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1. ELEMENTS
IN
A MONOLOGUE

2. Introduction
Positive and negative aspects
Comparison
A general opinion
A personal opinion or preference
Examples or personal experiences
Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
QUESTION?
O Is eating at home better than eating
out?
GENERAL STATEMENT
O There are many options to have lunch
during the week but most people
usually…
O Both eating out and eating at home have
good and bad aspects

4. ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGS
O One good thing about doing sport is
that…
O Another positive aspect about learning
English is that…
O However, there are also/travelling alone
also has some negative things. For
example,…
O Another disadvadvantage of buying
precooked food is that…

5. COMPARISON
O Travelling by car can be more
convenient for short trips because you
can leave and stop whenever you want.
O However, for long trips it is better to
take a plane because it is faster. For
example, driving to Barcelona by car
takes 12 hours but if you take a plane,
you can get there in 2.

6. A GENERAL OPINION
O People say that going to the gym is
healthy
O Doctors say that we should eat 5
portions of fruit or vegetables a day

7. A PERSONAL OPINION
OR PREFERENCE
O Personally I prefer reading the book to
watching the film because…
O When I have time, I like to do exercise
outdoors
O The last time I ate out was …
O I haven’t gone to the cinema lately

8. EXAMPLES OR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES
O Last summer, I travelled to London and
visited the markets
O When I was a child, I used to do more
sport than now because…

9. CONCLUSION
O To sum up, there are many options to travel
but if I had to choose one means of
transport, I would choose the plane
bercause it is the fastest and safest.
O In conclusion, both going to the cinema and
watching films at home can be fun/have
positive and negative points but nowadays
the most common option is staying at home
and downloading films from the Internet.