Your list
Read out the words you could not say. Describe them if you have to — the sort of place where you stand up and there are no tables.
Five descriptions, five words.
Two recommendations
Version A
There is a good restaurant near the station. The food is very good and it is not expensive. You should go.
Version B
There is a place near the station — a hole in the wall, about eight tables, no sign. It is the best thing I have eaten this year and it costs about twelve euros.
You have to go early or queue, and they do not take bookings. If you hate queuing, go at six. If you do not mind waiting twenty minutes, go at eight and it is better.
It is not for you if you want somewhere quiet. It is very loud and the tables are close together.
Compare the two.
1. Version A says the food is very good. What does B say instead?
2. B gives two different pieces of advice about when to go. Why?
3. B ends with who it is not for. What does that do?
4. Which version would actually get you to go?
Recommending for somebody
Four moves
| Move | Looks like | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Name it specifically | a hole in the wall, eight tables, no sign | A reader can picture it |
| One concrete claim | the best thing I have eaten this year, about twelve euros | Better than "very good" |
| Conditional advice | If you hate queuing, go at six. | Different readers, different advice |
| Who it is not for | It is not for you if you want somewhere quiet. | Makes the rest believable |
Preference and evaluation
Tap each. These are what let you recommend something without saying "good" once.
Match each line to the move it makes.
Recommend for somebody specific
Five empty recommendations. Rewrite each with a fact and a reader.
1. It is a very good restaurant.
2. You should visit the museum.
3. The beach is nice.
4. Everybody likes that bar.
5. The market is interesting.
One word per gap, all from Phase 03.
There is a place near the station — a hidden , honestly. Eight tables, no sign. The prices are very : about twelve euros. The one near the cathedral is much more famous and completely — very , and twice the price. If you queuing, go at six. It is not you if you want somewhere quiet. It is loud, but it on you.
Recommend to two different people
Task card · Speaking
Two visitors to your city: one who has one evening, one who has three days and no money.
Ninety seconds each. Same city, completely different recommendations, and each one has to name who it is for.
- For each: name it specifically, one concrete claim, conditional advice, and who it is not for.
- Use at least three words from Phase 03.
- Nothing may be described as good, nice or interesting. Those three words are banned.
One decision.
1. A famous place that is not as good as people say. Which?
Off your own list
Look back at the list you brought.
1. How many of the words you could not say can you say now?
2. How many times were you stopped for a banned word?
3. What did you say instead?
Before the long turn
One question.
1. What replaces it is a very good restaurant?
Before Lesson 5. Next lesson you recommend three places or activities in your city, for three minutes.
Choose the three tonight. Nothing else — the recommendation is built in the lesson.