Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th May 2022

Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th May 2022

Let's start with some games about Grammar & Vocabulary:

We will continue with a Listening & Reading activity:

Audio 9.1

Audio 9.2

Audio 9.3

Now it is time to improve our knowledge about Conditionals, this time with the Third Conditional:

And here you can find a video about it:

Let's practice what we have learnt with this game:

Time to learn how to use quantifiers in our conversations:

And now, time to practice our speaking skills for the incoming exams. Here you have an example of B2 monologue about "Eating habits":

And another video with useful expressions for writing/speaking:

Remember to organize your information according to the topic.

Most likely you will use a structure like this:

Introduction

- Where you present yourself and the topic you are going to talk about.

Body

- It could be formed of several sup-parts, related to each idea we want to talk about.

        - Idea 1

        - Idea 2

        - Idea 3

Conclusion

Here we sum-up what we have told and clarify our opinion.

Remember not to include any new information here!

And don't rush to the end, normally the conclusion is what is going to remain of our speaking, so make it a good one!

Once you have your main script, it is time for you to think:

Where am I going to introduce ... ???

1. A passive 

This method was developed by ...

2. A conditional     

If I had prepared my exam better I would have got better marks

3. Some superlatives and comparatives

The sooner, the better

4. Some reported speech 

It is said that, he asked me ...

5. Some relative clauses 

For definitions: it is a device which ...

6. Plenty of connectors

Therefore, thus, however, nevertheless, even though, finally, firstly, on the one hand, in contrast, ...

7. Verbs in -ING

Smoking is a bad habit, drinking & driving kills

8. Strong adjectives

Exhausted, furious, starving, impressive, awesome, gorgeous, ...

9. Idioms

To be on cloud nine, barking at the wrong tree, ...

10. Perfect tenses

If I had known, by this time we will be flying, ...

11. Modal verbs

Can, could, may, might, should, will, must, ...

And don't forget to use specific vocabulary related to the topic, an appropriate register (formal/informal) and avoid "general" words such as "thing, nice, good, ..." (use strong adjectives instead)

Remember that you have 15 minutes to prepare the dialogue and the monologue that they provide you with.

Normally you should spend 10-12 minutes to prepare the monologue and the rest for the dialogue.

You can also watch this video on how to improve your essay (writing) exam:

And to finish and chill out a bit, a song:

Dido, Thank you