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In part 3 of the speaking test, it's common to get questions about the past and future, as well as questions about 'now'. The examiner will be listening to your use of verb tenses What types of transport are there in your town? In !anchester I think you can find every form of transport apart from an underground system. "ou can drive around the city by car or get on a bus# there are even free buses that take people between the train stations. !anchester also has a tram system, and of course there are taxis too. How has transport changed since your grandparents were young? $ell, they had cars, trains and planes back then, and %ondon already had the underground system, but I suppose the difference is that technology has moved on. &aving said that, the transport system is not necessarily better nowadays# people travel a lot more, and I'm sure we spend more time stuck in traffic. What types of transport do you think we will use in the future? I'm not sure, but hopefully we'll have cars that drive themselves and never crash. I think we'll probably fly more, and it might become normal to have your own plane. 'n the other hand, many cities are building more bicycle lanes, so maybe we will use cars less for getting around towns and cities.
This wasn't an easy task because the car even had an engine, movable seats and gears. It took me a day or two to make, and required a lot of concentration.
$hen the car was finished it looked great, and I felt a sense of accomplishment. I seem to remember that I didn't play with the car very much# the fun part had been the process of building it. Don't just read this description once. Spend so e ti e analysing it:
Is the description well0organised and easy to follow1 2an you find any good 'band 3' words or phrases1 2ould you write a similar description for a different toy1
5ot really. I think boys like the kinds of toys that I mentioned before, whereas girls play with dolls. !y niece, for example, doesn't like toy cars# she prefers dressing dolls in different outfits. )% Do you think that toys help children to learn? "es, I do. 7ll toys encourage children to use their imagination and creativity. *ven with simple toys, children imagine situations and invent games and rules.
* where the arket is * what the arket sells * how "ig the arket is * and e-plain why you enjoyed +isiting it. &ere's my description. It includes several examples of 'band 308' vocabulary that I took from the websites I listed in last week's lesson.
I9m going to describe a street market that I9ve en6oyed visiting many times in !anchester. It9s the !anchester 2hristmas !arket, and it comes to the city for about a month from the end of 5ovember every year. The market stalls are spread across several sites in the city centre, but the centrepiece is the large *uropean market in 7lbert +quare next to the Town &all. The 2hristmas !arket stalls sell an array of 2hristmas gifts and mouth0watering food and drink from all over *urope. It9s a great place to find handmade crafts such as 6ewellery, ornaments, wooden toys and other souvenirs, but it9s the food and drink that seem to be most popular. :robably the biggest seller is the ;<luhwein9, a hot, sweet wine which is sold in a souvenir mug. The market was originally quite small, occupying 6ust one of the central squares in !anchester, but it9s grown quickly in recent years, spilling over into maybe five other pedestrian streets and a few other squares. 7pparently there are over ,// stalls now, so it9s become a really big event attracting thousands of visitors. The main reason I9ve always en6oyed visiting the 2hristmas !arket is the fantastic atmosphere. $hen I went there last =ecember, it didn9t matter how cold or wet the weather was, !anchester seemed to come alive when the market opened# the streets were bustling with people