Every card in Spoken English, Year 7: more practice
The whole deck, in order — so you can read it through before your child ever sees it.
- Which works better for a talk: reading every word from a script, or using brief notes and looking up?
Brief notes and looking up at the audience
HintWho are you speaking to — the page or the room?
WhyEye contact helps listeners stay with you, and notes let you sound natural.
- What is the term for the first few seconds of a talk, when you catch attention with a question or surprising fact?
The hook
HintFishermen use one.
WhyA strong opening makes the audience want to listen.
- Nerves make most speakers talk faster. What should you deliberately do to slow down?
Pause between points
HintSilence is allowed in a talk.
WhyA pause gives you time to breathe and the audience time to think.
- A speaker says: 'Faster, cheaper, safer.' What is this technique called?
The rule of three
HintAn odd number feels complete to listeners.
WhyGroups of three sound balanced and memorable.
- Another pupil says: 'I think we should build a skate park.' Which reply builds on the idea: 'Yes, and we could ask the council to pay for it' or 'Anyway, I think we should have a cinema'?
The first
HintWhich one stays with the same idea?
WhyBuilding on an idea means adding to it, not switching topic.
- Which question helps a speaker say more: 'Why do you think that?' or 'Do you agree?'
'Why do you think that?'
HintOne can be answered with a single word.
WhyAn open question invites explanation. A closed question gets a short answer.
- Which is the better way to disagree politely: 'That's wrong' or 'I see your point, but I think...'?
'I see your point, but I think...'
HintShow you have heard first.
WhyAcknowledging someone's view keeps the discussion friendly and still lets you disagree.
- What does an exclamation mark usually tell you to do with your voice when reading aloud?
Add emphasis or strong feeling
HintIt marks a moment when emotion runs high.
WhyPunctuation is a guide for the voice as well as the eye.
- In the line 'Wait... what was that?', what does the ellipsis (...) suggest you do?
Pause
HintThink of a gap in speech.
WhyAn ellipsis shows a trailing off or a hesitation.
- Which word do you stress in 'I didn't take your pen' to suggest that someone else took it?
I
HintWho is being ruled out?
WhyMoving the stress changes the meaning, so a reader needs to find the words that matter.
1★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0025
2★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0026
3★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0027
4★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0028
5★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0029
6★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0030
7★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0031
8★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0032
9★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0033
10★ KS3-ENLA-SPO-0034
Keep what you learn
Here, nothing is saved. In your child’s own sky every card is scheduled — it comes back just before they’d forget it — and the professor who wrote it is one tap away.