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Lesson #21•5 Practice Exercises Included
Speaking Part 2 Storytelling Frameworks: PPF & 4-Quadrant Prep Notes
How to use your 1-minute prep time and speak smoothly for the full 2 minutes without drying up.
## Part 2 Monologue & Storytelling Framework
### The 1-Minute 4-Quadrant Prep Note Technique:
Divide your scratchpad paper into 4 quadrants corresponding to the 4 task card bullet points. Write **key collocations only**—never full sentences!
### The PPF (Past - Present - Future) Lifeline:
If you run out of things to say at 1 minute 20 seconds:
1. **Past**: How did this compare to earlier childhood experiences?
2. **Present**: What is your routine with it now?
3. **Future**: How do you envision this evolving over the next decade?
Interactive 5-Question Strategy Quiz
0 / 5 Answered
1
During the 1-minute preparation time for Part 2, you should:
2
What is the minimum recommended speaking time for Part 2?
3
If you finish speaking about all bullet points at 1 minute 15 seconds, what should you do?
4
What happens when the examiner stops you at 2 minutes with 'Thank you'?
5
Should you read directly from your notes in Part 2?
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