Skills for FCE listening speaking SB1 part 2

U n EXAM PRACTICE A — SPEAKING PA RT S AND Part l'A like you, 1-o imok3ivie l-hat- you, work -Foy ei TV hews Exam know-how pvoT oihume , When you Speaking Part 3: When you Speaking Part These pic•Ayes show t-he evevti-s ■ Try to use as many diff erent ways of Remember that this is supposed to be a agreeing and disagreeing as you can discussion between you, your partner have Ask and the examiner It's okay to say 'I your partner for his or her opinion in agree with Mary but it's even better to happened i-o discuss diff erent ways, too Try not i-oday to use I'd like you,turn to your partner and say 'I agree how 'What with you ' This shows the examiner that you are a good communicator 50 B Port D Do you think there's too o lo v -f1, 1k , A n m o v e, cAna nnr1 vvoul d be, Is IN evii -evi-otivimehi - Or is Do you How could TV be improved in your country? thin \ k wa tc hi ng TV ca n he lp to r n e t c a n h e l im p pr ov s e t yo u ur d En e gl n is t h? s ? ( Do y o u ( How often you use the internet? Grammar focus t h i n k t h e i n t e L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g / Unit 51 Look at the following sentences using the verb 'agree' and We couldn't agree on a video Mum agreed We never seem to I have to say that I don't I really don't Circle the correct words to complete the rules We We use We use something decision We use Complete the following sentences by writing the correct prepositions in the spaces I agree Hopefully, the headmaster will agree i t The Weather WARM-UP Look at the pictures In pairs ask and answer the following questions • H o w d o y o u p r e f e r t o fi n d o u t a b o u t t h e w e a t h e r ? nAre you interested in knowing what the forecast is every day? nWhy is the weather forecast so important to some people? nHow accurate you think weather forecasts are? DEVELOP YOUR LISTENING SKILLS A True or fal se ? Look at these statements about Listening Part Decide if they are true or false Circle T for True and F for False Listening Part is always a gap-filling/note-taking exercise T/F You can only write one word in each gap You might have to write as many as ten words in one gap The exact word or phrase that you need to write is always T/F T/F The gaps are in the same order as the information which you Your answer is always marked wrong if you make a spelling hear T / F mistake You can write numbers in a gap where appropriate T/F in the listening somewhere B What goes in a gap? In Listening Part 2, you have to fill ten gaps by writing a word or short phrase in each gap Look at these three examples of gaps Temperature tomorrow: What will the temperature be tomorrow? The temperature tomorrow will be Now think about possible kinds of answers Example: Write an answer involving a number which fits in all three gaps: 25 Now write down one word which would fit all three gaps: Finally, write a phrase (of between two and five words) which fits all three gaps: 13Discuss As a class, discuss your choices How many different words or phrases fit all three gaps? Here is another gap Do your choices fit this gap too? If not, discuss why not today The temperature tomorrow will be D Which fi t? Look at these words and phrases Decide which of the gaps above they can fill, if any Tick or cross gap1 gap gap gap 42 42° forty-two degrees co ol cooler than coolest cooler than yesterday coolness L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / U n i t 53 U n i t DEVELOP YOUR LISTENING SKILLS Listen and write Vg0 You are going to listen to the beginning of a weather forecast As you listen, write one word in each gap to complete the sentences The temperature tomorrow will be There is not much Tomorrow will be in the air 3J , especially at noon There will not be much 11 L i s t e n and w r i t e 40% Now listen again This time, all your answers will be phrases of between two and five words, or will involve numbers Today: highest temperature: Tomorrow: up to 44 degrees in: humidity (per cent): bright, particularly around midday and 54 than today Wordperfect Read thou-, r.entenrec and then uce the wordc in Make a guess Here are some more gaps for the same weather forecast Can you remember any of the answers? Write a word or short phrase in each one It doesn't matter if it is only a guess bold to complete the sentences below n Whatn We were snowed in for three days and couldn't even get to the shops  If the river rises any higher, the whole town is in danger of flooding If it carries on raining, then the river may is the name of the weather presenter? wellburst its banks ■ These days, meteorologists rely on sophisticated computers to forecast What is the country experiencing the at moment? ■ Where will it be hottest tomorrow? The air will not contain much tomorrow The weatherman said that we're in for a cold spell over the next few days • the weather It was so windy that my umbrella kept turning inside out! Let's go for a walk in the country if it's sunny ■ tomorrow ■ You'd better take your waterproofs They say its going to rain quite heavily later ■ Hail is small pieces of ice which fall from the sky If it is drizzling it's raining