INT - Speaking Skills Summary - Making, Responding & Discussing

MAKING A REQUEST

1. 1. ​ (a)   IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MEET ME THERE?

   1. 2. ​ (b)   ANY CHANCE YOU COULD CALL BENJAMIN TODAY?

      1. 3. ​ (c)   BE WILLING TO TRAVEL THESE WEEK?

• DO YOU THINK
• IS THERE
• WOULD YOU
• IS THESE
• WOULD I
• DOES YOU THINK

ACCEPTING A REQUEST: ...

• I´d be happy to help out

• Yes, I can probably manage that

• I have to think about it

• 1 & 2 are correct

• 1 & 3 are correct

REFUSING A REQUEST

1. 1. ​ (a)   HOW MUCH I´D ABLE TO HELP WITH THE LOAN.

   1. 2. ​ (b)   BE RUDE, BUT I CANNOT MEET YOU AT THAT TIME.

      1. 3. ​ (c)   , BUT I WOULDN´T BE COMFORTABLE ACCEPTING THAT DEAL.

• I DON´T KNOW
• I DON´T WANT TO
• SORRY
• I KNOW
• I DON´T NEED TO
• WORRY

EXPRESSION TO DISCUSS ADVANTAGES: ...

• Another plus is that ...

• The main benefit is that ...

• The upside is that ...

• 1 & 2 are correct

• All answers are correct

EXPRESSIONS TO DISCUSS DISADVANTAGES

1. 1. ​ (a)   THAT TOM WON´T APPROVE THE PROJECT.

   1. 2. ANOTHER​ (b)   IS THAT IT REQUIRES A HIGH BUDGET TO OPERATE.

      1. 3. THE ​ (c)   IS THAT IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR TO GIVE US EARNINGS.

• I´M CONCERNED
• POTENTIAL PROBLEM
• DOWNSIDE
• I´M CONTENT
• POTENTIAL SOLUTION
• UPSIDE

"GET STUCK WITH" (phr. verb): be left to deal with something you don´t want to deal with.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• SOMETIMES

UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS TO MAKE SENTENCES

• I ALWAYS

• GET STUCK

• WITH THE DISHES,

• NO ONE ELSE

• DOES THEM.

UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS TO MAKE SENTENCES

• WE RENT

• OUR APARTMENT,

• SO UNFORTUNATELY WE´RE

• STUCK WITH

• THIS UGLY WALLPAPER.