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Intermediate Speaking Practice 2
Level: A2
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Weather
Time: 30-35 minutes
exercise 1: pronoun cycle
Say the cycle for each vocabulary.
It has …
We have …
You have …
They have …
struck / shaken / collapsed / searched
Repeat until no mistakes.
exercise 2: pronoun cycle
Say the cycle for each vocabulary.
It has …
We have …
You have …
They have …
struck violently / shaken tremendously / collapsed suddenly / searched desperately
exercise 3: substitution
Say the sentence four times. One in the original.
Then change one word each time.
Arrive at the next sentence.
The earthquake has struck powerfully. (ground / shaken / violently)
The ground has shaken violently. (buildings / collapsed / suddenly)
The buildings have collapsed suddenly. (rescue team / searched / desperately)
The rescue team has searched desperately. (aftershock / followed / unexpectedly)
Repeat slowly until no mistakes.
exercise 4: expansion
Say each sentence three times. (add as we go)
The earthquake has been striking.
The earthquake has been striking since last night.
The earthquake has been striking since last night and aftershocks have been following.
A powerful earthquake has been striking since last night and aftershocks have been following.
A powerful earthquake has been striking since last night and aftershocks have been following throughout the day.
Now repeat each sentence, one more time, in a continuous flow.
Repeat until no mistakes.
exercise 5: contrast
Change from present perfect to present perfect continuous.
Repeat each pair three times.
The earthquake has struck the town.
→ The earthquake has been striking since last night.
The ground has shaken violently.
→ The ground has been shaking since this morning.
The rescue team has searched desperately.
→ The rescue team has been searching for survivors since dawn.
The aftershock has followed.
→ Aftershocks have been following since the earthquake struck.
Now repeat each pair one more time, in a continuous flow. (take your time)
Repeat until no mistakes.
exercise 6: three tense challenge
Say the first trio of sentences.
Repeat until no mistakes before saying the next trio.
And so on.
Last night, the earthquake struck the town.
The earthquake has struck the town.
The earthquake has been striking since last night.
Last night, the ground shook violently.
The ground has shaken violently.
The ground has been shaking since this morning.
Last night, the buildings collapsed suddenly.
The buildings have collapsed suddenly.
The buildings have been collapsing since the earthquake struck.
Last night, the rescue team searched desperately.
The rescue team has searched desperately.
The rescue team has been searching for survivors since dawn.
