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Strength of Feeling: C1 Expressive Account Activity
A C1 speaking activity: learners give an expressive, emphatic account of a strong experience or opinion using intensification, emphatic structures and vivid language, with prompt cards, feeding the review/response.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
- Level
- C1
- Duration
- 30 min
- Skills
- Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking
- Topic
- Everyday Life
- Age
- adults
- Format
- classroom
Learning objectives
- Give an expressive, emphatic account at length
- Use intensification, emphatic structures and vivid language
- Build to a strongly-felt verdict
What you need
- Prompt cards
- Five-part plan with frames (optional)
- Pens
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