Expressing preferences is one of those functional areas that will come in useful across so many parts of any exam. For Cambridge exams, you’ll find a use for this language during the speaking part of the exam, but it could also pop up in readings, listenings or Use of English. For Trinity exams, expressing preferences […]
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I love talking about food in my classes. I find that students do too. After all, who doesn’t like thinking about all the delicious delicacies awaiting us in our fridges at home, whether it’s a home-cooked meal or a nice cold beer. For Trinity ISE I, health and fitness is one of their chosen topics
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The environment seems to be one of English exam designers’ favourite topics. They take any opportunity they have to include a reading, listening or other exam task that informs us about recycling, plastic usage or wind power. Trinity even went so far as to include both recycling and national environmental concerns as separate topic areas
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Speaking Part 1 in Preliminary (PET), First (FCE) and Advanced (CAE) are all quite similar and can be practised with these fantastic chat cards! Chat cards are great because you can use them in lots of different ways. They could be a warmer for a rainy day, they could be used as part of a
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Gerunds and infinitives are one of those language points that I have a love/hate relationship with. I love them because there are lots of activities you can do with them and students always get a lot out of practising them. I hate them because there are so many verb patterns to remember that it can
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The ISE II collaborative task (and ISE III) is a curious one. it seems to surprise teachers as much as it does students. Keep your students asking questions, reacting to the answers and trying to make natural what seems so unnatural. Trinity’s intentions are good here. Imagine a friend at a bar who has a
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ISE I conversation questions are an important part of the ISE I speaking exam. The exam is only 6 minutes long. That’s only 6 minutes for your students to prove to the examiner that they deserve their B1 certificate. The advantage is that the bulk of the time is the 4 minute long topic task,
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