Introductions

Please introduce yourself to the class and tell us

something about you.

(Greeting+Name+ personality adjective+ hobbies)

“Hi,my name is Gisela, I’m a friendly and

distracted person. And I really enjoy teaching
English, making jewellery, cooking and travelling.”
 Phrasal verbs review
Take part in Take place Fill in(out) Run out of
Try (something) on Take off Put on Get on (something)

Take (someting) back Find out Get off (something)

Look for Pick up Make up Ask for Break down

Tidy up Clean up Clear up Hold on Grow up

Hang up Go on Look after

Hand in Run over Warm up Take up Give up

Call off Take care Set off
 Personality adjectives
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For me, the most important traits in a friend are
that he/she is ….
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And the least important are that he/he is
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What is she/he like? (Personality)
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What does she/he look like?(Appearance)
 Idioms & Expressions
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Idioms: ●
Expressions:
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It’s a piece of cake
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What’s the matter
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Once in a blue moon
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Change your mind
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By the skin of (possessive adjective) teeth
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With flying colours
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A waist of time
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Blow off some steam ●
I can’t help it
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Achilles heel ●
It’s a pity
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Break a leg! ●
Give a lift
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A no brainer ●
By the way
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Better late than never
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To run a red light
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We are all in the same boat
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You are driving me (up the wall/ round the
bend)
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One for the road!
 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY EXCEPTIONS:

● We can also use the following adverbs at the

start of a sentence:
Usually, normally, often, frequently,
sometimes, occasionally
Occasionally, I like to eat Thai food.
● BUT we cannot use the following at the

beginning of a sentence:
Always, seldom, rarely, hardly ever, never.
Differences between similar words
Borrow & Lend
Say & Tell
Listen & Hear
Know & Meet
Trip, travel & journey
 British Council Listening “My favourite film”
vocabulary review
soppy(adj) to play a role (played by)
stuck up(adj) to perform
baddie(adj) to restore
snobbish(adj) to star
genre (n)
to shot
scenes (n)
to murder
murderer (n)
Pride(n) & prejudice(n)
 Phrasal verbs review
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Meet up > to meet another person in order to (para) do something together
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Stay in > to stay in your home
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Stay up > to not go to bed
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Come over > to visit someone at their house
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Eat out > to eat at a restaurant
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Hang out > to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
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Get back > to return to a place after you have been somewhere else
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Get together > to meet in order to (para) do something or spend time together
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Go out > to leave a place in order to go somewhere else
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Make (something) up > to say or write something that is not true
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Sit around > to spend time doing nothing useful or interesting (estar de brazos
cruzados)
 New idioms
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To be over the moon> to be very happy about something.
“I’m over the moon with our Zoom sessions”
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To pull (your) socks up > to make an effort to improve your work or
behaviour because it is not good enough.
“He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to pass his
Preliminary exam”
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To drop (someone) a line > to write someone a letter, especially a
short informal one.
“Just drop me a line when you decide on a date.”
 Phrase order
1 Lina (organised / always / is) ____________________ and punctual.

2 I normally (several times a week / share my photos online) ____________________.

3 Peter (rarely / nervous / gets) ____________________ before exams.

4 The running club (every / meets / Friday) ____________________ at 6pm.

5 We (my grandparents / visit / regularly) ____________________.

 Phrasal verbs
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Look forward to + -ing > to feel excited about sth that is going to happen
“I’m really looking forward to seeing you again.
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Get on (with someone) > If two or more people get on, they like each other
and are friends.
“Karen and Dianne don’t get on.”
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Get along >If two or more people get along, they like each other and are
friends.
“Karen and Dianne don’t get along.”
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Look up > to search for a piece of information in a book or on the Internet
“If you don’t know a word, look it up in a dictionary.”
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Come up with something > to think of an idea or plan
“We need to come up with a great idea to make money.”
 Phrasal verbs review
Complete the sentences with words from the box.

