IELTS Speaking Part 2 Person. Describe a businessman you admire. 雅思口语第2部分人物。描述一个你钦佩的商人.

GRAMMAR

1 B7-8: Can use the past simple ‘I thought‘ as a politeness structure to sound less direct.

2 B7-8: Can use expressions with ‘can’ or ‘can’t’ to give focus or add emphasis, such as ‘as you can see’, ‘I can’t say’, ‘I can tell you that’, ‘as you can imagine’, ‘I can say that’, ‘I can assure you that.

3 B8.5-9: Can use ‘in that‘ as a subordinating conjunction, to give a greater in-depth explanation, often in formal contexts. 

4 B7-8: Can post-modify adverbs with ‘enough‘ to intensify.

5 B8.5-9: Can combine more complex, lengthy strings of adjectives, joining the last two adjectives with ‘and’.

6 B7-8: Can use a wide range of stance adverbs (simply, truly, surely, apparently, naturally, surprisingly, inevitably, literally, exceptionally, frankly, clearly, amazingly, wisely, admittedly) to indicate an attitude or viewpoint, often in clause-initial position.

7 B7-8: Can use ‘the best‘ as a superlative adverb + pronoun + ellipted ‘can‘ or ‘could‘. 

9 B8.5-9: Can use ‘It‘ + ‘be’ + noun + ‘that‘ clause for focus.

10 B7-8: Can use ‘(and) yet‘ to combine phrases and clauses to introduce a contrast, often unexpected. 

12 B7-8: Can use the fixed expression ‘I dare say’ to say that something is probably true.

13 B7-8: Can use fixed expressions in the front position for focus.

14 B7-8: Can use a wide range of adverbs to indicate degrees of certainty. 

14 B7-8: Can use a post modifier to make the superlative stronger, in the structure superlative + noun + post modifier (‘possible‘, ‘ever‘, ‘by far‘).