Picture yourself
6 18 Listen to Ivan and Anna doing the second part
of the task. Which strategies do they use?
7 Work in pairs. Follow the examiner’s instruction in
Exercise 5, using one or two of the strategies from
Exercise 5.
8 Work in pairs.

Read the examiner’s instruction below. Then do the
first part of the Speaking task.
Now I’d like you to talk about something together
for about two minutes. Here are some creative or
artistic activities which young people can study at
school and a question for you to discuss. Talk to
each other about how young people might benefit
from doing each of these activities.
How might Dancing
Drama classes
young people classes
benefit from
doing these
activities?
Learning
Film and video
a musical
production
instrument
Website
design

Read the examiner’s next instruction and do the
second part of the Speaking task.
Now you have a minute to decide which activity
it is most important for young people to study at
school.
Exam advice
When you discuss the first part of the task, you needn’t
talk about all of the options but you should make
suggestions, ask your partner’s opinion, listen carefully to
what he/she says and respond to his/her ideas in order to
have a natural conversation or discussion.
When you discuss the second part of the task, it isn’t
necessary to reach agreement, but you should
t discuss which option(s) to choose and give reasons for
these choice(s)
t try to reach a decision.
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Writing | 1BSU

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SFWJFX
1 Read the writing task below and underline the key
points you must deal with.
You have seen this announcement in an international
magazine.
We receive a lot of letters from readers asking us
to recommend novels to read. We believe that they
should read novels that they will find interesting and
we’d like to publish reviews of novels which other
readers have particularly enjoyed. Send us a review
which describes the novel, says what you liked about
it and explains why you recommend it.
Write your SFWJFX.
2 Work in pairs. Decide which of these elements you
should include in your review.
B
biographical information about the author
C
a summary of the whole plot
D
a general synopsis of the plot and characters and why
they’re interesting
E
a description of the type of book, the setting and what
it’s about
F
a mention of things you particularly like
G
a recommendation for your readers and reasons for it
H
a criticism of things you didn’t like
I
suggestions for other books that you think your readers
would enjoy
3 Read the review of Cold Mountain without paying
attention to the highlighting. Complete the
paragraph plan for this review.
Plan
Para 1: type of novel, setting, outline of story
Para 2:
Para 3:
4 Does the review give you a clear idea of what Cold
Mountain is about? Having read the review, do you
think you would enjoy the novel? Why (not)?