• Do you like using the Internet to keep in touch with people?

• What do you do at weekends?

• What do you do to relax?• What do you hope to be doing this time next year?

• What do you most enjoy about learning English?

SPEAKING – PART 1 Short conversation between the examiner and each candidate

• Do you think you spend too much time working or studying? Why?

1. I didn’t hear my alarm clock and ……………………..………… the bus.

2. I’m on a strict diet but I …………………..………………. any weight yet.

3. The teacher thinks I ………………..………. too many lessons last month.

missed

haven’t lost

missed

The teacher thinks I ………………..………. too many lessons last month.have missed

Never use the PRESENT PERFECT with an expression of finished time.

4. He admitted ………………………….………. all his money on gambling.

5. Paul ………………………..……. his job if the hadn’t been late all the time.

6. He decided to shoot but fortunately he …………………………. his target.

7. Unless you stop speaking now, I …………………………….. my temper.

8.They all played very well but in the end they ……………………. the match.

losing

wouldn’t have lost

missed

will lose

THIRD CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONALlost

9. John hasn’t arrived. He must ……………………. the last train to London.

10. They won the battle but ………………………. the war.

11. I am now used to ……………….. career opportunities because of fierce competition.

12. I really ………………… my girlfriend. I haven’t seen her for two months.

13. If you don’t hurry up, we …………………………………. the flight!

14. I …………………. touch with my university friends before John contacted me on Facebook.

have missed

lost

missing

miss

will miss

had lost

MODAL VERB OF DEDUCTION (past form)

FIRST CONDITIONAL

PAST PERFECT

16 ways to de-stress

• You should take off your watch.• You should switch off your mobile phone.• You shouldn’t eat your breakfast on your feet – you should sit down and enjoy it.• You should put on your most comfortable clothes.• You shouldn’t run after the bus – you should let it go.• You should smell the roses.• You should give up the gym.• You should fall in love.• You should only switch on your television if there’s something you really want to watch.• You should throw away clothes you never wear.• You should have a laugh.• You should hang up your clothes when you take them off.• You should spend two minutes doing absolutely nothing.• You should walk.• You should only do the ironing if you love it.• You should put on your favourite music and turn up the volume.

PHRASAL VERBS

I GET UP early in the morning.

Please STAND UP!

Last night I WENT OUT with Mary.

My car BROKE DOWN yesterday.

INTRANSITIVE

PHRASAL VERBS

Can you SWITCH OFF the light, please?

I had to FILL IN a form.

They CALLED the meeting OFF.

Can I THROW it AWAY?

TRANSITIVE SEPARABLE

SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS

Please SWITCH OFF the light.Please SWITCH the light OFF.

Please SWITCH it OFF.

Please SWITCH OFF it.

PHRASAL VERBS

I am LOOKING FOR my keys.

She TAKES AFTER her father.

Our neighbours LOOK DOWN ON us.This book DEALS WITH Ireland in the 90s.

TRANSITIVE INSEPARABLE

I haven’t got time to KEEP UP WITH the news.If a verb is followed by MORE THAN ONE word, then you can be sure it is an inseparable phrasal verb.

TELL OFF SEPARABLE

Perhaps she is + INGShe is probably + INGShe may / might / could be + INGIt looks as if she is + INGShe seems to be + ING

What is she doing?

Some expressions for speculating

CHAT UP SEPARABLE

LOOK AFTER INSEPARABLE

(not) PUT UP WITH INSEPARABLE

LOOK UP SEPARABLE

GIVE UP SEPARABLEbut also INTRANSITIVE

SHOW OFF SEPARABLEbut also INTRANSITIVE

TAKE OFF SEPARABLEINTRANSITIVE

PUT OUT SEPARABLE

RUN OUT OF INSEPARABLE

CALL OFF SEPARABLE

This charity TAKES CARE OF homeless people. This charity LOOKS AFTER homeless people.

I can’t BEAR self-centred people.

The firemen didn’t manage to EXTINGUISH the fire.The firemen didn’t manage to PUT OUT the fire.

His boss REPRIMANDED him severely.His boss TOLD him OFF severely.

I can’t PUT UP WITH self-centred people.

She FOUND his number in the phone directory.She LOOKED UP his number in the phone directory.

All flights to the US have been CANCELLED.All flights to the US have been CALLED OFF.

I wasn’t DISCOURAGED by the stormy weather. I wasn’t PUT OFF by the stormy weather.

Mary CAME UP WITH an excellent suggestion.Mary PRODUCED an excellent suggestion.

It is time to START OUR JOURNEY.

She still hasn’t RECOVERED FROM the flu.She still hasn’t GOT OVER the flue.

Time PASSES really quickly when you have fun.Time GOES BY really quickly when you have fun.

It is time to SET OFF (on our journey).

Yesterday I BUMPED INTO my head while I was bunking off.Yesterday I CAME ACROSS my head while I was bunking off.

Petrol prices have INCREASED a lot recently. Petrol prices have GONE UP a lot recently.

GET

COME

SET

PUT

GO

COME

GO