Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Uncommon Vocabulary

aspiration desire motivated have big ambitions

build castles in the air (idiom) a dream come true (idiom)

Grammar Point

Use a mix of tenses, especially future and conditional tenses:

Ever since I was a kid I have had the desire to...

I have never been the kind of person to build castles in the air.

It would really be a dream comes true if I could...

I really hope that I will be able to...

Others 12: An important invention

Describe an important invention before the age of computers.

You should say:

What the invention is

How it has changed people’s lives

Why you think it is important

Whether it is still used today.

Suggestion

There are many possibilities for this topic, but remember the topic card states that the invention must be "before the age of computers". Easy options include: the telephone, the jet aircraft, the generation of electricity or gunpowder.