Match the sections below to these common Speaking Part One topics (there may be more than one of each topic):
hobbies and free time, work, hometown, family and friends, accommodation, future plans, transport and travel, food and drink, studies, festivals and celebrations,
swot cram take notes
highlighter pen finals alumni
detention teacher’s pet retake/ re-sit
demotion on the dole downsizing
middle manager
satellite town suburb dormitory town
my roots gentrification village
local festival rundown industrial
stay in stay out couch potato
telly addict window shopping meet up
go out eat out hang out with
chill out take it easy keep busy
generation gap adolescent teenage rebellion
maiden name bachelor/ spinster grow apart
get on/ get along engaged tell off
a parade a toast my 18th
a reunion christening stag night/ hen night
engagement party street decorations
a high rise top floor residential area
easy access studio/ bedsit halls
natural light
play it by ear in the not too distant future
dread look forward to sometime soon
sketch it out/ map it out long term the next couple of years
mass transit system broaden your horizons park and ride
backpacking youth hostel hitchhike
tram communication problems
savoury traditional dish heat it up
cuisine pop something in the microwave
knock something up supper
scrape through by heart/ by rote fresher
postgraduate MA MBA
urbanisation rural green spaces
commuter town downtown/ city centre High Street
town hall ring road a bypass
separated in-laws ancestor
descendant look up to take after
brought up maternal grandmother relatives/ relations
unwind obsessed with do the dishes
fanatic laze around rush about
go clubbing rush about keep fit
tidy up wander about have a lie in
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