COOKIES 23 – UNIT 2 – LISTENING AND SPEAKING

A – LISTENING
Exercise 1: Match the signal phrases (that you will hear in the recording) and the gaps.

A – What about eating?

B – We do have what we call _________
C – When you go to the beaches, what do you think of them?
D – Do you have suggestions for things…?
E – How long do you want to stay for?
F – How are the shop staff?
G – Can I have your contact telephone number?
H – Can I have your home address?
I – What type of holiday activity do you like best?
J – Can I have your name, please?
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Exercise 2: Complete the form above. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 3: Listen and fill the gaps.
Examiner: So, Hussein, I'm going to ask you some questions about your (1) _____________.
Do you come from a large family or a small family?

Hussein: I'm sorry, could you repeat, please?

E: Do you come from a large family or a small family?

H: Well, actually, it's not large or small, what's the word, it's middle ... no, no, sorry, it's (2)
______________. I am two brothers ... sorry, I have two brothers who are both older than me.

E: As a child, who did you spend more time with, your family or your friends?

H: When I was a small child, I spent more time with my family, my mother, who (3)
______________ me, and I played a lot with my brothers. Then, when I was a bit older, about
ten or eleven, I started to play more with friends I made at school because we enjoyed doing
the (4) ________________, and my mother went back to her job.

E: And when you were a child, how did you spend your (5) _________________?

H: I think I watched television quite a lot when I was a small child and I played computer
games with my brothers. When I was older, I did a lot of (6) ______________ with my
friends. We went swimming and we played tennis and football because I love doing sports.

E: What did you (7) _____________ most about school?

H: I think I enjoyed doing (8) ___________________ most. I liked (9) _____________ and
(10) ________________ especially. We didn’t do sports at school, so I did those in my free
time.

B – SPEAKING PART 1 – PEOPLE

Exercise 4: Which of these suggestions are good advices for Speaking Part 1? And why?
Tick the good advices.
Give short answers of just two or three words.
Give some extra details when you answer.
Correct your mistakes when you can.
Give an answer, even when you don’t
understand the question.
Use easy words so that you don’t make
mistakes.
Give reasons for your answers.

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Exercise 5: Fill in the gaps with words or phrases in the table.
Question 1: Who are you close to in your family?
Growing up Hilarious Close to
chef Enthusiastic Spent a lot of time

In my family, well, I’m (1) _______________ my Uncle Jackie. He’s a (2) ___________ and
he’s currently working for a local restaurant. He’s (3) ______________, always telling jokes and
he’s very (4) _______________ about everything he does. We (5) ________________ together
when I was (6) _____________. In fact he helped to bring me up.

Question 2: Are you still in touch with your childhood friends?

Have more in common Catch up Something special
Different lives Feel almost like Reminisce

Some of them, yes. We’ve all moved on and have very (1) ______________ now, but it’s nice to
(2) _____________ from time to time and (3) _____________. You may have (4) ____________
with more recent friends but childhood friends (5) ______________ brothers and sisters, and
there’s (6) ______________ about that relationship.

Questions 3: How do you meet new people?

Extend mainly
Circle of friends I haven’t met before

I (1) ____________ meet new people through friends. Whenever I have dinner with a friend,
there’s nearly always someone that (2) ____________________ and that’s how I usually
(3)____________ my (4) __________________.

Exercise 6: Work in pairs, ask and answer each question.

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