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DEVELOPING YOUR ANSWERS FOR PART 3
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| After making sure you have answered the question, you need to develop your answer further with reasons or examples. |
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Giving reasons |
For example, we could
For instance, the government should
By way of example, maybe we would |
The reason why I think that is
One reason for this is that
A good reason for X is that |
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07. Listen to a candidate answering some Part 3 questions. Complete the table.
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Answer
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Example
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Reason
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1. What should be done to people caught hunting illegally?
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| 3. Will there be more or less hunting in the future? |
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08. Using the formula in exercise 7 for developing your answer, make a similar table with your own ideas, then practise answering the questions with a partner.
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| You do not have to give examples first, then reasons. Feel free to change the order if it will help your answer make more sense |
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09. Look at the words and phrases below and check that you understand them.
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A. responsibility, trust, patience
B. unnatural, risky, unique, challenging
C. interesting, friendship, relaxing but expensive, inconvenient
D. gadgets, robots replace?
E. breed, release, monitor in wild
F. cages not good for animals, but educational
G. better conditions and animal welfare now
H. important to help animals, but people will prefer other entertainment |
10. Match the words and phrases in A-D with the Pets table and those in E-H with the Zoos table.
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Pets
1. advantages and disadvantages of owning pets
2. keeping dangerous animals as pets
3. children learning from keeping pets
4. popularity of pets in the future
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Zoos
1. differences between zoos in the past and today
2. zoos a good idea
3. protecting endangered animals in zoos
4. 2005 in the future
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