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Conversation Questions Cities

1. What are the advantages / disadvantages of living in a city?

2. What are differences between living in a city and living in the country?

3. Would you prefer to live in an old historical city or a new modern city?

4. How would you describe the architecture of your city / town?

5. What are historical places in your city / town? Have you visited them?

6. What cities would you like to visit in your home country / around the world? Why?

7. What are the biggest problems with living in cities?

8. How do you think cities will change in the future?

9. Which city would you choose as the capital of the world and why?

10. If you were a city mayor, what changes would you make to your city?

Essay: My native town

Here are some typical phrases you can use:

  • It is often suggested / believed that …

  • A lot of people think that …

  • Some people are against …

  • Many people are convinced that ….

  • I think / I believe / I consider that…

  • Some opponents of… might argue / contend that… 

  • They assume / suppose…

  • I don’t share the above given view…

  • To my mind… / In my opinion… / It seems to me that…

  • I am against… / I don’t approve of… / I don’t support the idea of… / I personally frown on… 

  • I agree/ disagree…

  • It is said / believed that…

  • It goes without saying that…

  • To sum up, … 

  • To conclude, I would argue that… 

  • On this basis, I can conclude that... 

  • In conclusion, I would like to stress that… 

  • All in all, I believe that…. 

Here are some useful words and word expressions you can use:

avenue; bus stop; bus station; pavement; pedestrian crossing; signpost; square; street; bakery; beauty salon; bookshop; butcher’s; department store; gift shop; greengrocer’s; newsagent’s; supermarket; toy shop; art gallery; bank; block of flats; café; cathedral; church; cinema; concert hall; fire station; gym; health center; hospital; hotel; library; mosque; museum; police station; post office; restaurant; school; shopping center; skyscraper; theater; university; children’s playground; park; stadium; clean; modern; crowded; beautiful; old; fantastic; quiet; small; magnificent; amazing.

СРС 18

Dialogue: Talking about attitude to shopping

Phrases for your dialogues:

1. Suggest your idea:

- Why don’t we...         

- Shall we...

- Do you think we should...     + V

- Do you want to...

- Would you like to...

- Maybe the best thing would be to…

- I think the best thing might be to…

- I wonder if we should….

- How about...

- What about...                                          

- Do you feel like...               + Ving     

- What do you think of...

- Do you fancy...

- Let’s think about…

2. Prove your idea:

  • … would be a good idea because ….

  • One thing we should remember is that ….

  • Personally, I suggest  because ….

  • One advantage of  is that ….

  • In my opinion, it would be best to choose … because ….

3. Agree or disagree:

Agree:

Yes, I completely agree with you.

You are right.

That’s a good point.

That’s just what I wanted to say.

It’s a great idea!

Disagree:

I agree up to a point, but ...

Well, I agree to a certain extent, but ... 

I don’t think we should…

I’m afraid I don’t agree.

I have to disagree with you. 

I’m not sure I agree, to be honest.

Here are some useful words and word expressions you can use:

- cheap; customer; discount; expensive; price; sale; shopping list; special offer; to go shopping; counter; fitting room; shop assistant; shop window; cash; change; credit card; in stock; out of stock; queue; receipt; refund; - Could you help me, please? / Excuse me, I’m looking for … / Do you take credit cards? / Can I pay by cheque? Does it have a warranty? / Do you have this in a larger / smaller size, please? / It’s too long / short / It’s too tight / loose / You can bring it back and exchange it or get a refund within 2 weeks if you keep the receipt.