This week the Thinking in English Community is exploring the word “wide” and some of its most useful collocations!
You may have already listened to my recent Thinking in English episode on “What is Justice?” where I discussed how collocations (words that naturally go together) are essential for sounding more natural in English. In this conversation club, we’ll practice using and understanding collocations like widely believed, wider society, wider audience, widely available, and wider implications.
These expressions are common in English and can help you describe how ideas spread, how products are found, and how important issues affect more than just one group of people.
Here are some questions to get you thinking and talking about collocations with “wide”!
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Conversation Questions:
- Do you enjoy trying a wide range of foods, or do you usually stick to your favorites?
- What is something that is widely believed but may not actually be true? (for example, in Japan it is widely believed that your blood type (A, B, O, AB) predicts your personality)
- Who is someone in history or today that is widely regarded as a great leader?
- What product or service is widely available in your country, but harder to find elsewhere?
- Do you think opinions about climate change vary widely across different generations?
- How can social media help an idea or product reach a wider audience?
- How does popular culture (music, movies, fashion) influence wider society?
- What issue today will still be widely discussed 50 years from now?
- Which discovery or invention has had the biggest wider implications for humanity?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- wide range (of): many different types or varieties of something
- widely believed: thought to be true by a large number of people
- widely regarded (as): respected or thought of in a certain way by many people
- widely available: easy to find in many places
- vary widely: to show a lot of differences
- wider audience: a larger group of people who watch, listen, or read something
- wider society: the whole of society, not just one part
- widely discussed: talked about by many people
- wider implications: the larger effects or consequences of an action or event
Conversation Club Times
12pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 12:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 05:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 06:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 08:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 08:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 14:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Tue/Thur at 19:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Tue/Thur at 20:00 JST
18pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 18:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 11:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 12:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 14:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 14:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 20:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 01:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 02:00 JST
00:00am Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Wed/Fri at 00:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 17:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 18:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 20:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 20:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Wed, Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Wed/Fri at 02:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 07:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 08:00 JST
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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Further Questions?
