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Grammar Speaking - Coggle Diagram

- - - - I’ll need to get up early. I think I’ll change it.
    - - (The phone rang) I'll get it.
  - - - I should get to London by 10am Wednesday morning.
  - - - It’ll be raining when I get to London.
  - - - By the end of the week, I will have done a lot of traveling, so I better have a day’s rest when I get home, before going back to work. Sorted!
- - - - I live in Canada
    - - Do you take public transport?
      - What do you do in the morning?
      - What do you like to drink?
    - - Do you cook?
      - What do you do in the morning?
    - - Describe a book you read recently.
  - - - I’m working from home.
    - - I usually do, but nowadays I’m eating too much fast food, because of the confinement.
      - Well I like to walk in the morning, I usually go for a walk, but these days, due to the lockdown, I’m not doing as much sport as I would like.
    - - My boss is always making me work late.
      - She’s always nagging about it or going on about it. (say many times)
  - - - Where do you live ?
        
        I have lived here for 3 years (emphasis on action)
      - What do you do?
    - - How has … changed in recent years?
        
        We can see … the government has made a U-turn
    - - What new hobby would you like to try?
        
        Well, I have never tried parachuting.
      - Places you have visited (or not yet!)
        
        I have never been to Paris.
    - - Do you often do sport?
        
        Yes, I do, I usually play soccer, but I haven’t done any sport this month …, because …
      - Do you like traveling?
        
        Yes, I love traveling, but I haven’t traveled at all this year because of COVID, I don’t think it’s very safe.
      - How often do you eat fast food?
        
        Well, usually I eat quite a lot of fast food, but I haven’t been to a restaurant once in these last 3 months.
  - - - Where do you live?
        
        I have been living here for 3 years (emphasis on time). Of course, I know the city.
      - What do you do ?
    - - What has changed ?
        
        The government has been making a lot of mistakes. (emphasis action)
      - How has this impacted …?
    - - What have you been doing recently / these days / lately?
        
        I’ve been learning how to code. I’ve been working late a lot recently, so I’m very exhausted.
- - - - I lived in Saigon
      - I went to university in Hanoi
      - I went to university for 3 years
    - - Finished time
        
        Yesterday, last night, 2 days ago, at 5 o’clock
        
        I watched television after dinner last night.
      - Pattern of 3
        
        I woke up, got dressed and went to work.
        
        I got up, went to the bar and ordered a drink.
      - Adding details
        
        I’ve been to Paris twice, I first went there when I was 20.
    - - I played football every week as a child.
    - - I wish my family could come and stay with me
  - - - It was raining outside so I decided to stay at home
      - The sun was shining I decided to go out.
      - The pandemic was still going on, and I needed to travel abroad.
    - - I was trying to teach you and they interrupted me.
      - While I was waiting for the bust, I saw Tom.
    - - As a kid, I was always playing with computers.
      - At university I was always studying late into night, burning the midnight oil!