Friday, 16 November 2012

Writing: some examples

Review

Story







Letter of application


Email to a friend giving information


Formal email asking for information


Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am writing about the Fairfield Festival this weekend and I have a number of questions I would like to ask. 

In the advertisement you mention that there are discounts for students. Could you tell me what the discounts are and how much it would cost for 5 students for one night only, including the booking fee? 

I would also like some more details about the camping facilities. Could you let me know it there are any toilets and shower rooms at the campsite?

As there are only a couple of days to go, I imagine that it will be too late to put the tickets in the post. Would it be possible to collect the tickets, and if so, where would I need to collect them from? 

I look forward to hearing from you. 

Kind regards,

Steven Smith




Essay


Report





Oral exam

Practise for the Oral Exam using this example

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B04H2T1abW4HN2RKaGZ0bEZOams



Topics the oral exam may include

Films and entertainment

Books and writing

The environment

Travel and transport

Great buildings - Great cities

Sports and leisure

Money, business and charity work

Christmas and celebrations



Thursday, 30 August 2012

Films and fashion

Films


Twilight



Activities on video


Fashion




Reported speech


What is reported speech?


  Tenses -  Orders, requests and advice - Questions 


Exercises


Choose the right option

Convert sentences from direct to reported speech

Modal verbs

What are modal verbs?

Meaning (first part)

Deduction (present)

Deduction (past)





Exercises


Meaning of modals


Can, Could, May and Might (ability and permission)


Extreme sports



Bungee Jumping Goes Wrong

Note

snap past tense and past participle snapped, present participle snapping
[intransitive and transitive]to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something break with a sudden sharp noise:
A twig snapped under my feet.
The wind snapped branches and power lines.
snap (something) off (something)
I snapped the ends off the beans and dropped them into a bowl.
snap (something) in two/in half (=break into two pieces)
The teacher snapped the chalk in two and gave me a piece.

cord
 [uncountable and countable]a piece of thick string or thin rope:
The robe was held at the waist by a cord.
He pulled explosives and some tangled cord from his bag



Activites on video


Extreme Sports




Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Expressions to use in oral interaction


Talking together

.... is a really good idea, isn’t it?

I don’t know for certain, but I think ...

On the one hand …., but on the other ….

I’m not really sure that / whether ...

I’m not absolutely / totally / fully convinced that ...

It’s difficult to think of a disadvantage but perhaps ....

But don’t you think that ..... is a really good idea?

It’s true that ... but ....

One reason for (not) doing this would be ...

Of course, there would be some disadvantages. Even so, it might be better to ...

It sounds interesting, but…

I’m not sure that’s a good idea because ...

That’s true up to a point, but …

I completely/ partially agree/ don’t agree at all with ....... because …