In off out along up

1 I get __________ well with my parents. They're really great.

2 We always look __________ new words in our dictionaries.

3 At the weekends, my friends and I usually hang __________ at the beach.

4 The teacher tells us to switch __________ our phones when we're in the classroom.

5 Do you always hand __________ your homework on time?

 Adverbs
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However > sin embargo/pero
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Although > aunque
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Absolutely > absolutamente/ desde luego/ por supuesto/ claro
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Extremely > muy / extremadamente
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Definitely > sin duda/ definitivamente
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Actually > de hecho/ en realidad
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Currently > actualmente
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Fortunately > afortunadamente
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Unfortunately > desafortunadamente
 Sports - Collocations
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Do
yoga,sports, gardening, arts and crafts, aerobics, athletics, gymnastics, the shopping…
> On Mondays I do yoga
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Play (team games)
volleyball, football, golf, tennis, chess, board games…

> On Tuesdays I play cards

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Go + ing (gerund)(describing physical activities)

Go+ swimming, jogging, running, skiing,sailing…

> On Saturdays I go sailing
 Comparative and superlatives
exceptions
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Bad (malo) worse than(peor que) the worse (el peor)
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Good(bueno) better than (mejor que) the best (el mejor)
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Far (lejos) adv. further than (más lejos que) the furthest (el más lejano)
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Little (pequeño) smaller than (más peq. que) the smallest (el más peq.)
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Little (poco)adv. less than (menos que) the least (el menos…)

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We can also use as… as / not as...as to compare
“My book is not as boring as yours” “I’m as tall as you”
 ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ED/-ING
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-ed adjectives (ESTAR)
Adjectives that end in -ed generally describe emotions – they tell us
how people feel.
“The teacher is bored.” > La profesora está aburrida.(Se siente
aburrida)
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-ing adjectives (SER)
Adjectives that end in -ing describe a thing or a person.
“The teacher is boring.” > La profesora es aburrida. (Es de esa
manera)

“The teacher is so boiring that I’m bored”

 Phrasal verbs & Idiom
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Sign in > to sign your name when you enter a place
(registrarse)
“Please sign in at the front desk.”
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Ask someone out > to invite someone to go out with you
(date)
“Jack asked me out to the cinema on Friday.”
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Idiom: To cost an arm and a leg> to be extremely expensive
(valer un riñón)
“I’d love to buy a new car, but they cost an arm and a leg.”
 Speculating
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Modals verbs:
Might, may or could (when we want to express that something is possible but we are
not sure) “He might/could/may be a president”
He might be a president. (present) He might have been the president (past)
modal+ bare infinitive modal + have + past participle
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Other ways of expressing speculation:
It’s possible that...
I guess that...
I’m not sure but maybe…
I suppose that...
My guess is that...
I imagine that...
 Speaking part 1- Track 13 S-7
1 Who do you spend most time with?

2 What do you enjoy doing when you’re at home?

3 What do you like about your school or job?

4 What would you like to do in the future?

5 When did you start learning English? Do you enjoy it? Why? / Why not?

6 Where did you grow up?

7 What do you like about the town you live in?

8 Where would you like to live, if you had the opportunity?

 Idiom & phrasal verbs
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IDIOM : To let (someone) know (something) > to tell someone something (decirle
algo a alguien)
“I’ll let you know where we are meeting when I know my schedule./ Let me know if
you’re going to the party.”
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PHRASAL VERB: Go off
1. to leave a place and go somewhere else (irse)
“She went off with Laura.”
2. If a light or machine goes off, it stops working. (apagarse)
“The heating goes off at ten o’clock.”
3.If something that makes a noise goes off, it suddenly starts making a noise. (saltar,
comenzar a sonar)
“His car alarm goes off every time it rains.”
 Phrasal verbs
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Pass away = to die (fallecer)
“She passed away peacefully in her sleep.”
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Look after someone or something (cuidar de
alguien/algo)
“My parents take care of the house while we’re
away.”
 Expressing likes and dislikes
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I really like ●
I really don’t like
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I love ●
I’m not a huge fan of
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I adore ●
(Yoga) isn’t my cup of tea
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I enjoy ●
I don’t really care for
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I’m into ●
I’m not into
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I live for ●
I can’t stand
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(Yoga) is my thing ●
I dislike
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I’m crazy about ●
I hate
 Object and subject questions
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Object questions ask about the object of a sentence and need
an auxiliary verb.
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Subject questions ask about the subject of the question and
don’t need an auxiliary verb.(Only with who or what)
“Peter loves Anna”
(subject) (object)
Object question> Who does Peter love?
Subject question> Who loves Anna?
 Questions with prepositions
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We use questions with prepositions when we
ask about an element of the sentence that
comes after a preposition.
I work for Mercadona > Who do you work for?
I study with my friend Laura > Who do you
study with?
 Phrasal verbs
Come on > to start working (encenderse) / Come on! > ¡venga!
“The lights came on.”(Las luces se encendieron.) (the lights went off= se apagaron)
Feel down > feelling depressed:
“She’s been feeling a bit down since she broke up with her boyfriend.”
Drag (someone) down >If an unpleasant situation drags someone down, it makes
them feel unhappy or ill:
“All that stress at work had begun to drag him down.”
lean out (of something) > To bend or suspend oneself out of something.
(asomarse con medio cuerpo fuera)
“Quit leaning out the window like that—you're making me nervous!
 Speaking part 1- Questions track 14
S-9
1 Do you study or work ? What are you studying? / What do you do?

