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Vocabulary
Grammar
Mystery Task
100

Listen to a song about a festival. Write down all the new vocabulary that we studied (around 16 new vocabulary items in total)

Hold a festival, march through the town, commemorate, disguise, extravaganzza, fireworks, earn a living, let your hair down, upward ascent, marvel at the sight, contemporary traditions, trail, risky stunts, come up against difficulties, descend, dawn light, encampment 

100

What is the general form of the passive?

Give examples. 

be + verb 3 

The room is being cleaned.

The cake was baked. 

The furniture has been arranged. 

100

FCE Speaking Part 1

  • Do you normally celebrate special occasions with friends or family? (Why?)
  • Tell us about a festival or celebration in (candidate’s country).
  • What did you do on your last birthday?
  • Are you going to do anything special this weekend? (Where are you going to go?) (What are you going to do?)

 

Your answers

200

You have 5 sets of vocabulary items. Choose an item in each line that doesn't fit and explain WHY. 

Your own explanation.

200

1) I think they make these cars in Japan. 

I think these cars ... in Japan. 

2) You must not drop litter in the street in Singapore. 

Litter ... in the street in Singapore. 

3) Someone smashed our window last night. 

Our window ... last night

1) are made

2) must not be dropped

3) was smashed 

200

Send a picture of your own celebration or birthday party and describe it (what is happening, what you are celebrating etc.)

Your picture and answer

300

How risky are the following activities? Rank them from 1 to 5 and explain WHY.

  • to let off fireworks
  • to march through the town
  • juggling
  • risky stunts
  • an upward ascent 

Your own explanation. 

300

https://wordwall.net/ru/resource/29787236

Correct answers in WordWall

300

FCE Speaking Part 2 (comparing and contrasting the pictures)

Your speech

400

Use dice. 1-3: definition, 4-6: create a sentence

  1. to commemorate 
  2. an extravaganza of processions
  3. palpable
  4. dizziness 
  5. let your hair down
  6. to leave the encampment
  7. to descend 
  8. to reach one’s climax
  9. contemporary traditions
  10. to come up against difficulties

Your answers. 

400

Describe the changes that have been done to the apartment. You can use the words: install, put, hanf, organize, arrange ... Use the passive. 

Your description

400

FCE Speaking Part 3 

Your answer

500

Answer the question, trying to use all the following vocabulary (you have 2 minutes): Why are festivals important in the modern world?

  1. to hold a festival
  2. to commemorate
  3. an extravaganza 
  4. palpable
  5. to let your hair down 
  6. contemporary traditions
  7. to come up against difficulties
  8. to marvel at the sight 

Your answer 

500
  1. Experts say that 8 hours sleep is the perfect amount.

8 hours sleep...

  1. They expect that 2000 people will attend the festival.

2000 people...

  1. Police think that the stolen money is buried in the garden.

The stolen money...

  1. There are rumours that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are dating again.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez...

  1. Experts estimate that 20 people died in the fire.

20 people...

1) is said to be the perfect amount

2) are expected to attend the festival 

3) is thought to be buried in the garden 

4) are rumoured to be dating again 

5) are estimated to have died in the fire

500

Interview task (Minister of Culture and Journalist)

Interview