Functions bank Writing Part 2: Messages 4 Apologising for something I'm sorry for breaking your glasses. I'm sorry I broke your glasses, 2 Asking someone for something Can/Could I borrow your CD player for the party? 3 Asking someone to do something Can/Could you come round and help me on Saturday? Would you bring some CDs to the party? mn you let me know if you find my key? 4° Giving advice I think you should do more exercise. If were you, I'd visit the National Art Gallery. ts really interesting because 5 _ Inviting someone, Accepting/refusing an invitation Would you like to come to the cinema/play football on Saturday? V’d love to come to your patty. I'm sorry, but I can’t come to your party. I've got to study for my exam. 6 Offering to do something Would you like me to do the shopping? Shall I bring some CDs to the party? 7 Promising to do something Tl make sure I return your book. Don't worry. I'l return your book by Friday. & Recommending a book/film ete, I suggest you read this book. You really should buy their new CD. There's a really good film on. It’s called 9 Making suggestions ‘What/How about going to the cinema? Why don’t we meet on Friday instead? You could come next week, if you like, We can go to the zoo. I think we should go by train. Let's have a holiday. ing someone to do something Please don’t forget to bring the book I lent you Remember to take the tickets with you. 11 Thanking someone Thank you for a lovely weekend, Thank you (very much) for helping me with my. homework, Writing Part 3: Letters 12 Beginning a letter Dear John (to a friend) Dear Mr Smith Dear Sir/Madam (when you don’t know the name) 13. Replying to a letter ‘Thank you very much for your last letter. I've just read your interesting letter. It was very nice to hear from you/get your letter. T hope that you and your family are well 14 Saying why you are writing You asked me about my favourite TV programmes, You asked me for advice about travelling round my country. You asked me what I do at weekends, You want to know my opinion about 15 Ending a letter pat’ all for now. Write back soon and tell me all your news. 'm looking forward to receiving your next letter, 1 hope to hear from you soon. Love, / Lots of love, / Best wishes, / Cheers, Writing Part 3: Stories 16. Starting a story I will never forget the day/time when . From the very start, 1 knew .. One day, | was walking along the street, when 17 Finishing a story After everything that had happened, I It had been the most amazing day. In the end, everything/everybody was ... FUNCTIONS BANK BIER‘Speaking: All parts of the Test 1 When you don't understand Could you say that again, please? Could you repeat that, please? Please could you explain what you want me to do? I don’t understand what you want me/us to do. V'm sorry, what does ... mean? Um afraid I don’t understand what you mean. 2 When you don't know the name of something I don't know the word for this in English. It’ like a box, It’s similar to a CD. You use it to boil water. You put clothes i 3° Giving yourself time to think what to say Well, I suppose that . V'm not really sure what to say, but It’s difficult to say, but . Let me think for a moment ... It’s not very clear in the photo but I think that Speaking Part 1: General conversation 4 Introducing yourself I'm/My name's Francesca Pinagli. My friends call me Fran, 5 Giving information about yourself Your family 'm from a large/small family. T have two (younger) brothers and a(n older) sister. Y'm an only child. Your home We live in a house/flat in ... My grandmother/aunt also lives with us. I share a flat with some other students. Your studies/job Live/work/go to school in . V'm studying at high school/university, Vm training to be an engineer, V'm a nurse. Your daily routines 1 get up early every morning, 1 go to school/college/work every day of the week. 1 go out with my frlends most evenings. FUNCTIONS BANK Your free time In my spare time, I do a lot of sport. My hobby is photography. I don’t have much free time, but when I do, I like to Speaking Part 2: Discussing a situation 6 Asking for and making suggestions What do you think we should give her? ‘What about / How about (giving her) a book? We could get her some flowers, I think a photo would be a good idea, ‘Where do you think we should take him? Let’ take hi Why don’t we take him to the 200? to the zoo? 7 Giving and explaining opi think that a necklace is best because it’s very pretty. In my opinion, a photo frame is a good idea. It will help her to remember us. Tthink we should take him to the water park because he can swim and he'll enjoy it. 8 Asking for/Confirming opinions What do you think? Do you think the 200 would be a good idea? Do you agree? What about you? 9 Agreeing That's a good/great idea. 1 (completely) agree (with you), All right, let’s do that. ‘That sounds good. OF course, ‘That's true. Definitely! / Sure! ‘That's probably right. / You could be right. 1 suppose so. 10 Disagreeing Perhaps that’s not such a good idea. V'm not sure if that's a good idea I don't think so. Definitely not! Perhaps you're right, but I can’t agree with that. In my opinion, that’s quite wrong. I don’t agree with you about that. see what you mean, but I think ...41. Accepting that your opinion is different from someone else’s I don’t think we can agree about this. Let's agree to disagree about that. ‘Speaking Part 3: Describing a photo 42. Describing the position of things in a photo Tn the background / | at the back In the foreground 7 athe front in a/one/the left- in the other/ hand comer inthe middle the right-hand | corner on the on the left (of) [<— right (of) onone —»| side (of) on the other side (of) under/betow [] on top of O o next toby [JO in front of vetween CIOL] —behina CP In the background, there are some mountains In the foreground, I can see some people The person in front is wearing . There is another person behind the woman in the black jacket. On the right of the photograph, I can see a restaurant. ‘The bed is next to the window. ‘There's a lamp by the bed. 13. Saying where people are ‘They're indoors/outdoors. ‘They're in the street/in a square. They're at the beach. They're in a park/the countryside. ‘They're in a shop/cinema/theatre/café/hotel, ete. They're on a bus/train/plane, ete. They're at home/school/work, ete, 14. Describing people He's (rather/quite) tall/short/fat/thin, She's/He’s got fair/dark skin, She's got dark/fait/short/long hair, She's/He’s wearing glasses/jeans and a T-shirt, 18 Describing buildings/places It’s a modemn/very old building. There are a lot of people in the street. The square looks (quite) crowded. 16 Making guesses They look/seem (very/quite) happy/sad. They look/seem (a bit) worried/tired/bored (to me). I think they're happy because they're both smiling, It looks as if they're having a good time. V'm not sure, but it looks like France to me, because of the buildings. Vim not sure what it is, but it might/could be a/an .. They could be friends or brothers. He's probably a tour guide because ... Maybe they are lost in the mountains. Perhaps they have lost their way. Speaking Part 4: Discussion 17 Explaining/Asking for/Confirming opinions think that ... because In my opinion, it’s ‘What do you think? Do you agree? Are you sure? 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