FIRST CERTIFICATE SPEAKING PART 1

"When speaking is the aim,
communication must be your goal"
...cris


Dear First Certificate Students,
Here you have a youtube video link for the speaking test part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovr38tdFwpk&feature=fvw

C.U.

Comparative clauses keys

“You have your way. I have my way.
As for the right way, the correct way,
and the only way, it does not exist.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

Dear students,
Here you have the answers for the Comparative Clauses Exercise:

ANSWERS

was such a good service that

did not have enough

have never seen a more

was not as cool

is better at maths than

was more difficult than

is too dangerous to

is not as hard as

is better than the other

is not as expensive as

was too far to

the classroom was not warm

Comparative clauses

Education is an admirable thing,
but it is well to remember from time to time
that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde

Dear students,

Here you have some exercises to practise your comparative clauses:

Key Word Transformation

Complete each of the following sentences using the word in bold

so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

You must use between two and five words including the word given.

The service was so good we had to leave a tip.

SUCH
It we had to leave a tip.

The car was too expensive for me to buy.

ENOUGH
I money to buy the car.

It's the most beautiful sculpture I've ever seen.

SEEN
I beautiful sculpture.

This spring has been much cooler than last year.

COOL
Last spring as this year.

I'm not as good at maths as Joseph.

BETTER
Joseph me.

The exam wasn't as easy as I'd expected.

MORE
The exam I'd expected.

This van isn't safe enough to drive.

DANGEROUS
This van drive.

This exercise is easier than the last one.

HARD
This exercise the last one.

This hotel is the best of the three.

OTHER

This hotel three.

The air fare to Paris is cheaper than to London.

AS

The air fare to Paris to London.

I had to take a taxi to the hotel because it was so far that I could not walk.

TOO

I had to take a taxi to the hotel because it walk.

The students complained the classroom was too cold.

WARM

The students complained enough.

“Reading, after a certain age,
diverts the mind too much
from its creative pursuits.
Any man who reads too much
and uses his own brain too little
falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

-Albert Einstein

DEAR STUDENTS,
Here you have more links which may help you study:

- some modal verbs...

www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modals_can_quiz.htm

www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal8.htm


- some TIME EXPRESSIONS:

esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgtimeexpress.htm


GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAMS

...cris

Phrasal verbs

HI GUYS:

TRY THIS LINK:

http://www.autoenglish.org/picnic.htm

Have a nice day!

...cris

TENSES TABLE

DEAR STUDENTS,

I AM POSTING THE TABLE OF VERB TENSES:

WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN CLASS.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!

