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LISTENING
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Listen to Mel and her dad talking
about presents that she has got for her friends.
Match the presents A–H with the friends 1–5.
Answering the question
In writing exams, you can write a text with no
grammar or spelling mistakes, and not pass the
exam. It is essential to answer the question.
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Read the task carefully and put all the necessary
information in your text.
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Texts that are very long or very short do not
usually get good marks. Write the required number
of words.
Matching
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In matching activities, there are, for example, five
people but eight pieces of information. Sometimes
the extra pieces of information appear in the
conversation but they are not the correct answers.
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The names are usually in the order in which they
appear in the conversation.
Giving personal information
In the first part of a speaking test examiners often
ask questions about personal information.
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Practise speaking about your age, where you are
from, where you live, school, your daily routine,
your likes and dislikes …
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Practise speaking loudly and clearly.
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Say a lot of things. The examiner wants to hear
you speak!
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If you don’t understand the examiner, ask him/her
to repeat the question.
PRESENTS
FRIENDS
A
book
Mark
1
.........................
B
digital camera
Simon
2
.........................
C
CD
Pat
3
.........................
D
pencils
Jenny
4
.........................
E
DVD
Barbara
5
.........................
F
comics
G
computer game
H
ball
5
SPEAkING
What about you?
Look again at the presents. Which one is your
favourite? Why?
7
Match the beginning of each question (1–8) with
the correct end (a–h).
1
How do you spell your
a
to school?
2
Are you
b
your free time?
3
What time do you
c
British?
4
How do you go
d
subjects?
5
What subjects do
e
at the weekend?
6
What are your favourite
f
you study?
7
What do you do in
g
start school?
8
Where do you go
h
surname?
8
SPEAkING
Work in pairs. Take it in turns to ask
and answer the questions in 7.
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Write an informal email to a friend. Describe a
person/a member of your family. Include this
information:
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name and description (age, hair, eyes …)
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free-time activities – likes
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free-time activities – dislikes
Write 50–70 words.
speaking
LisTening
wriTing
‘Can Do’ Progress Check
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GO TO PAGE 23
Read the learning objectives:
how well can you do the things listed there?
Give yourself a mark from A to D.
A
= very well.
B
= quite well.
C
= some problems.
D
= I can’t.
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a
What you need to do to revise:
1
look again at my book/notes.
2
do more practice exercises.
Workbook
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pages 166-187
3
ask for help.
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other:
2
b
If you want to learn more, go to the online
exercises.
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