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Join our FCE course to enhance English skills through expanding vocabulary and mastering complex grammar. Get tips on various sources for practice.
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HI! WELCOME TO THE FCE COURSE!
FCE stands for.... ..... First Certificate in English You should build up a wider vocabulary and become familiar with more complex grammatical structures TIPS: news books interviews newspapers films magazines documentaries variety of accents
Compact First for Schools. Student’s book without answer Second Edition
The exam is made up of 4 papers: 7 parts READING and USE OF ENGLISH 1 hour 15 minutes WRITING 2 parts 1 hour 20 minutes LISTENING 4 parts approximately 40 minutes 4 parts SPEAKING 14 minutes
Short conversation between the examiner and each candidate SPEAKING – PART 1 • What’s your name? • Where are you from? • What do you like about living here / there? • When do you like listening to music? Why? • What free time activity do you most enjoy? Why? • How long have you been studying English? • Do you do any sport? • Which is/was your favourite school subject? Why?
SPEAKING – PART 1 • Which is/was your favourite school subject? It was definitely English, but I liked maths too. • Why? AT First of all, because I was GOOD ......... it. And also because I liked foreign languages. And also because I was KEEN ......... foreign languages. ON And also because I was FOND ........ foreign languages. OF And also because I was INTERESTED ......... foreign languages. IN ABOUT And also because I was FANATICAL ......... foreign languages.
SPEAKING – PART 1 • When do you like listening to music?
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AT IN ON the morning Monday 5 o’clock the afternoon 16 May 2014 midnight the evening Christmas day sunset November night my birthday winter the weekend that occasion 1968 Christmas Friday morning Easter the 19th century the moment And what about expressions like ‘FRIDAY MORNING’? the same time
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME We say AT NIGHT when talking about night-time in general When talking about a particular night, we say: IN THE NIGHT The ground was wet because it had rained IN THE NIGHT. To express a period of time before something happens, we use........... IN I’ll call you back IN 10 minutes.
WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE? HE IS SLIM. HE HAS GOT FAIR HAIR AND BROWN EYES. WHAT IS HE LIKE? HE IS GENEROUS BUT HE IS ALSO STUBBORN.
I act without thinking. IMPULSIVE
I am relaxed and hardly ever get annoyed or angry. EASY-GOING
I am not worried about failing. CONFIDENT
I always cry when I watch sad films. SENSITIVE
I don’t do anything stupid because I make reasonable decisions. SENSIBLE
I always smile and laugh. CHEERFUL
I never change my mind. STUBBORN
I only think about myself. SELFISH I pay too much attention to myself. SELF-CENTRED
I worry about what I look like and what other people think of me. SELF-CONSCIOUS
I enjoy talking a lot. CHATTY TALKATIVE
I think things will always go wrong. PESSIMISTIC NEGATIVE
I love being with other people. OUTGOING SOCIABLE
I hardly ever lend my friends any money. - STINGY + THRIFTY
I always tell the truth. HONEST SINCERE
I like giving orders. BOSSY
I always give back the things I borrow. RELIABLE TRUSTWORTHY
I don’t accept criticism. TOUCHY
I care about every single detail. - FUSSY + CONSCIENTIOUS
I always help people. KIND GENEROUS HELPFUL
I don’t study. I don’t work. I don’t go to the cinema. I don’t do sports. I prefer lying on the sofa. LAZY
He IS DRINKING champagne. He IS GETTING drunk.
She IS WAKING UP. She IS FALLING asleep. She IS YAWNING.
She IS ROBBING something. She IS STEALING something.
a WATCH MONEY Steal a CAR a WALLET a MOBILE a BIKE You can steal.... = rubare ... something a BANK a POST OFFICE a HOUSE a RICH MAN Rob an OLD LADY a PETROL STATION = rapinare = derubare You can rob.... ... a place ... a person