Transcript LESSON 2 (20 November 2015)

SPEAKING – PART 1
Short conversation between the
examiner and each candidate
• What do you most enjoy about learning English?
• Do you think you spend too much time working or
studying? Why?
• Do you like using the Internet to keep in touch with
people?
• What do you do to relax?
• What do you hope to be doing this time next year?
• What do you do at weekends?
missed
1. I didn’t hear my alarm clock and ……………………..…………
the bus.
haven’t lost
2. I’m on a strict diet but I …………………..………………. any weight yet.
missed
3. The teacher thinks I ………………..……….
too many lessons last month.
have missed
The teacher thinks I ………………..………. too many lessons last month.
Never use the PRESENT PERFECT with an
expression of finished time.
losing
4. He admitted ………………………….………. all his money on gambling.
wouldn’t have lost his job if the hadn’t been late all the time.
5. Paul ………………………..…….
THIRD CONDITIONAL
missed
6. He decided to shoot but fortunately he ………………………….
his target.
will lose
7. Unless you stop speaking now, I …………………………….. my temper.
FIRST CONDITIONAL
lost
8.They all played very well but in the end they …………………….
the match.
have missed
9. John hasn’t arrived. He must ……………………. the last train to London.
MODAL VERB OF DEDUCTION (past form)
lost
10. They won the battle but ……………………….
the war.
missing career opportunities because
11. I am now used to ………………..
of fierce competition.
miss
12. I really …………………
my girlfriend. I haven’t seen her for two months.
will miss
13. If you don’t hurry up, we ………………………………….
the flight!
FIRST CONDITIONAL
had lost touch with my university friends before John
14. I ………………….
contacted me on Facebook.
PAST PERFECT
16 ways to de-stress
•You should take off your watch.
•You should switch off your mobile phone.
•You shouldn’t eat your breakfast on your feet – you should sit down
and enjoy it.
•You should put on your most comfortable clothes.
•You shouldn’t run after the bus – you should let it go.
•You should smell the roses.
•You should give up the gym.
•You should fall in love.
•You should only switch on your television if there’s something
you really want to watch.
•You should throw away clothes you never wear.
•You should have a laugh.
•You should hang up your clothes when you take them off.
•You should spend two minutes doing absolutely nothing.
•You should walk.
•You should only do the ironing if you love it.
•You should put on your favourite music and turn up the volume.
PHRASAL VERBS
I GET UP early in the morning.
Please STAND UP!
Last night I WENT OUT with Mary.
My car BROKE DOWN yesterday.
INTRANSITIVE
PHRASAL VERBS
Can you SWITCH OFF the light, please?
I had to FILL IN a form.
They CALLED the meeting OFF.
Can I THROW it AWAY?
TRANSITIVE
SEPARABLE
SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS
Please SWITCH the light OFF.
Please SWITCH OFF the light.
Please SWITCH it OFF.
Please SWITCH OFF it.
PHRASAL VERBS
I am LOOKING FOR my keys.
She TAKES AFTER her father.
This book DEALS WITH Ireland in the 90s.
Our neighbours LOOK DOWN ON us.
I haven’t got time to KEEP UP WITH the news.
If a verb is followed by MORE THAN ONE word, then you
can be sure it is an inseparable phrasal verb.
TRANSITIVE
INSEPARABLE
Perhaps she is + ING
She is probably + ING
She may / might / could be + ING
It looks as if she is + ING
She seems to be + ING
TELL OFF
What is she doing?
Some expressions for
speculating
SEPARABLE
CHAT UP
SEPARABLE
LOOK AFTER
INSEPARABLE
(not) PUT UP WITH
INSEPARABLE
LOOK UP
SEPARABLE
GIVE UP
SEPARABLE
but also INTRANSITIVE
SHOW OFF
SEPARABLE
but also INTRANSITIVE
TAKE OFF
SEPARABLE
INTRANSITIVE
PUT OUT
SEPARABLE
RUN OUT OF
INSEPARABLE
CALL OFF
SEPARABLE
The firemen didn’t manage to EXTINGUISH the fire.
The firemen didn’t manage to PUT OUT the fire.
I can’t BEAR self-centred people.
I can’t PUT UP WITH self-centred people.
This charity TAKES CARE OF homeless people.
This charity LOOKS AFTER homeless people.
His boss REPRIMANDED him severely.
His boss TOLD him OFF severely.
She FOUND his number in the phone directory.
She LOOKED UP his number in the phone directory.
All flights to the US have been CANCELLED.
All flights to the US have been CALLED OFF.
She still hasn’t RECOVERED FROM the flu.
She still hasn’t GOT OVER the flue. GET
Mary PRODUCED an excellent suggestion.
Mary CAME UP WITH an excellent suggestion.
COME
It is time to START OUR JOURNEY.
It is time to SET OFF (on our journey). SET
I wasn’t DISCOURAGED by the stormy weather.
I wasn’t PUT OFF by the stormy weather.
PUT
Time PASSES really quickly when you have fun.
Time GOES BY really quickly when you have fun.
GO
Yesterday I BUMPED INTO my head while I was bunking off.
Yesterday I CAME ACROSS my head while I was bunking off.
COME
Petrol prices have INCREASED a lot recently.
Petrol prices have GONE UP a lot recently.
GO