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My courses Academic IELTS Unit 08 – FREE! S: Expressing opinions and analysing Aims of this lesson

By the end of this lesson, you will know:

  • additional questions typical in Part Two and Part Three
  • how a model answer can be constructed
  • useful phrases for expressing opinions
  • structures for expressing opinions and analysing
  • how to present opinions and analyse in the IELTS speaking test
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