SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

ADJECTIVES ORDER

When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are normally in a particular order. Adjectives which describe opinions or attitudes (e.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (e.g. red):

She was wearing an amazing red coat.

Not: … red amazing coat

If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the most usual sequence of adjectives is:

order	relating to	examples
1	opinion	unusual, lovely, beautiful
2	size	big, small, tall
3	physical quality	thin, rough, untidy
4	shape	round, square, rectangular
5	age	young, old, youthful
6	colour	blue, red, pink
7	origin	Dutch, Japanese, Turkish
8	material	metal, wood, plastic
9	type	general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped
10	purpose	cleaning, hammering, cooking

It was made of a 1strange, 6green, 8metallic material.

It’s a 4long, 8narrow, 10plastic brush.

Panettone is a 4round, 7Italian, 9bread-like Christmas cake.

Here are some invented examples of longer adjective phrases. A noun phrase which included all these types would be extremely rare.

She was a 1beautiful, 2tall, 3thin, 5young, 6black-haired, 7Scottish woman.

What an 1amazing, 2little, 5old, 7Chinese cup and saucer!

Adjectives joined by and

When more than one adjective occurs after a verb such as be (a linking verb), the second last adjective is normally connected to the last adjective by and:

Home was always a warm, welcoming place. Now it is sad, dark and cold.

And is less common when more than one adjective comes before the noun (e.g. a warm, welcoming place). However, we can use and when there are two or more adjectives of the same type, or when the adjectives refer to different parts of the same thing:

It was a blue and green cotton shirt.

EXERCISE

EXERCISE 2

VOCABULARY OF ILLNESS

THERE IS/THERE ARE

Cuando queremos describir una imagen necesitamos utilizar THERE IS y THERE ARE

Usamos THERE IS cuando nos referimos a un solo objeto o a algo que no se puede contar (por ejemplo: there is a book, there is a car, there is some

sugar, there is some milk...)

Usamos THERE ARE cuando nos referimos a varios objetos que se pueden contar (por ejemplo: there are books, there are cars...)

Practica con THERE IS y THERE ARE en los siguientes ejercicios:

Y ahora intenta describir estos dibujos usando THERE IS y THERE ARE

Por ejemplo:
In the picture there is a bike, there are crayons, there is a doll, there are two chairs....

Speaking Tips 2

Now you have seen what examiners will expect from you, it`s time to be more specific and create the proper strategy to every different part of the speaking test. Here you are.

Tips for FCE Speaking Test Part 1

Tips for FCE Speaking Test Part 2

Tips for FCE Speaking Test Part 3

Tips for FCE Speaking Test Part 4

Speaking Tips

The following is a set of videos that will help you with the strategy when taking an FCE speaking test. We recommend that you watch just the video that talks about the specific part you are about to practice, so you don`t get confused with too much information. Mostly, the tips are focused on the way you have to behave, the things you need to pay more attention to etc. But before that, let`s see what the examiners say about what a good canditate should have.

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