TOPIC COLORS

Describe a place you remember well that was full of colors

You should say:

• where it was
• what it was like
• why you went there
• and explain why you remember it well

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1. IDEAS & VOCAB

• You could talk about…

- A theater, palace, museum,

- A classroom (pics on wall), art gallery (colorful paintings)

- A temple/ church/ mosque

- A restaurant (pics on the wall - food/dishes)

P/s: Remember to focus more on the place and the colors, rather than what you did there.

• Vocab

- Vivid

- Brash = bright, too strong

- Multi-colored (adj)

- a range of colors

- a rainbow of colors

• Collocations

- colors match

- colors clash

- bright blue

- dark blue

- neon blue

- soft blue

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2. SAMPLE

So I’m going to tell you about my daughter’s classroom, so a few years ago when my daughter was in primary school, I was invited to attend an open day at the school. So this was an event where parents could visit their child’s classroom. They could see the projects the kids have done and talk to the teachers. When I got to my daughter’s classroom, where I was quite taken aback, to be honest, it was just so colorful. There were these brash, bright colors left, right, and center. So they had decorated the windows with all sorts of pictures painted by the children, ranging from multi-colored to the bright blue skies. Now, I know kids love bright colors, and teachers use them to promote learning. But this collage was spectacular. On top of that, the kids have painted each wall of the classroom a different color. So colors that don’t typically match, in fact, they actually clash. So there’s bright yellow, neon blue, a dull brown, and soft cream. And I think each wall represented a theme of some kind. I remember feeling a pang of regret wishing my classroom had been like that when I was a kid. I sense the kids really love the glow of all the colors, and obviously, they were proud to punch all the paintings that they had done. So that’s a place I remember that was full of colors.

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3. PART 3

• 1. Are colors important in your country?
• 2. What role can colors play in advertisements?

Answers

1. Are colors important in your country?

Sure, I think the most important colors are probably those of our national flag, red, white, and blue. I guess people see them as representing our nation and giving us a sense of nationality and unity. On top of that, the main political parties in my country have adopted one of those colors as a symbol of their party. For example, the Conservative party uses blue as their official brand color, if you like, so people associate blue with conservation and everything that party stands for. 

• Structure

- Opinion:

+ Sure, I think…

+ I guess

- Develop the answer: On top of that…

- Give an example

+ For example…

+ so…

• Vocabulary

- See them as representing sth = think they represent or symbolize…

- have adopted a color = use as an official color

- people associate red with = people connect red with…

2. What role can colors play in advertisements?

I’d say colors are an essential part of any advertisement, mainly because they have a subliminal effect on the audience’s behavior. This is why marketing companies spend fortunes on getting the colors right in their logos and adverts. For instance, McDonald’s deliberately use red and yellow in all their adverts. Red is associated with being active, whilst yellow is known to trigger feelings of happiness. So this way, they can create the right mood that will entice their customers to buy. 

• Structure

- Opinion: I’d say

- Give a reason: This is why

- Give an example: For instance

- Give a consequence: …so this way…

• Vocabulary

- To be an essential part of = to play an important role 

- To spend fortunes on = to spend a lot of money on

- to trigger feelings of = to create feelings of

- To entice = to tempt, to attract