Tense	Signal words	Use	Form	Examples affirmative	Examples negative	Examples interrogative
Simple Present or Present Simple	every day sometimes always often usually seldom never first ... then	something happens repeatedly how often something happens one action follows another things in general after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) future meaning: timetables, programmes	infinitive he/she/it + -s	I work.	I don't work.	Do I work?
				He works.	He doesn'twork.	Does hework?
				I go.	I don't go.	Do I go?
				He goes.	He doesn't go.	Does he go?
Present Progressive or Present Continuous	now at the moment Look! Listen!	something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it future meaning: when you have already decided and arrangedto do it (a fixed plan, date)	to be (am/are/is)+infinitive + -ing	I'm working.	I'm not working.	Am Iworking?
				He's working.	He isn'tworking.	Is heworking?
				I'm going.	I'm not going.	Am I going?
				He's going.	He isn't going.	Is he going?
Simple Past or Past Simple	last ... ... ago in 1990 yesterday	action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)	regular: infinitive + -edirregular: 2nd column of table of irregular verbs	I worked.	I didn't work.	Did I work?
				He worked.	He didn't work.	Did he work?
				I went.	I didn't go.	Did I go?
				He went.	He didn't go.	Did he go?
Past Progressive or Past Continuous	while	an action happened in the middle of another action someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not	was/were+infinitive + -ing	I was working.	Iwasn'tworking.	Was Iworking?
				Hewasworking.	Hewasn'tworking.	Was heworking?
				I was going.	I wasn't going.	Was I going?
				He was going.	He wasn'tgoing.	Was hegoing?
Simple Present Perfect or Present Perfect	just yet never ever already so far, up to now, since for recently	you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present action started in the past and continues up to the present	have/has +past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)	I have worked.	Ihaven'tworked.	Have Iworked?
				He has worked.	Hehasn'tworked.	Has heworked?
				I have gone.	I haven't gone.	Have I gone?
				He has gone.	He hasn't gone.	Has he gone?
Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous	all day the whole day how long since for	action began in the past and has just stopped how long the action has been happening emphasis: length of time of an action	have/has+been +infinitive+ -ing	I have beenworking.	I haven't beenworking.	Have Ibeenworking?
				He has beenworking.	He hasn't beenworking.	Has hebeenworking?
				I have beengoing.	I haven't beengoing.	Have I beengoing?
				He has beengoing.	He hasn't beengoing.	Has he beengoing?
Simple Past Perfect or Past Perfect (Simple)	already just never	mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Past the past of the Present Perfect	had + past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)	I had worked.	I hadn'tworked.	Had Iworked?
				He had worked.	Hehadn'tworked.	Had heworked?
				I had gone.	I hadn't gone.	Had I gone?
				He had gone.	He hadn't gone.	Had he gone?
Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous	how long since for	how long something had been happening before something else happened	had + been+infinitive + ing	I had beenworking.	I hadn't beenworking.	Had Ibeenworking?
				He had beenworking.	He hadn't beenworking.	Had hebeenworking?
				I had beengoing.	I hadn't beengoing.	Had I beengoing?
				He had beengoing.	He hadn't beengoing.	Had he beengoing?
will - future		predictions about the future (you think that sth. will happen) you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before main clause in type I of the if clauses	will + infinitive	I'll work.	I won't work.	Will I work?
				He'll work.	He won't work.	Will hework?
				I'll go.	I won't go.	Will I go?
				He'll go.	He won't go.	Will he go?
going to - future		when you have already decided to do sth. in the future what you think what will happen	be (am/are/is)+going to+infinitive	I'm going towork.	I'm not going towork.	Am I going towork?
				He's going towork.	He's not going to work.	Is he going towork?
				I'm going to go.	I'm not going togo.	Am I going togo?
				He's going togo.	He's not going to go.	Is he going togo?
Future Progressive or Future Continuous		An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time. Something happens because it normally happens.	will + be+infinitive + ing	I'll be working.	I won't beworking.	Will I beworking?
				He'llbeworking.	He won't beworking.	Will hebeworking?
				I'll be going.	I won't begoing.	Will I begoing?
				He'll be going.	He won't begoing.	Will he begoing?
Simple Future Perfect or Future Perfect Simple		sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future	will + have+past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)	I'llhaveworked.	I won't haveworked.	Will Ihaveworked?
				He'llhaveworked.	He won't haveworked.	Will hehaveworked?
				I'll have gone.	I won't havegone.	Will I havegone?
				He'll havegone.	He won't havegone.	Will he havegone?
Future Perfect Progressive or Future Perfect Continuous		sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future emphasis: length of time of an action	will + have+been +infinitive+ ing	I'll have beenworking.	I won't have been working.	Will Ihavebeenworking?
				He'll have beenworking.	He won't have been working.	Will hehavebeenworking?
				I'll havebeengoing.	I won't havebeen going.	Will Ihavebeenworking?
				He'll havebeengoing.	He won't havebeen going.	Will hehavebeenworking?
Conditional Simple		sth. that might happen main clause in type II of the Conditional sentences	would+infinitive	I would work.	I wouldn't work.	Would I work?
				He would work.	Hewouldn'twork.	Would he work?
				I would go.	I wouldn't go.	Would I go?
				He would go.	He wouldn't go.	Would he go?
Conditional Progressive or Conditional Continuous		sth. that might happen emphasis: length of time of an action	would + be+infinitive + ing	I wouldbeworking.	I wouldn'tbeworking.	Would Ibeworking?
				He would beworking.	He wouldn't beworking.	Would hebeworking?
				I would begoing.	I wouldn't begoing.	Would I begoing?
				He would begoing.	He wouldn't begoing.	Would he begoing?
Conditional Perfect		sth. that might have happened in the past (It's too late now.) main clause in type III of the if clauses	would + have+past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)	I would haveworked.	I wouldn't haveworked.	Would Ihaveworked?
				He would haveworked.	He wouldn't have worked.	Wouldhehaveworked?
				I would havegone.	I wouldn't havegone.	Would Ihavegone?
				He would havegone.	He wouldn't have gone.	Would Ihavegone?
Conditional Perfect Progressive or Conditional Perfect Continuous		sth. that might have happened in the past (It's too late now.) emphasis: length of time of an action	would + have+been +infinitive+ ing	I would have been working.	I wouldn't have been working.	Would Ihavebeenworking?
				He would have beengoing.	He wouldn't have beengoing.	Would he havebeenworking?
				I would have been going.	I wouldn't have been going.	Would I havebeengoing?
				He would have been going.	He wouldn't have beengoing.	Would he have beengoing?

We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We did not list signal words in the future tenses as there are no definite ones. Always remember what action is described.