Practising structures to improve fluency

This is intended to be a series of speaking activities for GCSE students (I used it also with year 9 groups and year 12).
Structures trump topics and as students get familiar with the structures presented, they then spontaneously spin off and keep creating comparisons. Once students have understood that complex sentences do not need to be complicated, they feel more ready to ad lib. Shyer students benefit from the safety of repetition to build up confidence. More confident students are enable to run with what they acquire. Revisiting the structures with different sets of vocabulary takes virtually no preparation time and acts as consolidating starters.