1º. Guide for speaking exam. NI1

1. INTRODUCTIONS

 Talk about.....

- Describing your job and your colleges
 
 Key words:

positive adjectives
negative adjectives
comparatives and superlatives

1A. FOOD AND RESTAURANTS

         

Verbs: Present Simple and Present Continuos.

Typical questions:

What do you eat in a typical day?
Is food a pleasure for you?
Do you ever cook?. What food do you like cook?
Are you trying to cut down on anything at the moment?
Do you ever eat "unhealthy" food?. How do you feel about it?
What do you usually have for breakfast?
How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?
Where do you usually have lunch?
How often do you eat out a week?
Do you need to buy any food today?
Do you prefer eating at home or eating out?
Are you taking any vitamins or food supplements at the moment?
Are you trying to eat heatlhily at the moment?
What's is your favourite restaurant? Why?
What's is the best restaurant in your city?

Talk about .....Agree or disagree. Give reasons

- People in my country eat very healthily.
- You can often eat better in cheap restaurants than in expensive ones.
- Women worry more about their diet than men.
- Young people today eat less healthily than ten years ago.
- Men cook as a hobby, women cook because they have to.
- Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat.

Key words:

takeaway                                 frozen                                   main course
heat up                                    sweet                                    dishes
low- fat                                   boiled                                    starters
wholemeal (harina integral)       stew (guiso)                           desserts
eat out                                     roast                                      napkin (servilleta)
home-made                             baked                                    fork
raw (crudo)                            steamed (al vapor)                  spoon
spicy                                       grilled                                     knife
fresh                                        fried                                       Kind of meat, vegetables, fish, fruit...


 1B. SPORT

                       
    
Verbs:

 Past Simple ( (+)verb-ed/ past verb) ((?) did + infinitive verb)((-)didn't+infinitive verb)
 Past Continuos(+-) was/wasn't, were/were not + verb-ing)
 Past Perfect ((+-) had/hadn't + past participle)

Questions:

Do your family and friends like sport?
Do you think you're fit? Would you like to get fitter?
Do you do any sport in your free time?
Do you prefer playing sport to doing exercise?Why? How often?
Do you prefer watching sport on TV to being spectator?Why?
Have you ever cheated in an exam, game or sport? Why did you do cheat? How did you do it?
Is there any sport that you like to learn?
Have you ever been an accident or sport injury? What happened?
Have you ever won a cup or a trophy?
Are there good sport facilities in your town?
Have you ever met a celebrity?Where? What was the celebrity doing? What was he wearing?What happened?

Talk about... Agree or disagree. Give reasons.

- Nowadays we spend too much time watching on TV
- Do you like playing sport or doing exercise in you free time?Where? How often? Do you get fit?
  Did you play any sport at school? Did you have a team? How much time you spent to do it?
  Did you warm up before to do it? Did you win a cup or trophy? Did you have an accident or get injured any part of your body?

Key words:

warm up (calentar)                       beat                            team
get fit                                           win                             spectator
get injured                                    lost                             fans
score                                           train                            captain
play (tennis, football)                    stadium                       coach (entrenador)
go (swimming..)                            sport hall                    court (pista tennis, basketball)
players                                         referee (arbitro)           pitch (campo football, rugby, hockey)
course (golf)                                 slope (ski)                  track ( athletics)
circuit (fomula1, motorcycling)      pool                           draw (empatar)
do (exercise, yoga..)

          

1C. WE ARE FAMILY

Vebs: Future forms

BE GOING TO + INFINITE VERB

Future plans (insecure, made a decision)
Intentions
Predictions-evidence

WILL + INFINITIVE VERB
Instant decisions
Promises, desires
Offers
Sugesttions

TO BE + VERB-ING (present continuos)

 Future arrangements (securite, emphasizes that you have made the arragements)
You know – day, month, hour.

Questions:

 Can you tell me about a person in your family?
 What does he/she likes?
 Do you get on well he/she with ? Why?
 Do you argue she/he with? Why?
 What do you thing about families in the future?
 What things he/she likes or dislikes?
 How is his/her personality?
 Does he/she smokes?
 Does he/she has a job or studies?
 Her/his hobbies and interests

 Talk about.....

- Describing a person in your family
- Traditional family and the typical family of the future
 
 Key words:

positive adjectives                                 single-parent families          extender family
negative adjectives                                couples                              an only child
comparatives and superlatives                half-brothers                     stepmother, cousin...