2 Do you like your school or job? Why? / Why not?

3 What is or was your favourite subject at school? What do or did you like most
about it?
4 Which subject would you like to learn more about?

5 What do you find difficult about learning English?

6 How often do you use English outside of your English classes?

7 If you could have any job , what would you do and why?

8 What is your greatest study or work ambition ?

 Expressing your opinion
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I strongly/personally believe that
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For me
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In my opinion
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From my point of view
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As I see it
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As far as I’m concerned
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I’m convinced that
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It seems to me that
 Useful verbs and verb phrases
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To take advantage of something or someone > to make use of (a situation, person
etc) in such a way as to benefit oneself (aprovechar, aprovecharse de...)
“We took advantage of the fine weather to go for a walk.” / ”He took advantage of her
helpfulness by getting her to do extra work without being paid.”
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To cope > to do something well in a difficult situation (arreglárselas)
“She has a lot of work but somehow she copes with it.”
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To allow > to say that someone can do something (permitir)
“They didn’t allow me to finish what I was doing.
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To be aware > knowing about something (consciente)
“Were you aware of the problem?”
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To be keen on > to be very enthusiastic about, interested in or fond of something (ser
aficionado a)
“She’s keen on sailing”
 Speaking part 1- Track 15 -S-10
1 What do you enjoy doing in your free time ?

2 Do you enjoy playing sports ? Which ones?

3 Do you prefer to watch sports rather than take part in them?

4 Do you enjoy doing things with other people?

5 What are the most popular sports or hobbies in your country ?

6 What activities would you most like to try?

7 Have you ever tried any extreme sports? Did you enjoy it?

8 How did you spend last weekend ?

GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS FOR INFORMAL
EMAILS
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Hi Gisela, ●
Speak to you soon,
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Hello ●
Take care,
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Hello there! ●
I’m looking forward to your reply.
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Dear Gisela, ●
I can’t wait to read your reply.
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What’s up? ●
Your friend,
¿Qué pasa? ●
With love,
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What’s new? ●
Love,
¿Que hay de nuevo? ●
See you soon,
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What’s going on? ●
Regards,
¿Qué tal?
 Speaking test order
CABRERA VEGA,MOISES
CUBAS ROQUE,SOFIA
DEL PINO MENDOZA,DANIEL
EZQUERRA PEREZ,YURIMA
GUADALUPE SUÁREZ,CLAUDIO
GUILLEN GIL,AITHAMY
HERNANDEZ BETHENCOURT,SARA LUISA
HERNANDEZ PAREDES,CAROLINA
MONTESDEOCA MORÁN,ZAIDA ESTER
MORENO PEREZ,CATHAISA PINO
PEREZ ARMAS,SERGIO JOSE
RODRÍGUEZ MARRERO,ELIAS
RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ,HERIBERTO ÁNGEL
RUIZ MARTEL,SAMIRA YANELY
SANCHEZ PEREZ,RAQUEL
SANTANA BATISTA,ESTHER
SANTANA GONZALEZ,JONATAN
VEGA CABRERA,ATENAS
BAIRUNAITE,TATJANA