Friday 22nd
Part 1
Today we will focus on B2 exam practice. We will complete a full speaking exam, paying particular attention to speculation and comparison in part 2 of the exam.
Comparison
- Starting your comparison
- Both of these pictures show…
- These two pictures show…
- Talking about similarities
- These two pictures/situations are similar because…
- In both pictures we can see…
- One similarity between these two pictures/situations is that…
- Another similarity might be that…
- One thing that these two pictures/situations have in common is that…
- Talking about differences
- One of the most obvious differences (between these two pictures) is that…
- Another difference is that…
- While the first picture …, the second one…
- The first picture…. However, the second one…
- The first picture… whereas the second one…
- Although the first picture…., the second one…
- On the one hand, the first picture shows… . On the other hand, the second one…
Part 2
In part 2 we will focus on gerunds and infinitives, and when to use them.
We will begin by listening to the discussion between two friends on page 20, before focusing on verb forms used in the listening task. We will then complete the following exam task.
We will use this link to help us with the verb formation: https://academiafreewaylanguages.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Gerund-or-Infinitive.pdf
Homework
Exam students must also complete a full B2 exam from the PDF you were recently sent.
Non-exam students must complete the following essay:
