Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Role Play Exam: Running away from Home
Your role play needs to be 6 minutes in total and be about the topic of running away from home. Here are some ideas:
§ When
the child
decides to run away
§ Arguing
with parents
§ Talking
to friends about
the
idea
§ Police
officers talking
to the family
about the
disappearance
of their
child
§ The
child’s
new life
§ The
parents talking
to their child
on the
phone
§ The
child returns
home and talks with
his/her
parents
§The
child never
returns
What include?
1.A variety
of conditionals
2.The passive
voice
3.Reported
speech
4.Phrasal
verbs
5.A variety
of past
tenses (past
simple/past
continuous/present
perfect/past
perfect)
6.Connectives
7.Phrases
+
Preposition
+ Gerund
9.Adverbs
/ Adjectives
10.Present
participles
/ Past
participles
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Comparing and Contrasting Images Exam: Crit C 67% WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE
1) Choose 2 contrasting images linked to the same topic/idea/theme from the following website:
Guardian Image of the Day
Choose carefully and ensure that you have a lot to say about them and that they are about a topic that you are interested in.
2) Save your images to a word document
An example:
Two images about technology: One showing modern development and the other showing an old-fashioned factory.
3) Prepare and write your presentation
You need to talk for 3 minutes
30 seconds - Describe image 1
30 seconds - Describe image 2
1 minute 30 - Compare and contrast similarities and differences
30 seconds - Explain why you chose them/ why you like or dislike them
Key Structures and Vocabulary for describing images
Guardian Image of the Day
Choose carefully and ensure that you have a lot to say about them and that they are about a topic that you are interested in.
2) Save your images to a word document
An example:
Two images about technology: One showing modern development and the other showing an old-fashioned factory.
3) Prepare and write your presentation
You need to talk for 3 minutes
30 seconds - Describe image 1
30 seconds - Describe image 2
1 minute 30 - Compare and contrast similarities and differences
30 seconds - Explain why you chose them/ why you like or dislike them
Key Structures and Vocabulary for describing images
In the first image, there are/there is…
It looks like …/There seems to be …
Perhaps they are…
And maybe they are…
While the second image shows…
And it could be …
Or, on the other hand, there could be…
In the first image, I think that …
Or possibly, … because …
Whereas in the other image, I think …
They could also… due to the fact that…
So, overall, I think … although ….
On the left/right
In the background
At the front/back
Despite the fact that there is ..., there is also ...
Not only are there, there is also ...
Not only is there ..., there is also ...
I think these images differ in several ways such as ...
However, there are some similarities such as ...
These images make me feel ...
In my opinion, this images suggest/ show ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
English Exams Term 3
Thursday 9th June: Listening Exam 67% Crit A
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June: Speaking Role Play Exam - Crit C 33%, Crit D 67%
Wednesday 8th June: Comparing and Contrasting Images Exam - Crit C 67%
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June: Speaking Role Play Exam - Crit C 33%, Crit D 67%
Wednesday 8th June: Comparing and Contrasting Images Exam - Crit C 67%
Monday, May 9, 2016
Exam Dates
Thursday 12th May: Test on FCE Structures for AIE
Wednesday 18th May: Test on FCE Sentence Transformations Exercises 1 - 10 66% Crit D
Wednesday 18th May: Test on FCE Sentence Transformations Exercises 1 - 10 66% Crit D
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