Vocabulary SpeakOut 1.1 (04-04-18)

Vocabulary 1: LEAD-IN

owner: a person who owns something.

SAME VOWEL SOUND
through = queue
heart = bar
toy = boil
fake = sail
seen = cheat
flow = boat
put = took

WORK
Have a meeting
Check your mail
Do some work
Meet a colleague
Take a break

FREE TIME
Go out with friends
Do some sport
Chat on the internet
Watch a DVD
Play some music

Vocabulary 2:

Family history
Father's side of the family
ancestors
Great-grandparents
realtives
related to
inherited /ed/
take after
roots
extended family
siblings
step-mother
father in love

Vocabulary 3:

Fortune: a lot of money
Medallist: someone who won a gold medal in sport
organising securiry: making arrengements so someone is safe
tragic: extremely sad
abandoned /d/: left someone in bad condition
sentenced: given a punishment for a crime

Classification exam

Hello everyone, I was prepared for the British classification exam. It is an institute to learn English (British English) in Peru. I think the information could be interesting for other people.

This is a formal interview, therefore, you have to formally introduce yourself:

• Good afternoon. I wanted to introduce myself, I'm Fernando Parra and I'm here for the classification exam.

The most common questions for this are:

• How are you?
• What do you do? (study, work ,etc)
• What did you do on the weekend?
• What did you do last week?
• Why did you stop studying English?
• Tell me about you....
• What will you do next week?

The possible answers are:

• I'm fine
• I am 24 years and I am a Human Medicine student.
• I ate fish, salmon, tuna; because it was Easter Week. Also, the weekend I went to buy a classic guitar, because I like the classic music and I would like learn it.
• Because my whole year wax already taken up. I had a very important test last year and I needed all my time for it. It was a entrance exam.
• I had lived in argentina for 5 years
• I traveled to Argentina to study astronomy 7 years ago, I had studied astronomy for 4 years, then I discovered that I didn't like that profession, so I went to all the faculties of the university and I liked medical school and especially the books related to medicine. Then I had studied medicine in Argentina for one year, but I chose to study in my country, Peru. I returned to take the entrance exam. Finally, after entering university, I can return to study English.
• I will start studying in two days and I going to prepare my schedule for this semester.

Finally, the formal farewell:

• Goodbye, it's nice to have met you.

Other possible questions:

TEST ELEMENTAL

1)  What’s your name? How do you spell your surname?  – Simple Present: verb to be

2)  Where are you from? I can say countries and nationalities.

3)  Did you learn English at school? For how many years? – Simple Past

4)  What do you do now? Do you work or are you a student? – Simple Present: Other verbs (ocupations)

5)  What do you do in your free time?

6)  Do you like football? What sports do you like? –  verb like

7)  What do you do every day? What time do you get up/start  work?

8)  What subjects did you study at school? What exams did you take?

9)  Tell me something you could do well at school. And something you can do well now. Modal Verb “Can” for abilities

10)  Tell me about the weather in the your country. – Vocabulary: the weather

11)  What are you going to do at the weekend? – Lección 17:  – Futuro con going to

12)  Have you been to an English-speaking country (before)? – Present Perfect

TEST PRE-INTERMEDIATE

13) Let’s talk about your friends. How often do you normally see them? Present Simple

14) Tell me about something you did with your friends recently.

15) What do you think your friends are doing now? Present Continuous

16) Tell me about your best friend. What is he or she like?

17) Let’s talk about your house or home. How would you describe it? Vocabulary: kitchen and dinner, livingroon and bathroom

18) How about your country/town. How is it different now from 20 years ago? Comparative and Superlative

19) What kinds of things do people in your country/town do in their free time?

20) How do you think your country/town will change in the next 20 years? Future “will”(predictions)

21)  What advice would you give to someone visiting your country/town? Advices “should”

22) Tell me about the main news stories in your country at the moment.

23) What do you think the main news stories are in the UK or America at the moment?

24) If you had been born in the UK or America, how would your life up to now have been different? Third conditional

TEST UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

25) Tell me about any other languages you speak, apart from English.

26) Tell me about a book you’ve read recently, either in English or in your own language.

27) Some people think everyone in the world will speak English within 50 years. What do you think?

28) How do you think the Internet has changed the way people learn English?

29) Would you say you are a practical person? What jobs can you do about the house?

30) Tell me how you imagine your life this time next year.

31) What, in your opinion, are the characteristics of a good friend?

32) Do you think life for young people today is easier or harder than it was for their parents and grandparents?

33) How would you improve the education system in your country?

34) We hear a lot about globalisation nowadays. What are your views on globalisation?

35) What famous person, either present or past would you like to meet and why?

36) What are the problems associated with learning a language at an advanced level? How can you continue to make progress?