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• Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in? • How long have you lived there? • What do you like about living there? • What sort of accommodation would you most like to live in? PART 2 Describe an important event in your life. You should say: ● When it happened ● Who you were with ● What happened And explain why you feel it was important. Describe an important event in your life. Follow up questions: • Do you still think about this event often? • Can the other people involved remember this event? PART 3 • What days are important in your country? • Why it is important to have national celebrations? • How is the way your national celebrations are celebrated now different from the way they were celebrated in the past? • Do you think any new national celebrations will come into being in the future? • Are there any celebrations from other countries that you celebrate in your country? • What are the benefits of having events that many people around the world are celebrating on the same day? B. GENERAL STRATEGIES- EXTENDING YOUR ANSWERS

ACTIVITY 2: Work in pairs. Match the examiner’s questions to their suitable sample answers using the Strategy 1 below. Explain the words in bold to your partner by putting them in sentences. 1) Can you tell me something about Vietnamese food? 2) What is people's favourite food in your region? Why? 3) Describe a restaurant that you often go to. a. I often go to the Pearl Restaurant, a Chinese restaurant near my university. Firstly of all, it's a well-known restaurant in this area for the authentic Sichuan food they offer to the customers. Their signature dishes such as twice-cooked fish and diced rabbit with green pepper are so tasty that all the customers would like to order them. Apart from the quality of the food, the service is also good. The waiters and waitresses are well trained, efficient, patient, and polite. As a regular customer, I also get discount on the dishes. b. Well, the mainstream culinary traditions in all three regions of Vietnam share some fundamental features. First, freshness of food: Most meats are only briefly cooked to preserve their original textures and colours. Second, presence of herbs and vegetables: Herbs and vegetables are used abundantly in Vietnamese cuisines. Vietnamese dishes are incomplete without herbs and vegetables. Last but not least, broths or soup-based dishes are characteristic of all three regions. c. Definitely, it should be the sour soup called “canh chua” which is often cooked in hot pot style. One of the major reasons for the popularity of this type of food may be the weather. In summer, it can be very humid, which can be very harmful to health. Therefore, people there usually eat very hot food with a lot of chilies and black pepper to get rid of the humidity in the body. Another reason may be that hot food is very appetizing. ACTIVITY 3: Work in pairs. Answer the questions in 2, using the highlighted linking words and Strategy 1. 2. STRATEGY 2: General to specific This strategy involves giving a general reason for your answer, and then explaining it more specifically, and even giving an example as follows: • Well, I'd have to say that (General reason) • In particular,/To be more specific,/To put it another way,/… • For instance,/ For example,…/… is a case in point/…./ such as