very lightly ■ People will not be much tomorrow ■ There won't be much I got caught in a storm It was actually quite painful! It's only I'm not going to bother to take my umbrella We d a real l y ho t la st week It was lovely We had a barbecue in the garden every evening I hope we don't get I've got an important meeting tomorrow for most of the day Remember to bring your _ What should people wear outside? They'll keep you warm and dry if the weather turns bad The regular _ could be avoided if the council put in proper drainage system At the moment, there's nowhere for the water to fl ow to Listen No answers _ of the river in an attempt and check listen one more time and check your w to G Change any of the guesses that yo got wrong u L i s t e n i n g and Do you think it's too to fl y my kite? The lo cal coun cil are streng th en in g the S p e a k i n g to prevent a repeat of last year's flooding Are all the weathermen and weathergirls on TV pro fessio nal S k i l l s / Unit 55 U n i t EXAM PRACTICE L I S T E N I N G PA R T S A N D Exam know-how When you Listening Part 2: Remember that you might have to write a short phrase If you write more than five words, your answer is probably too long Don't write too much information A Part  The gaps are always In the same order as the information on the cassette For example, if you haven't heard the answer to question and then you hear the answer to question 5, you'll know the answer to question comes before that VO You will hear people talking in eight different situations For questions 8, choose the answer, A, B or C - balk You hear a man talking about a football match Why was the match cancelled? A because of the bad weather B because of football hooligans C because of an accident You hear someone talking on a mobile phone Who is the talking to? A a customer B a colleague C a relative You overhear two people in a travel agent's arguing about a trip What they disagree about? A how warm it will be B how sunny it will be C how humid it will be You hear a weather forecast on the radio What will the weather be like tomorrow in the North? A wet B windy C bright 112 I Listen to this news report about a flood What was the probable cause of the flood? A a river bursting its banks B a broken pipe C heavy rainfall You hear two academics talking on television about global warming What are they arguing about? A the existence of global warming B the causes of global warming C the effects of global warming Listen to this man talking about the weather Who is he? A a vet B a farmer C a butcher Listen to this woman talking about weather forecasting How does she feel? A angry B worried C amused L 14 I I L 16 [ 56 B Part VIO You will hear a radio presenter talking about an internet website For questions 9-18, fill in the missing information with a word or short phrase Search & Find Factsheet No 22 name of website: website wwwww.co.uk address: strange weather in subject: such as: raining frogs, site also includes:  other useful 1 1 1i1 page (with more than , lizards of meteorological terms 10 ) (with photos or  links to other websites r working on projects website designed by: students at Grammar focus When people speak, they often run certain words and phrases together Listen to this example Does it sound like this? Are you going to make a decision now, or you want to wait and see what the weather is like? Or this? Are you gonna make a decision now, or d'ya wanna wait'n'see what the weather's like? Listen to these people talking For each one, fi ll in the gaps with the written form of the word or phrase they say (i.e write 'going to' and not 'gonna') Yo u o u t i n s u c h b a d w e a t h e r W h a t _thinking? I think in the morning whatever like u s e a fl a s h , a s t h e s u n ' s q u i t e b r i g h t a n y w a y I I _weather forecast this morning They _come if it's snowing The bad, and _ be them to on the farm _ a ring in the morning if L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / Unit 57 15 E X A M know-how PRACTICE Exam — L I S T E N I N G PA R T S When you the Listening Paper:  The words a speaker stresses can help you anticipate and understand what point they are making We often stress words in English because we want to contrast that thing or idea with another thing or idea In the exam, listen for words that are stressed These are usually the words that carry the most information A AND  In the exam, you are often asked to judge how a speaker feels or what their attitude is to what they are saying Intonation and tone of voice can give you a lot of information about feelings and attitude Listen to what they say, but also listen to how they say it Part VO You will hear five people talking about a prison For questions 5, choose which of the opinions A-F - each speaker expresses Use the letters only once There is one extra letter you not need to use A I hadn't expected the place to be like it is B I think that more could be done with more money Speaker E± C I don't believe prison does any good D I believe that staff should be better trained E I think criminals should be sent to prison more F I don't think the men work hard enough Speaker Speaker Speaker 