Past Experiences and Future Plans

A2 · 100 entries · Five themes

Past Experiences and Future Plans

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1. Life experiences (20 entries)
  1. give a talk
  2. for the first time
  3. win a prize
  4. take a course
  5. visit another country
  6. try something new
  7. take an exam
  8. have a first lesson
  9. cook for friends
  10. stay with a family
  11. century
  12. meet someone famous
  13. camp outdoors
  14. learn to swim
  15. travel alone
  16. make a new friend
  17. luck
  18. experience
  19. dream
  20. be afraid of
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2. Trips and visits (20 entries)
  1. leave for
  2. travel diary
  3. stop on the way
  4. share a story
  5. spend a day
  6. return home
  7. catch a ferry
  8. get back
  9. explore on foot
  10. tour
  11. through the mountains
  12. at the beginning
  13. along the coast
  14. try local food
  15. ask for directions
  16. get home safely
  17. walk past
  18. on the way home
  19. take the same route
  20. adventure
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3. Personal changes (20 entries)
  1. change jobs
  2. a new start
  3. get a job
  4. begin again
  5. learn a language
  6. change schools
  7. become friends
  8. start school
  9. find out about
  10. opportunity
  11. next step
  12. say yes to
  13. lack of time
  14. chance
  15. almost there
  16. solve a problem
  17. dream job
  18. would love to
  19. learn new skills
  20. tell the truth
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4. Hopes and intentions (20 entries)
  1. hope to
  2. plan to
  3. promise to
  4. write a plan
  5. think about
  6. when I finish
  7. if I can
  8. one day
  9. after the course
  10. save up for
  11. try to
  12. decide to
  13. hope
  14. expect
  15. expect a reply
  16. excited about
  17. expect to
  18. pleased
  19. will probably
  20. wish
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5. Sequencing a simple story (20 entries)
  1. at first
  2. a few minutes later
  3. in the end
  4. when I arrived
  5. once
  6. first of all
  7. as soon as
  8. while I was there
  9. at the time
  10. luckily
  11. later that night
  12. never forget
  13. a moment later
  14. because of that
  15. suddenly
  16. try to help
  17. drop something
  18. recognise a face
  19. stay until the end
  20. fiction
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