Speculative Cue Cards

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: speak for two minutes about something that hasn't happened yet - a dream, plan or ambition - with confident speculative language instead of empty future tense.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Two minutes about nothing (yet)

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Hypothetical and Future Topics

    Read a 218-word text about Hypothetical and Future Topics

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Speculative Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Speculative Expressions

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Speculative Cue Card Practice

    Role-play: Practice a speculative Part 2 topic (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your speculation mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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harbour an ambitioncontemplateaspire tofeasibleenvisagein due course

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