· Maybe once a week.
· In the evenings before I sleep.
· In New World Department store.
· My parents or my friends.
· At weekends and in the evenings.
As we have discovered, it is almost impossible to achieve a high score with this style 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 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...
· Well in truth...
· Actually to be fair...
· Well in all fairness...
· In actual fact...
· In fact, in all honesty...
Now select a "depends" phrase:
· ...I think I would have to say that it 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:
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