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hello and welcome to another tip video

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for the cambridge

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english exams and in this video i'm

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going to share

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three vocabulary tips for the speaking

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paper of the cambridge exams

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and these tips are good for the b2

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first the c1 advanced and the c2

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proficiency

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now in other videos i've made i've given

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some specific

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vocabulary for each part of the exam

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but in this video i'm going to give more

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general tips on the type of vocabulary

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you can use to get

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the highest score possible so my first

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tip is to learn

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10 impressive adjectives

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now depending on your level you should

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have quite a good

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range of adjectives already especially

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the proficiency and advanced levels

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but it's always good to learn 10 extra

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adjectives let me give you an example of

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how effective it can be

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imagine the first question in the first

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part of the speaking is

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where are you from and you say well i'm

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from

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a nice village in the country

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okay that's fine a nice village but can

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you use a better

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adjective than that for a b2 level for

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example you could use pretty

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i i come from a pretty village in the

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country

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an advanced level you could say charming

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a charming

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village in the country that's that's a

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nice word that's more impressive

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and for a proficiency level maybe quaint

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i come from a quaint village in the

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country

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but let's think why why not use

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the proficiency level if you're b2

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why not use the most impressive

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vocabulary

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pretty pretty for for b2 is okay

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but now you know quaint quaint is a very

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impressive

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adjective to use in this situation so if

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you learn those types

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of adjectives really demonstrate a good

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level

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i'm going to put on the screen now a

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list of extreme adjectives that i made

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which is from a video i made a few

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months ago

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where i give lots of examples of extreme

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adjectives which can really

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help to express what you want to say

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so pause the video and have a look at

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those and choose the one that you think

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could help you

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and that you think you have a good

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chance of remembering

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my second tip today is to learn and get

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familiar with

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a lot of linking words now

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linking words are words that help to

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connect

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sentences or ideas

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so words like however nevertheless

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although even though in spite of despite

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instead of furthermore on the other hand

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such as so these are all very useful

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words and expressions

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whatever the question may be or if

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you're talking about the environment

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about work about sports

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you can use this vocabulary again to

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really demonstrate a high level

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with many of these words and expressions

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it's very important to

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understand the grammar and the structure

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that goes around these words so

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for example with in spite of if it's

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followed by a verb it must be in the

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gerund form

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so it's not just about learning the

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vocabulary you have to learn the grammar

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structures but

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really whether you're b2 c1 or c2

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you should have studied this before so

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it will be revision

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and my third and final tip for today is

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to learn some expressions that help

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give yourself some time to to think

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many people when they're asked a

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question for example

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why are you studying english they will

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need a few seconds to

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formulate an answer and they will fill

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that silence with

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er um

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and that doesn't really demonstrate a

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confident

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and fluent level of english so if you

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can learn some expressions

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to fill that silence with words not with

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sounds it will really really benefit you

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so for example you can say okay let me

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see

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or right so

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or that's a good question

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or simply well so

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it may just be very short but it's

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better than uh

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and uh you understand what i mean

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another option is just to repeat the

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question so if the examiner says why are

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you studying english you say

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why am i studying english now let me see

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so yeah just to give yourself a little

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bit more time to think

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okay i hope you found this video useful

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hit the subscribe button if you did

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because

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i'm going to continue making videos on

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the cambridge exams

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and i'll see you very soon for another

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video bye