INGLÉS
SAMPLE MEDIATION IN WRITING AND IN SPEAKING
INVERSION
INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS
Very useful YouTube Channel to prepare B1, B2, C1. Click HERE.
EEOOII "certificativas"
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8th March MARIE CURIE-FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (from LinguaHouse)
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REVISION RELATIVES, PASSIVE VOICE, TO/ING
RELATIVE CLAUSES - CLICK HERE
PASSIVE VOICE - CLICK HERE
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE - CLICK HERE
CAUSATIVE HAVE - CLICK HERE
TO/ING - CLICK HERE
GALICIAN EEOOII SAMPLE TESTS
VERY USEFUL POST ABOUT MEDIATION IN VICTORIA'S SECRET ENGLISH BLOG
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SPEAKING (B11, B21, B23 THAT'S ENGLISH)
B11:
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: PROS AND CONS OF GLOBALIZATION
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: AN INVENTION THAT WE USE EVERY DAY
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT?
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: FOOD- COOKING - RESTAURANTS:
A) WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY’S CUISINE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME TYPICAL DISHES FROM YOUR COUNTRY? DESCRIBE THE LAST THING YOU ATE ( FLAVOUR, TEXTURE, DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY/WHY NOT?), DO YOU COOK MUCH?
B) TWO RESTAURANTS, ONE IS TRADITIONAL, THE OTHER IS A RESTAURANT WHERE NOUVELLE CUISINE IS SERVED. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR PARENTS? AND SOME FRIENDS? WHY? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE OUT? WHERE DID YOU GO? DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY / WHY NOT?
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: YOUR LAST VACATION. WHERE DID YOU GO? WHO WITH? HOW LONG DID YOU STAY? WHAT DID YOU DO? DESCRIBE THE PLACE
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN): WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?LEISURE - HOBBIES
B21:
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: THE ENVIRONMENT - WHAT’S A CARBON FOOTPRINT? HOW BIG IS YOURS? HOW CAN IT BE REDUCED? SHOULD WE BE WORRIED? ARE YOU WORRIED?
- SPEAK ( 3 MIN) ABOUT: DOPING - WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ATHLETES USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCNG DRUGS? DO YOU THINK ATLETES IN ALL SPORTS TAKE DRUGS? WHICH SPORTS SEEMS TO SUFFER MOST FROM PARTICIPANTS USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS? WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS? IF THERE WAS A VOTE, DO YU THINK ATHLETES WOULD CHOOSE TO ALLOW PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN SPORTS?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: OLD AGE - WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM "OLD AGE"? DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR OLD AGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK OLD AGE IS LIKE? HOW WILL YOUR LIFE BE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU REACH YOUR OLD AGE? WHEN DOES OLD AGE START?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: YOUR FAMILY - YOUR RELATIVES, YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FAMILY ( HOW OFTEN YOU MEET, THINGS YOU DO TOGETHER, DO YOU GET ON WELL?)
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: FILMS - WHAT KIND OF FILMS DO YOU LIKE/ARE YOU INTO? A FILM YOU LIKED (+ FEATURES) OR ONE YOU DIDN’T LIKE (-FEATURES): WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR? WHO WAS IN IT? WHERE IS IT SET? IS IT BASED ON A BOOK? DID IT GET GOOD REVIEWS? DID IT WIN ANY AWARDS? WHY DID /DIDN’T YOU LIKE IT?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: CHARITIES - IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE TWO CHARITIES TO DONATE MONEY, WHICH TWO CHARITIES WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
B23
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: TIME - WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD TIME? DO YOU EVER WASTE TIME? DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO? DOES TIME FLY WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN?
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: DESCRIBE A FRIEND IN ENGLISH PROVIDING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ( APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY, HOW YOU MET, YOUR RELATIONSHIP ( DO YOU GET ON WELL?, DO YOU HAVE ARGUMENTS? WHAT ABOUT? HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET...?)
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: FOOD- COOKING - RESTAURANTS:
A) WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY’S CUISINE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME TYPICAL DISHES FROM YOUR COUNTRY? DESCRIBE THE LAST THING YOU ATE ( FLAVOUR, TEXTURE, DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY/WHY NOT?), DO YOU COOK MUCH?
B) TWO RESTAURANTS, ONE IS TRADITIONAL, THE OTHER IS A RESTAURANT WHERE NOUVELLE CUISINE IS SERVED. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR PARENTS? AND SOME FRIENDS? WHY? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE OUT? WHERE DID YOU GO? DID YOU LIKE IT? wHY / WHY NOT?
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: PLACES
A) LIVING IN THE COUNTRY OR LIVING IN THE CITY, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
B) TALK ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN ( INTRODUCE YOUR HOMETOWN, ADDING BACKGROUND AND DETAILS, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT IT AND ABOUT HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME)
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: BODY LANGUAGE - IS BODY LANGUAGE IMPORTANT? WHY/WHY NOT? CAN BODY LANGUAGE CAUSE CONFLICT WHEN SPEAKING TO EOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES? ARE THERE ANY GESTURES YOU FIND OFFENSIVE? WHICH ONES?
More advanced linkers and words
Click here to learn more advanced linkers and words to use in your sriting/speaking.
Click HERE, as well ( linkers and examples)
FORMAL LETTER - USEFUL VOCABULARY
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CAUSATIVE (HAVE/ GET SOMETHING DONE)
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE WHEEL
TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH. YOU CAN'T START WITH THE PRONOUN IT.
KEY:
JOHN AND MARY ARE SAID NOT TO GET ON WELL THE CRIMINAL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ESCAPED IN A VAN |
THE LEVEL OF THE TEST IS CONSIDERED TO BE SUITABLE |
THE POLICE ARE SAID TO HAVE CAUGHT THE MURDERER |
SHAKESPEARE IS THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE WRITTEN "TWELFTH NIGHT" |
"TWELFTH NIGHT" IS THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE |
THE BUILDING IS SAID TO BE ABOUT TO COLLAPSE |
SOME ALIENS ARE SAID TO HAVE BUILT THE PYRAMIDS |
THE PYRAMIDS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN BUILT BY SOME ALIENS |
THE CAPITOL RAIDERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ALREADY IN JAIL |
Let's learn and revise English vocabulary with Scattergories
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FOOD AND DRINK ACTIVITIES (FROM LINGUAHOUSE)
PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES IN ENGLISH
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tophonetics.com
Have you got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This online converter of English text to IPA phonetic transcription will "translate" your English words "into" IPA symbols so that you can know how to pronounce them.
Interactive Phonemic Chart HERE.
Click HERE to find out how to pronounce words in English.
When I'm sixty-four - Cando teña sesenta e catro anos
Some years ago, a few 2nd Bach students recorded the famous song When I'm Sixty-four, by The Beatles.
This course plenty of the activities organised by our EDLG have to do with the passage of time, with ageing/growing old, and the song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. That's why some 2nd Bach students have decided to translate the song which was recorded long ago into Galician language and to subtitle the video.
