Talk about something you shouldn’t do to protect the environment
You can use the following questions as cues:
• What is it?
• How often do you do it?
• Who don’t you do it with?
• Why shouldn’t you do it?
Useful languages:
Useful vocabulary | Useful structures |
• littering, cutting down trees, using nylon bags, using private cars, ... • every day, once a week, three times a month, every week, ... • friends, family members, relatives, colleagues,... • damaging health, devastating ecosystems, causing flood, eroding soild, ... | • Avoiding ... is what I do to protect the environment. • Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment. • I do it everyday/ once a week/ every time I go shopping, ... • My family members don’t..., either. • There are several reasons explaining for my decision. • I don’t do it because of some reasons. |
Complete the notes:
Structures of the talk | Your notes |
What is it? | __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
How often do you do it? | __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Who don’t you do it with? | __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Why shouldn’t you do it? | __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. Protecting the environment is a primary concern of every one these days.
2. Saying no to ... is the way that I do to protect the environment.
3. I do it...
4. People around me such as my family members, my fiends do not...
5. I don’t do it because of some reasons ...
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)?
