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1.6. Question Types 5: ―Wh-/How Often‖ Questions This question type is very common in Part One. Look at the following examples: How often do you go to the cinema? Where do you usually buy your clothes? When do you listen to music? At what time of day do you usually read? Do you spend your weekends with? Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 43 The problem with these questions is that many candidates give very direct ―information-focused‖ responses. It is quite common for candidates to response to these questions in the following way: Maybe once a week In New World Department store, At weekends and in the evenings. In the evening before I sleep. My parent or my friends. As we have discovered, It is almost impossible to achieve a high score with this type of answer. The key to these questions is to answer the question with two or three different responses. Example: ―how often do you go to the cinema?‖ ―Well to be honest, I think I would have to say that it really depends. Like for instance, if I have the money, then it’s quite possible that I will watch a movie in the cinema, two or three times a month. You know cinema tickets are pretty pricey in China. Whereas in contrast, if I’m broke, it’s more likely that I’ll watch movies at home on DVD; you probably know that DVDs are quite cheap here, especially compared to the price of a cinema ticket.‖ The key to the answer is the structure ―it depends‖. If you use this, you can produce a ―situational contrast‖ which allows you to use contrast language (linking words). The first step is too select an opening phrase: Well to be honest … Actually to be fair … In actual fact … Well in truth … Well in all fairness … In fact, in all honesty … Now select a ―depends‖ phrase: … I think I would have to say that it is really depends. … I suppose I would have to maintain that it kind of depends really. … I imagine that it would depend on the situation. … I guess my answer would be determined by different conditions. Now select a linking phrase: Like for instance … Like more specifically … Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 44 You know like, to be exact … More precisely like … Like, to be more direct … Notice that all of these linking phrases include the word ―like‖. In these structures ―like‖ is a conjunction used as a meaningless filler word. This is very typical of informal native-native speaker English. It is important to get the next step exactly right. The success of this structure relies on the following conditional grammar structure: Select one of the following: If (situation A) … then I will most likely … If (situation A) … then it’s quite possible that I will … If (situation A) … then as a consequence I will probably … If (situation A) … then I guess it’s quite likely that I will … Your answer is going to compare two different situations or conditions. These can be quite flexible. Here are some possible ideas to use: Download 1.04 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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