Useful speaking strategies 1.
Try to develop each bullet point in detail. If you don't say enough for the
first two or three points, you'll find yourself with too much time for the
last point.
2.
Tell a story! My second point tells the story of how I was given the chair
by a friend, and I could probably speak for 2 minutes about this point
alone. When you tell a story about something real that happened, you'll
find it easy to keep talking. Stories are also interesting for the listener
(the examiner).
3.
Add examples. In point 3, you can see that I added an example at the
end ("last night I fell asleep in my armchair while I was watching a film").
I could easily take this example and develop it into another short story.
4.
When describing an object, don't forget the simple things like size,
colour (I forgot that one!), shape, material, position ("just under my
living room window").
