Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Topics for the oral exam

1st part : Monologue  One topic, you'll have some questions to help you go on speaking.
2nd part: Discussion   You'll have to make questions with the words given ,then take turns making the questions in such a way that you hold a conversation with your partner about the topic given.


For both parts of the oral exam the topics are the following:

1A  Food/restaurants/eating habits
1B  Sport/exercise
1C  Family and personality
2A  Money and charity / spending / wasting money/ buying/selling online etc.
2B  Changing your life/ taking a gap year/ a year off
2C  Transport and travel/ your favourite means of transport both to travel and  to move around the city
3A  Mobile phones/ good/bad manners/culture shock
3B Appearance
3C Something you can do and something you would like to be able to do.

Learning to drive


can, could, to be able to - Exercise


PET online practice test

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

How do I look?

Listen to these people talking about the clothes they like wearing and answer the questions.
Annie
- Does she like changing the colour of her hair?
- Does she spend a lot of money on clothes?
Sara
- Is it necessary for her to wear a skirt for her job?
- Is she a business woman?
Liz
- Does she feel comfortable in smart clothes?
- Does she have to wear a suit to work?
Mike
- Does he have to wear formal clothes?
- Does he like wearing formal clothes?

Monday, 14 January 2013

Appearance

  • How important is appearance for you?
  • How important is appearance in our society?
  • Do you think you usually make a good first impression? Why or why not?
  • What do you think is most important- your clothes and general appearance, how you sound, what you say or think, body language....?
  • Talk about the clothes you like wearing. Do you dress according to your personality?
  •  Do you think people judge each other too much on appearances?

Thursday, 3 January 2013

Homework

Reading on page 38 "Culture shock"
Grammar bank unit 3A