Level 5 — Advanced · Technical & Evaluative Speaking
Drill 79: Building a Paragraph That Leans on the One Before, Out Loud
Say two connected mini-paragraphs where the second explicitly picks up something from the first and does a new job — building on Lesson 79's paragraph-connection skill.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this drill, you should be able to:
- Say a short explanation that ends on a limitation or open question
- Say a second explanation that opens with an explicit spoken reference back to it
- Keep the second part doing a new job, not repeating the first
Introduction
Lesson 79 taught you to read what one paragraph inherits from the one before it. This drill makes you build that connection out loud, live — two short spoken passages, joined by an explicit spoken bridge.
Shadow the Model
Self-checkout kiosks cut wait times during regular hours, but they struggled to keep up during busy evenings. This limitation led the store to keep two staffed counters open at peak times alongside the kiosks.
Shadow this once, then again. Notice how "this limitation" out loud carries the connection all by itself — a listener knows exactly which idea is being picked up, without needing anything repeated.
Your Turn
Your Turn
Think of a process you know well. In 45 seconds, say a short explanation that ends on a real limitation, then say a second part that opens with an explicit spoken reference back to it ("this limitation…", "this raises the question of…") and does a new job.
Speak now — part one ending on a limitation, part two bridging back to it
Record Yourself
Record both parts, then check part two opened with an explicit reference back to part one.
Model Answer
Show a model answer
There's no single correct topic — what matters is the explicit bridge. One natural version: "Switching to online booking cut phone-line wait times sharply. However, older customers who preferred calling in struggled to adapt to the new system. This limitation led the clinic to keep a dedicated phone line staffed just for that group, alongside the online system." Check that your own part two opened by naming the limitation from part one directly, not with a fresh, unrelated sentence.
Vocabulary in Context
pick upphrasal verbneutral
to continue or return to an idea mentioned earlier (পুনরায় তুলে ধরা)
Often with pick up on, pick up the thread, pick up where you left off
“Let me pick up the point I made about cost earlier.”
resolveverbformal
to settle or answer a problem or question that was raised (সমাধান করা)
Often with resolve the question, resolve an issue, resolve a problem
“The next paragraph resolves the problem raised in the first.”
Self-Check
Self-Check
- Did part two open with an explicit spoken reference back to part one, not a fresh unrelated idea?
- Did part two do a genuinely new job — resolving, extending, or exemplifying — rather than repeating part one?
- Did you speak both parts without a long pause in between?
Next: Speaking 80 — Compressing an Explanation Into One Question, Out Loud: saying a short spoken summary that reduces several points into one central question and its answer.