{"id":224,"date":"2020-08-14T10:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2020-08-14T10:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:47:22","slug":"speculating-and-talking-english-about-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/2020\/08\/14\/speculating-and-talking-english-about-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculating and talking English about the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/\">Speculating and talking English about the future <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n In Parts 2 and 3 of the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner might ask you\n to talk about the future and express possibilities. Speculating \n(talking about something you\u2019re not certain about), is a technique that \nyou can also use when you have no experience or no views on a topic. \nLet\u2019s look at some of the phrases you can use to speculate and talk \nabout the future:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n  \n   I\u2019d say\u2026\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   I guess\u2026\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   Perhaps \/ Maybe\u2026\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   It\u2019s possible\u2026\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   I would imagine that\u2026\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   Well, if I think about&#8230;\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   It might\/may&#8230;\n  \n <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"agreeing-and-disagreeing\">Agreeing and disagreeing<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\n In Part 3 of the Speaking test, you\u2019ll be encouraged to discuss the \ntopic from Part 2 more fully. This is where you might be asked to agree \nor disagree on a statement. Take this opportunity to demonstrate variety\n and control of language within a two-way discussion. For this, you can \nuse phrases such as the following:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n \n  Agreeing\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>       Yes, absolutely.     <\/li><li>       Absolutely, I wholeheartedly agree with that.     <\/li><li>       You\u2019re absolutely right.     <\/li><li>       No doubt about it.     <\/li><li>       You have a point there.     <\/li><li>       Exactly.     <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ielts-advertisement-april-2019-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ielts-advertisement-april-2019-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ielts-advertisement-april-2019-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ielts-advertisement-april-2019-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ielts-advertisement-april-2019-01-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n \n  Disagreeing\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n  \n   I\u2019m afraid I disagree.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   That\u2019s not always the case.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   That\u2019s not always true.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   I\u2019m not so sure about that.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   I don\u2019t think so.\n  \n <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n \n  Agree and disagree\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n  \n   Well, I can see both sides.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   I&#8217;m not sure if I agree or disagree with this.\n  \n <\/li><li>\n  \n   Both sides have advantages, but I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.\n  \n <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n <br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/\">https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/g.page\/ECSVelachery?share\">https:\/\/g.page\/ECSVelachery?share\n<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/best-ielts-training-in-madipakkam-chennai\">https:\/\/ecsielts.com\/best-ielts-training-in-madipakkam-chennai\n<\/a><br>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculating and talking English about the future In Parts 2 and 3 of the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner might ask you to talk about the future and express possibilities. Speculating (talking about something you\u2019re not certain about), is a technique that you can also use when you have no experience or no views on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecruitment.in\/blog\/2020\/08\/14\/speculating-and-talking-english-about-the-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Speculating and talking English about the future&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,5,9,8,11,10,7,12,15,13,14,1],"tags":[19,17,16,18],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speculating and talking English about the future - ECS IELTS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Speculating and talking English about the future - We offer a wide range of English language courses to suit all the proficiency levels. 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