Beginner Speaking Practice 2
Level: A1
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Personality
Time: 20–25 minutes
exercise 1a – intensifiers
Say the statements with the vocabulary.
I am a little … .
I am fairly … .
I am quite … .
I am very … .
friendly · kind · patient · calm · confident
honest · hardworking · generous · polite
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 1b – downtoners
Say the statements with the vocabulary.
“I am not very … .”
“I am not … at all.”
unfriendly · unkind · impatient · nervous · shy
dishonest · lazy · selfish · rude
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 2 – substitution drill
Say the sentence.
Change the intensifier or downtoner each time.
“I am … patient.”
a little
fairly
quite
very
not very
not at all
friendly · kind · calm · confident
honest · hardworking · generous · polite
Repeat for each vocabulary.
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 3 – echo dialogue with intensifiers
Say the dialogue for each vocabulary.
A: Are you … ?
B: Am I … ?
A: Yes, that’s right. Are you … ?
B: I am … , yes!
A: How … are you?
B: I am a little … !
B: I am fairly … !
B: I am quite … !
B: I am very … !
friendly · kind · patient · calm · confident
honest · hardworking · generous · polite
Repeat for each vocabulary.
exercise 4 – echo dialogue with downtoners
Say the dialogue for each vocabulary.
A: Are you … ?
B: Am I … ?
A: Yes, that’s right. Are you … ?
B: I am not … , no!
A: How … are you?
B: I am not very … .
B: I am not … at all.
unfriendly · unkind · impatient · nervous · shy
dishonest · lazy · selfish · rude
