English Language · Professor Quill

Spoken English, Year 7: more practice:全部卡片

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1 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0025

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

提示Who are you speaking to — the page or the room?

为什么Eye contact helps listeners stay with you, and notes let you sound natural.

2 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0026

What is the term for the first few seconds of a talk, when you catch attention with a question or surprising fact?

The hook

提示Fishermen use one.

为什么A strong opening makes the audience want to listen.

3 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0027

Nerves make most speakers talk faster. What should you deliberately do to slow down?

Pause between points

提示Silence is allowed in a talk.

为什么A pause gives you time to breathe and the audience time to think.

4 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0028

A speaker says: 'Faster, cheaper, safer.' What is this technique called?

The rule of three

提示An odd number feels complete to listeners.

为什么Groups of three sound balanced and memorable.

5 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0029

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

提示Which one stays with the same idea?

为什么Building on an idea means adding to it, not switching topic.

6 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0030

Which question helps a speaker say more: 'Why do you think that?' or 'Do you agree?'

'Why do you think that?'

提示One can be answered with a single word.

为什么An open question invites explanation. A closed question gets a short answer.

7 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0031

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...'

提示Show you have heard first.

为什么Acknowledging someone's view keeps the discussion friendly and still lets you disagree.

8 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0032

What does an exclamation mark usually tell you to do with your voice when reading aloud?

Add emphasis or strong feeling

提示It marks a moment when emotion runs high.

为什么Punctuation is a guide for the voice as well as the eye.

9 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0033

In the line 'Wait... what was that?', what does the ellipsis (...) suggest you do?

Pause

提示Think of a gap in speech.

为什么An ellipsis shows a trailing off or a hesitation.

10 KS3-ENLA-SPO-0034

Which word do you stress in 'I didn't take your pen' to suggest that someone else took it?

I

提示Who is being ruled out?

为什么Moving the stress changes the meaning, so a reader needs to find the words that matter.

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