4 Speaker 5 92 often B P a r t -0 ' You will hear a radio interview with a man who used to be a criminal For questions 6-12, decide which views are expressed and which are not In the boxes provided, write YES next to those views which are expressed and NO next to those views which are not expressed Prisons used to be much worse in the past Prisons teach you how to live a life away from crime Young people should study more to avoid a life of crimc People might turn to crime when they feel hopeless 9j 10 Criminals are presented in a realistic way in the media 11 People can be taught useful skills in prison 12 Prisoners need more entertainment, such as sports on TV I 11 12 Grammar focus Listen to these sentences being read and underline the stressed syllables in the words in blue None of the prisoners object to the new rules The prisoner was found carrying an illegal object When a noun and a verb are written in the same way, they are sometimes stressed the same Sometimes, though, the stress gives you information about the part of speech Listen to these pairs of sentences Write the word which appears in both sentences and circle the correct answer The verb and noun are: _ The verb is stressed on the first / second syllable and the noun is stressed on the first / The verb and noun are: second syllable The verb is stressed on the first / second syllable and the noun is stressed on the first / second syllable The verb and noun are: The verb is stressed on the first / second syllable and the noun is stressed on the first / second syllable The verb and noun are: _ The verb is stressed on the first / second syllable and the noun is stressed on the first / second syllable What you notice about each pair of words? L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / U n i t 93 U n i 16 Shopping WA R M - U P Look at the pictures Can you describe what is happening in each one? Now, in pairs suggest what you should if: nyou buy a CD that won't play nyou find a hole in a sweater you've just bought nyou drop your new camera and it breaks ntwo people buy you the same present for Christmas DEVELOP YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS Dos o Don'L Which of these are good things for you to say or in the interview? A Which of them are not so good? Write Do or Don't before each one m a k e r e a s o n a b l e s u g g e s t i o n s t o y o u r p a r t n e r use the verb 'suggest' all the time ignore your partner's suggestions and talk about other things _ ask your partner questions about his or her suggestions use your imagination to come up with good suggestions us e mo d a l s l i ke 'co ul d ' a nd 'wo ul d ' t o ma ke s ug g es ti o ns _use modals like 'must' and 'have to' to make suggestions explain why you are recommending something B How d o t h e y s u g g e s t i t ? 10' Lis ten to the following extracts taken fro m diff erent inter views with students For each student, choose the phrase you hear them use to make a sugges tion or reco mmendation What yo u think eac h student is talking about? Student Student a i will %99e* t e t h e s u g g e sb tI siAmes+i o n s Complete the following suggestions and recommendations using some of the phrases in the box There may be more than one answer Then Student whether each one is formal or Student decide informal5by circling the correct a I recoimmehA a Whal- yotA option Do you think it would be a good idea How about b I yecommev ■ d key b to would you One possibility is that I would say that Student I would like to suggest Student Couldn't we 1/I'd don't wed, A O " I S a She ou,oki a one -Why ki n she coul What about My recommendation would be to b she wii3kido b one 1-Ding she would CEI a Don'i- yoLA om ple b WouldCyou l-kink • try taking the CD back to the shop we bought it from? formal / informal the best idea is probably to send it back to the manufacturer formal / informal formal / checking that it's still under guarantee? informal _w e c ould wr it e a l etter of c o mp la int to formal / informal the shop ask the shop for our money back formal / there's actually very little you can formal / phoning the shop to see what they say formal / informal informal informal L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / U n i t 16 95 Un 16 DEVE LOP YOUR SPEA KING SKIL LS D What you sugge st? What would you say to the following people if they asked you for advice? In pairs decide on suggestio ns you could make using the phrases in B and C Discuss your ideas with the class Think about how formal your language should be a friend who doesn't like shopping in large stores your teacher, who wants to find a place that sells computer s your mum, who has a complaint about a shop assistant a shop owner you work for, who wants to attract more customer s Discu s s In pairs, imagine one of you has bought one of these items and discover ed a problem with it Decide which item you have bought and what the problem is Discuss what you could about the problem Use the ways of making suggesti ons given in B and C Roleplay Imagine you have decided to take your Read these sentences and then use the words in bold to complete the sentences below item back to  If you