Advanced Speaking Practice
Level: B1
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Fear
Time: 10–15 minutes
exercise 1: nervous
Repeat the statements.
Flying makes me nervous.
I’m nervous when I fly.
Flying makes her nervous.
She’s nervous when she flies.
Now change the vocabulary.
heights / I look down from a height
needles / I have an injection
the dark / I’m alone in the dark / I can’t see around me
small spaces / I’m in a lift
Repeat until it feels natural.
exercise 2: scared
Repeat the statements.
Snakes scare me.
I’m afraid of snakes.
Snakes scare him.
He’s afraid of snakes.
Now change the vocabulary.
spiders
the dark
heights
flying
needles
Repeat until it feels natural.
exercise 3: terrified
Repeat the statements.
Remember: the fear is always the subject — the dark scares, flying terrifies.
Spiders terrify me.
I am terrified of spiders.
Spiders scare me to death.
I am scared to death of spiders.
Now change the vocabulary.
the dark
heights
small spaces
flying
death
Repeat until it feels natural.
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