Useful phrases for Speaking and Writing

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Useful phrases for Speaking and Writing

Talking about yourself:

I work as a ……

My company deals with……

I’ve worked there for…..

In my free time I enjoy\like\prefer ….. (doing smth)

I work for…

I’m responsible for…

I’m in charge of …

I’ve been doing this job for…..

I’ve been living in this city \ learning English for\ since…

Hobbies \ free time:

I prefer ……to …… (Prefer reading to watching films)

I’m interested in…..

I’m fond of ……

I’m crazy about…..

I do smth regularly\ frequently\ from time to time\ seldom

Useful adjectives:

Good: great, wonderful, amazing, excellent, fantastic

Bad: horrible, awful, terrible, disappointing

Tired- exhausted

Funny – amusing

Interesting – exciting

Boring – uninteresting

Useful – useless

Healthy – unhealthy

Dirty – polluted (air, water)

Quiet, relaxing, peaceful

Discussion:

What do you think of …. (going to the beach)?

Do you agree that …….?

I don’t agree with you about that.

Why do you think it’s a bad idea?

Why don’t we …….?

Let’s …. (give him a camera as a gift).

It sounds great\good\like a good idea\horrible

There’s no point ….. (doing smth) – нет смысла, не за чем

On the one hand……. but on the other hand…..

That would be good if we……(did smth. ).

If I were …. I would ……

I don’t think we should…..

Monologue

In the picture I see …….

There is\ are ……. in the background \ foreground

The people in the picture look…. (happy, excited, busy, worried, relaxed)

I think\ suppose \ guess ….

The people are indoors \ outdoors

The man is about 40 \ in his forties

He is tall \ short with fair \ dark \ grey hair

Letter:

I’m writing you to ……

In your previous letter you asked me …

Firstly,

Secondly,

Also\ besides

Apart from that

It was nice to hear from you again.

How are you doing?

What’s going on there?

Write to me soon.

Let me know if\ when\ how……

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