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This lesson explains how to answer the part. It is not a timed practice set. Pick one of two options fast. Give two reasons for your pick, not a full description of both.
Which option, and for whom you're speaking, a friend, a relative, a colleague.
The strongest practical advantage of your choice, with one concrete detail.
A second angle, or a brief contrast with the other option, not a second full description.
Restate the recommendation. Don't add a third idea or split the difference.
Prompt
Your cousin is choosing between a one-bedroom condo near a SkyTrain station and a small house in the suburbs that needs a car. Persuade them to pick one.
Model
I'd take the condo, and I'd take it now rather than waiting for a house you can't comfortably carry. The first reason is the commute. The condo is a twelve-minute walk to the SkyTrain, which means you keep the job you already like. The house is a forty-minute drive on the highway you already complain about, and parking downtown isn't free. The second reason is cost that isn't the mortgage. A house that cheap usually means a roof, a furnace, and a lawn you pay for yourself. The condo fees are visible every month, which is annoying, but they're also the repairs you won't be surprised by in February. The house looks like more space, and it is, but you'd be buying space you use on weekends and paying for stress every weekday. I'd sign for the condo.
Why it works
Describing both options at equal length and never picking.
One thin reason, then padding until the beep.
Fence-sitting in the close: 'either would be fine'.