FCE (First Certificate in English) Speaking Part Three- Key Words Game

Cambridge First Speaking Part Three key words game

Use as many of the words below as you can as you do a Speaking Part Three task together.

Ask about any words which you couldn’t use, are not sure you used correctly, etc.

Brainstorming stage

Brainstorm at least two phrases for each of the key words below:

about

agree

another

because

choose

decide

feel

first

let’s

need

next

only

second

seem

shall

should

time

yet

Compare as a class or with the suggested answers.

Test each other on the phrases:

• say phrases with the same key word missing for your partner to complete
• say a phrase with a key word missing for your partner to complete
• say a phrase with a different word missing for your partner to complete
• say a key word and help your partner make Speaking Part Three phrases from it

Suggested answers

• about “How about…?”, “What about…?”, “We also need to talk about…”, “We haven’t talked about this one yet”, “I still don’t really agree, so perhaps we can talk about another one”
• agree “I think that means we agree on…”, “I totally agree, so let’s move onto…”, “I don’t think we’ll agree on that one, so how about”, “I still don’t really agree, so perhaps we can talk about another one”, “We couldn’t agree. I thought… but…”
• another “Maybe we should move onto another one”, “Shall we move onto another one?”, “I still don’t really agree, so perhaps we can consider another one”, “Let’s skip this one and talk about another”, “We still need another one”
• because “We chose… because…”, “I think we can ignore… because…”, “I’d choose… because…”, “I think this is (not very) suitable because…”, “I’m afraid I don’t really agree because…”, “I’d be more likely to choose this one, because…”, “I wouldn’t choose that one because…”
• choose “From what you said, I guess you’d choose…”, “We also need to choose…”, “I guess we’re ready to choose…”, “I’d choose… because…”, “I’d be more likely to choose this one, because…”, “I wouldn’t choose that one because…”, “We should probably move onto choosing (one/ two)”, “I think we’re ready to choose”
• decide “So, we’ve decided on…”, “We decided that the most suitable ones were… because…”, “We haven’t (really) decided…, but…”, “We also have to decide…”
• feel “If not that one, how do you feel about…?”, “I feel (basically) the same way, so…”
• first “Which one should we talk about first?”, “What was the first one we decided on again?”, “We’re supposed to discuss each one first”, “I think we’ve finished the first task, so…”
• let’s “Let’s skip that one then.”, “We seem to have discussed them all, so let’s move onto choosing (one/ two)”, “Let’s skip this one and talk about another”
• need “We still need to discuss…”, “We don’t need to agree on each one, so…”, “We still need one more.”, “We need to discuss each one before deciding”, “We still need another one”
• next “Which one should we discuss next?”, “What do you think about the next one?”
• only “We have only decided on one, which is…”, “We only have about a minute left, so…”
• second “What about the second one?”, “What was the second question we had to discuss?”, “I think the second best is probably…”
• seem “It doesn’t seem like we can agree on that one, so…”, “This one seems best to me because…”
• shall “Shall we move onto…?”, “Shall we start with this one?”, “Shall we rush through the last few?”
• should “We should probably speed up a bit”, “We should probably move onto deciding which one(s) to choose”
• time “I don’t think we have time to discuss (all) the rest, so…”, “We seem to be running out of time, so…”
• yet “We haven’t agreed yet, but…”, “I don’t think we’ve discussed this one yet”, “We haven’t discussed our second choice yet, but the first one would be…”