems that may never be
solved? What are your thoughts about
problematic issues such as pollution, global
warming, racial discrimination, poverty, and wars?
Being negative
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TALKING POINTS ROLE-PLAY PROJECT TALK ABOUT TESTS
Justify a choice
Elicit information about
questions to be asked
Query the choice of
questions
Discuss and
agree on one
person to
be asked a
question and
one question to
be asked
Write an essay
explaining your
choice
Use simple and complex
sentences
Discuss the utility of things
Talk about hypothetical
situations
Talk about probability
Discuss and
agree on items
to take to a
desert island
Write a letter
(one year after
arriving on a
desert island)
Use “reference”
expressions
Talk about movies
Ask about someone’s
movie preferences
Agree/Disagree with
someone’s preference
Pitch an idea
for a movie to
an investor
Write a plot
summary of
a movie
Paraphrase
Ask and answer questions
about the future
Probe more deeply
React to answers about
the future
Discuss and
agree on
the biggest
changes likely
to take place in
the future
Write an essay
about changes
in the future
Make a point emphatically
Talk about the features of
a product
Talk about the results of
using a product
Discuss names for a product
Perform a TV
commerical for
a product
Write a
proposal for a
new product
Use transition words to
improve connections
between points
Talk about a person’s
accomplishments
Talk about cause and effect
Question someone’s choice
Interview a
famous person
Write a short
biography of a
person
Speak confidently using
personal knowledge and
experiences
Say that something is
representative
Give and explain a choice
Offer an alternative
suggestion
Discuss and
choose the
items that will
go into a time
capsule
Write a
proposal on
what should
go into a time
capsule
Use the preparation time
effectively
Make negative predictions
Talk about difficulties
React to predictions
Interview a
futurologist
about problems
that are difficult
or impossible
to solve
Write an article
entitled Some
Problems
Will Never Be
Solved
Put everything together