Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Examples of Part Two Using the Fluency Method

Describe an animal that can he found in your country.

You should say:

What type of animal it is

Where it can be found

Whether you have seen it

What other people think of this animal.

Preparation Notes

Panda

Present Tense + Past Tense

national symbol nature reserve

endangered species protected

Part Two Talk

So to begin with, in reply to the initial point of what type of animal it is and the one I’d pick is the giant panda. Actually there are two types of panda, the lesser or red panda and the commonly known giant panda which is the national symbol of China.

Now concerning the matter of where it can be found, and what I ought to stress here is that because it is an endangered species it lives mostly in protected nature reserves in Western China although it is also possible to see them in zoos around the world.
Moving onto the business of whether I have seen it, I suppose I should underline the fact that I visited the Panda Sanctuary in Chengdu 2 years ago while I was travelling in Sichuan Province. It was actually a one-day tour of the pandas’ habitat which included lectures from conservation experts.
As a final point, if time permits, I’d like to bring in the point of what other people think of this animal. I guess that most Chinese people feel some sense of patriotism towards the giant panda because it is recognized globally the archetypal Chinese animal.



Describe a useful skill that you would like to learn.

You should say:

What the skill is

Why you would like to learn it

Whether it would be difficult to learn

Whether you think you will learn this skill in the near future.