go window shopping, you look at what's in the shops but you don't buy anything  Please pay for your items at the nearest checkout as the store is closing in ten minutes I'd like 4-ia speak fe n moowt3ev: In Britain people buy newspapers, cigarettes a n d otboiAifkis boiA3ki- keYe ' n s w e e t s a t a ne ws age nt' s I got these shoes off a market stall so they were quite cheap An aisle is a row of shelves in a supermarket where you take what you want and put it in your  to-P cotAyse fke • trolley  If something is on offer, the price is lower than it usually is What- seems fa be n Why don't you pay for your car in monthly instalments so that you don't have to spend all that money at once? n At a charity shop you find second-hand things at a cheap price The money you spend goes to charity n Only 400 euros for a brand-new computer? That's a real bargain! suggest what the customer could  You shouldn't buy food if it's after the sell-by date that's written on the packet You'll find the toiletries in the next explain why that's not possible, or problem describe another , next to the baby food These shoes were a I only paid ten euros for them the place where you bought it One of you is the customer and the other is the manager of the store Roleplay the conversation they have, using good ways of making suggestions Some of you might like to perform your roleplays for the whole class You can start like this: L i s t e n i n g and I haven't got any money this week, but we could go i f yo u l ike The problem with buying things from a _ is that you can never find them again if something is wrong It seems a bit expensive, but perhaps I can afford it if I pay in Excuse me but did you know that this cheese y o u ' r e s e l l i n g h a s a o f fi v e S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / U n i t 97 days ago on it? I like to buy something from the _ even if I don't need it The money all goes to help people There was such a long queue at the _ that I put the things back and left the shop We would like to inform all our customers that most of our fruit and vegetables are _ all this week 10 I'm just going to pop to the _ for a paper and a drink lJ 16 EXAM PRACTICE Exam know-how In Speaking Part 3:  One of the things yo u are mar ked on is how well you interact with your partner A good way to keep the conversat ion going is to make suggestio ns in the form of questions If you say 'What about ?' or 'Couldn't we your partner has to respond to your suggestio n The examiner will notice how you used your suggestio n and give you credit for it — S P E A K I N G PA R T S AND you If don't underst and what y/SUr pfirtliPP is suggesti ng, don't just say agree' and ignore it Ask them to explain what they mean You don 't lose marks for asking them to make it clearer — you gain marks for good interacti on I'd like you, Fo fi nal- a latile shoppivig cevti-re is 9oih9 1-o be you.- lcco l area Here ot.-e soave of i-he shops vivid cacilii•ies I-key ave Fkivtkivil of kokviY(3 Talk i-o each otbotAi- how poptAloty you, i-Inihk 1•hese shops a%Ykd A Part wokid be avtd +ke y , d e c i d e w h i c h I-wo you, 4- 14411( should N di- be ihclu,AeA Remev4‘,ev, you have about- i-hvee wiivthl-es Fov fhis i Bank B Part What other kinds of shops would you like to see in it? Would kind 71-;0 you think some people spend too much time shopping? slisoppivkl cessve be popular ivt your areas'? How you, i-ki‘Ak shoppivt3 will c ho se i s ( ) D o y o u t h i n k• large s u pe rm ar ke ts are a „ 1-he -PIARAve? Do you think , „ - - - - - - - - - - - - _/ AM *cm and SP tovricfc c&ial thi but in lour arca y ou w o ul d e n j o y running a shop? fo ' ) Gra mma r focus Lo o k at th e s e s en te n c e s : That's a good idea, but what if we also spoke to the manager? Suppose we ring the shop What you think they'll say? These two structures can be used to make suggestions and with a verb in the present or the past A verb in the prese certain Rewrite the following suggestions using the word or phrase given Use a verb in the past tense We could drive to the shopping centre and have a look around (what if) We migh t sugg L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / Unit 16 99 est that she get a parttime job in a shop (suppos e) I suggest we get the bus into town and meet outside the shopping centre (what if) I would like to suggest not including the bank and the bookshop in the shopping centre (suppose) My recommendati on would be to contact the person in charge (what if) ... / Unit 12 71 U n i t 12 DEVELOP YOUR LISTENING SKILLS Listen and c i r c l e You are going to hear three students answering questions in Part For each student, circle T for True and F for False... gap gap 42 42 forty-two degrees co ol cooler than coolest cooler than yesterday coolness L i s t e n i n g and S p e a k i n g S k i l l s / U n i t 53 U n i t DEVELOP YOUR LISTENING SKILLS Listen... reasons for your choice flat _ detached house terraced hon., bungalow semi-detached house DEVELOP YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS D o s and D o n ' t s A Which of these are good Speaking Part 2? 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