Listening practice for the exam on Friday 27/05

First Certificate Practice

http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/fce_listening.html

Advanced Practice

https://virtuaule.com/en/cambridge-advanced-exam-cae-listening-tests.html

Role Play!

Criteria

¡It must be at least 4 minutes long. You are more than welcome to make it longer J

¡Each person must talk for a similar amount of time

¡You will be given individual marks

¡Criterion C 67%

¡Criterion D 67%

What is it about?

A short tale…

¡Think about the short story unit we studied and the techniques used to create a narrative structure.

¡Use Roald Dahl’s short stories for inspiration.

¡It can be funny/ scary/ weird/ exciting…the idea is that it entertains your audience.

You must include the main grammar points we’ve done

this year!!!

1.Reported speech

2.To keep (phrasal verb)

3.Conditionals (if and unless)

4.Adjective order

5.Past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect, present perfect)

6.Adverbs (frequency and manner)

7.Connectives

8.To get (phrasal verb)

9.Passive voice

You must also include some of the amazing vocabulary that

we have acquired this year! For example…

1.Debating verbs

2.Educating Essex

3.The X-Factor

4.The poems (Out of the Blue, etc)

5.Of Mice and Men

6.Story telling

7.Roald Dahl’s short stories (The Man from the South, The Landlady)

The Landlady - Key Vocabulary

https://quizlet.com/137772849/the-landlady-key-vocabulary-flash-cards/?new

Activities:

žReading Focus. For all of these questions you must use Point Evidence Explain.

ØHow is Billy presented throughout the story? Does his character evolve? You must use Point Evidence Explain.

ØHow is the Landlady presented throughout the story? Does his character evolve? You must use Point Evidence Explain.

ØHow is foreshadowing used? Give examples.

ØHow is dramatic irony used? Give examples.

The Landlady by Roald Dahl

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/landlady_text.pdf

Man from the South

https://maggiemcneill.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/man-from-the-south.pdf

Vocabulary:

https://quizlet.com/135225655/man-from-the-south-by-roald-dahl-flash-cards/

For each of the characters, you need to choose the best possible quotation and analyse it...

Step 1 - What characteristics does the character have?

Step 2 - Find a good quotation which reveals a characteristic.

Step 3 - Think of a way to infer from the quotation

Step 4 - Use your best, most precise vocabulary in writing your analysis

For the oldish man x 2

“...................................”	This could suggest that... The word ‘......’ emphasises...
“...................................”	This shows... The reader...

For the cadet x 2

“...................................”	This quotation reflects the cadet’s... He is also described as “....” which reiterates...
“...................................”	Ostensibly, this quotation... The effect of this quotation/word is ...

For the narrator x 2

“...................................”	From this passage, the reader can infer that... However, perhaps...
“...................................”	The reader is given the impression... This characteristic is repeated later in the story, when...

How does Roald Dahl build tension in this story? Write three different points with quotations.

·      Firstly.../ The opening of the story... / Initially...

Words / Adjectives such as...

·      Gradually...

The reader... / The atmosphere/mood begins to change when...

This is apparent in the passage / quotation...

·      Towards the end of the story, the tension is increased when...

The use of short sentences like ‘...’

To Get - Phrasal Verb

• Get across
• Get along / Get on with
• Get around
• Get at
• Get away
• Get down
• Get down to
• Get on
• Get out of
• Get over

Get across

= to communicate.

= to make someone understand something. (Especially if the details are too difficult to understand or if the person being explained to understands poorly).

• Although I couldn't speak the language, I managed to get my meaning across when necessary.
• Your meaning didn't really get across.
• He's not very good at getting his idea across.

Get along - Get on with

= to have a good / friendly relationship with someone.

(get on is used more in Britain)

• Even though there are six of them sharing the house, they all get on well with each other.
• He doesn't get along well with his mother-in-law.
• Our new boss is very easy to get on with.

Get around

1. = to become known. To spread or to circulate. If news or information gets around, people tell other people, so that soon many people know about it.

• It's a small place, so news and gossip get around pretty quickly.
• The news of his arrest got around quickly.
• News soon got around that Matthew was back in town.

2. = to find a way of avoiding a difficult or unpleasant situation, so that you don't have to deal with it.

• There is no way of getting around it - you are going to have to tell her the truth.
• Isn't there any way of getting around the regulations?

Get at

1. = to reach, to access to something.

• The cupboard is too high for me to get at.
• The report is locked in the cabinet and I can't get at them.

2. = to suggest something indirectly, to imply. (used only in the continuous tense)

• What exactly are you getting at? (=trying to say, suggest)

Get away

1. = to go away from someone or something

• Get away from me!
• Get away from that cake!
• It was so busy that Francisca couldn't get away from the phone all day.

2. = to escape from someone who is chasing you.

• They tried to get away from the police but they weren't quick enough.

3. = to have a holiday.

• We hope to get away for a couple of weeks around Christmas.

Get down

1. = to cause someone to be depressed.

• This weather is getting me down
• Don't let these problems get you down too much.

Get down to

1. = to reach the point of dealing with something.

2. = to begin to work on something seriously. To give serious attention to something.

3. = to finally start doing something, after you have been avoiding it or after something has prevented you from doing it.

• Now, let's get down to business
• It's time I got down to some serious work.
• Once it is Summer, we will get down to painting the house.

 

Get on

1. = to put yourself on or in something

• I get on the bus at 8am every morning.
• We got on the train just before it left.

2. = to remind someone to do something; to continue

• Your story is taking all day. Get on with it!

Get out of

1. = to avoid something

• He always tells his parents he has homework to get out of doing the dishes.
• She was lucky to get out of that dangerous situation.

2. = to physically remove yourself from somewhere or something

• I got out of bed as soon as my alarm went off.
• The police officer told me to get out of the car.

Get over

1. = to recover from something or return to your usual state of health or happiness.

• I thought he would never get over her illness.
• It took her a long time to get over their separation.
• He never got over the shock of losing his wife.

2. = to overcome or deal with or gain control of something.

• She can't get over her shyness.

Can't get over

1. = to be amazed or surprised by something.

• I can't get over how much your kids have grown.

PRACTICE!!! Complete the exercises below:

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/190.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/phrasal-verbs/exercises?16

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/4pv17-get.php

Story telling - More practice!

Create your own narrative based on the image provided.

You must write 300-400 words.

Include:

-A clear narrative structure

-‘Showing not telling’

-Adverbs:

-of manner and frequency

-Direct speech

-Connectives

-A variety of past tenses

-Shoud + have + Past Participle