Mat Clark ielts speaking

Activity 2 
 
Go back to the previous activity questions and develop your answer with details or 
reasons, using more examples of the second conditional. (Try to use some examples with 
"might" and "could".) For some of these questions it is possible to use a negative form. 
eg:  
"Would you like to move to another city?" 
 
"No  I  wouldn't  like  to  move  to  another  city,  because  if  I  lived  in  another  city  I 
wouldn't have any friends. 
 
Try to make some negative sentences for the questions (remember your details and 
reasons  can  be  either  positive  or  negative  structures,  but  they  should  be  second 
conditional). 
 
Sometimes candidates begin these questions  with: "I never thought  about it." This 
is not a good example of native-speaker language. The following structures can be used to 
begin your answer. 
 
Well, quite honestly I don't think I've ever thought about that, but I guess... 
 
Actually, this isn't something that I've ever considered, but in short... 
 
I'm not really sure how to put this, but I suppose generally speaking... 

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Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 
 
 
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Look at the following complete structure: 
 
"Would you like to move to another city?" 
 
―Actually,  this  isn't  something  that  I've  ever  considered,  but  in  short  I 
suppose I would possibly consider moving cities, especially if I had the chance to move to 
a coastal city like Xiamen or Sanya. If I lived in a seaside city I would be able to hang out 
on the beach every day and I would also have the opportunity to get into water sports like 
scuba-diving and possibly surfing." 
 
Notice how the first structure used "verb+ing": "I suppose I would possibly 
consider moving cities ..." 
This  structure  is  much  more  complex  than  the  basic:  ―I  suppose  I  would  like  to 
move to another city…‖ 
Try to use one of the following structures for your first structure. 
I imagine I would possibly think about (verb + ing)… 
I guess I would maybe contemplate (verb + ing)… 
I would perhaps reflect on (verb + ing)… 
Look at the activity questions again and try  to use one ―verb + ing‖ structure for 
each. Try to use a different verb from the question verb. 
Eg: ―Would you like to learn another foreign language?‖ 
       ―Well, quite honestly  I  don’t think  I’ve ever thought about  that. But  I guess I 
would maybe contemplate taking up a new language.‖ 
Now practice developing all of the ―Would‖ questions in this section.