Advanced Conversation Preparation
Level: B1
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Personality
Time: 25–30 minutes
Q1 – What kind of person would you say you are?
Use five vocabulary words – make three positive statements and two negative statements.
I would say I am … .
I wouldn’t say I am … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q1b – How … would you say you are?
Add a degree to each statement from Q1.
I would say I am moderately … .
I would say I am considerably … .
I would say I am undoubtedly … .
I wouldn’t say I am … in the slightest.
I wouldn’t say I am particularly … .
I wouldn’t say I am overly … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q2 – What would you say is the best thing about your personality?
Use present perfect continuous.
Make two statements — say what it is and what you have been doing to develop it.
I would say the best thing about my personality is that I have always been … .
I have been trying to be more … and I think it has made a difference.
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q3 – What kind of people would you say you like?
Use present perfect continuous and hedging language.
Make a statement for seven vocabulary words.
I would say I like people who are … .
I have always been drawn to people who are … .
I wouldn’t say I have ever liked people who are … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q4 – What kind of friends would you say you have?
Use present perfect continuous and hedging language.
Make five statements.
I would say my friends are … .
I have been surrounded by … people for most of my life.
I wouldn’t say my friends are … at all.
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q5 – What kind of partner would you say you usually like?
Use present perfect continuous and hedging language.
Make five statements – four positive, one negative.
I would say I have always been attracted to people who are … .
I have been drawn to … people because … .
I wouldn’t say I have ever been attracted to someone who is … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q6 – Do you think personality can change over time?
Use present perfect continuous and hedging language.
Make two statements — one for each side of the argument.
Support each statement with a reason or example.
I would say personality can change because I have been trying to be more … .
I wouldn’t say personality changes easily because I have always been … .
Repeat the question and your answer five times.
Q7 – Is there anything about your personality you would say you would like to change?
Use present perfect continuous and wish structures.
Make three statements.
I would say I have been trying to be more … but it hasn’t been easy.
I wish I were more … because I think it would help me … .
I have been working on being less … and I would say I have made some progress.Repeat the question and your answer five times.
