MONÓLOGOS DE B2 DE LA EOI

FCE SPEAKING TEST PART 1 EXAMPLES

FCE SPEAKING TEST PART 1 EXPLANATION

SPEAKING TEST FCE

PART 1 In this part of the test you will answer a few questions on personal topics such as: your home your daily routines your family your studies your free time the reasons you learn English the type of things you like to read the type of food you like to eat your favourite type of music etc. USEFUL LANGUAGE Communicative strategies: Sorry, can you say that again? Sorry, I didn´t quite catch that. Would you mind repeating that, please? Do you mean...? well, that´s an interesting question. Giving personal information I have two siblings and we all get on very well. That´s why... My house is rather small, just... but I love it because... Although I have lots of friends/family, I don´t see them very often because... To be honest, I´m not very good at... Responding to question about everyday life and interests I´m studying ...now, but I´d really like to... in the future. I used to be very keen on … but now... I don´t like ...really, though I wnjoy... My favourite time to … is … because... I´m not very sure what I´ll do, but I may decide to … TIPS Avoid making basic grammar mistakes. Think about the verb tense you are going to use: is the question about the past, present or the future? Activate the vocabulary area of the question. If the question is about TV programmes, think of comedies, soap operas, news, quizzes, etc. Speak clearly so that your partner and the two examiners can understand everything you say.

VERBOS SEGUIDOS DE -ING, INFINITIVO CON TO, INFINITIVO SIN TO Y CON AMBOS

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

VERBS + -ING

admit can´t help* can´t stand carry on consider delay deny enjoy fancy finigh give up go on hate imagine involve

keep on like love mind miss postpone practise put off risk spend stop suggest

INFINITIVE WITH TO

agree to aim to appear to arrange to attempt to be able to can´t afford to can´t wait to claim to decide to deserve to expect to fail to forget to happen to have (got) to help to*

hope to learn to manage to need to* offer to plan to pretend to promise to refuse to remember to* seem to teach to tend to threaten to try to* want to would like to

INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

can may might must sould had better would rather let make (except + passive: we were made to run in PE.)

GERUND or INFINITIVE WITH NO CHANGE OF MEANING

begin start continue intend bother NORMALLY: we do not use -ing after -ing: It´s starting to rain. It´s starting raining.

VERBS WITH -ING OR INFINITIVE WITH TO WITH CHANGE IN MEANING

REMEMBER + INFINITIVE → you remember first, then you do it. Remember to lock the door. Remember to post the letter. -ING → you do sth, then you remember it. I could remember driving along the road just before the accident.

FORGET + INFINITIVE → you didn´t remember to do sth. -ING → you did sth and you won´t forget it.

TRY INFINITIVE → make an effort to do sth. I tried to study the night before the test. -ING → experiment to see if sth works. Try looking for the keys in your pockets.

REGRET INFINITIVE → I´m sorry that I have to say/inform/tell... we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you the job. -ING → I did it and now I´m sorry about it. I now regret saying what I said.