Moving to a new place & Sharing a home

C1 Advanced · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Choose two of your three photographs, compare them and answer both printed questions in about a minute. After that, you get around 30 seconds to respond to one quick question on your partner's photographs.

Choose two of the photographs and compare them. Say why the people might have decided to move, and what they might find challenging in the first few weeks.

You can go first. Your photographs show people moving into a new home.

Moving to a new place

A young couple carrying cardboard boxes into an empty flat

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candid documentary photograph, a young couple caught mid-step coming through the open front door of an empty, sunlit city flat, each carrying a cardboard box, glancing round the bare walls and wooden floors and smiling at each other, tired but excited, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

A student arriving at a university hall of residence with a suitcase

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candid documentary photograph, a young man arriving at a university hall of residence with a large suitcase and a backpack, looking up at the building, other students arriving behind, the students in varied plain-coloured clothes, plain unbranded backpacks and suitcases with no emblems, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

An older couple unpacking in a small seaside cottage

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candid documentary photograph, an older couple unpacking boxes in the small living room of a seaside cottage, the sea visible through the window, relaxed and content, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

Would you like to live somewhere completely different one day? (Why? / Why not?)

Why might the people have decided to move?

What might they find challenging in the first few weeks?

Choose two of the photographs and compare them. Say what might be the advantages of sharing a home in these situations, and what might cause disagreements.

Now over to you. Your photographs show people sharing a home.

Sharing a home

Flatmates in their twenties cooking together in a small kitchen

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candid documentary photograph, four flatmates in their twenties of different backgrounds cooking together in a cramped kitchen, pans on the hob, laughing and getting in each other's way, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

An adult son and his elderly parents setting the table together

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candid documentary photograph, a man in his thirties laying plates on the dinner table together with his two elderly parents, a grey-haired woman in a cardigan carrying a dish and a bald older man setting out glasses, all three standing and busy, in a modest family home with bare walls, an easy, everyday moment, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

Three students relaxing together in the living room of a shared student house

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candid documentary photograph, three university students of different backgrounds relaxing together on a worn sofa and floor cushions in the living room of a shared student house, mugs and a bowl of popcorn on the table, easy friendly mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no print, logos or writing on anyone's clothes, no signs or labels with readable text, no text, no watermark

Who do you think you would find easiest to share a home with? (Why?)

What might be the advantages of sharing a home in these situations?

What might cause disagreements?

Let's move on. You'll each get a set of three photographs. Pick two, talk about them by yourself for roughly a minute, and then answer a quick question about your partner's photographs.

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