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2. “TYPES OF” QUESTIONS
STRATEGY:
divide into 2 or 3 parts
STRUCTURE:
general statement + type 1 + type 2
SAMPLE QUESTION:
"Tell me about the different types of public transportation in your city."
Well, you know there’s quite a mixed variety of public
transportation in my city.
I think the most common one is
buses because they seem to go everywhere.
In addition, the
trains
are also extremely popular for those people who are
lucky enough to live near a train station.
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Rephrasing types: kinds, sorts, variety,
range of, array
Useful phrases to start [General statement]
There’s quite a mixed variety of …
There’s a fairly wide range of …
There’s quite a diverse mixture of …
Type 1
I think the most common one is…
The main one is….
The first one that comes to mind is…