Improving your town
B2 First · Speaking Collaborative · Cambridge Ready original exercise
Talk with your partner about the ideas in the mind map for about two minutes. Then spend about a minute deciding something together.
Now the two of you are going to talk together for around two minutes. Here are some ways a town could be made better for young people, with a question in the middle for you to discuss. Take a few seconds to read it.
Improving your town
more sports facilities
free places to meet
cheaper public transport
music events and festivals
cleaner parks and streets
You now have about a minute to agree on which change would make the biggest difference to young people.
Now, talk together about how each of these changes could make a town better for young people.
How could a town be made better for young people?
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