SPEAKING SKILL - A BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMILY MEMBER

 

Introduction

“Good morning / afternoon. I am going to talk about ……., who was my ……. I admire her/him specially, because …. (S + V + Cs).

 

Body  

(S)he was born on (date) in (place).

(S) he went / didn’t go to primary / secondary school / University.

(S) he worked as a + (job) / in (place) for (X) years.

(S)he fell in love with….. and got married to (person) in (place, year).

(S)he had / didn’t have children.

(S)he used to ….. / (S)he didn’t use to …

(S)he was + (personality adjectives).

(S)he died from (cause) in (place, year).

 

Conclusion

I love her / him a lot, because …. (S + V + Cs).

That’s why I wanted you to know (a little bit / something) about her / him”.

GRAMMAR - INDEFINITE PRONOUNS CHART

 

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS	EVERY-   (“ALL”)	SOME-   Affirmative sentences	ANY-    Negative and interrogative sentences*	NO-   Affirmative sentences with negative meaning
PERSON	EVERYBODY EVERYONE	SOMEBODY SOMEONE	ANYBODY ANYONE	NOBODY NO ONE
THING	EVERYTHING	SOMETHING	ANYTHING	NOTHING
PLACE	EVERYWHERE	SOMEWHERE	ANYWHERE	NOWHERE

* And in affirmative sentences with a meaning similar to “every” (in Spanish “cualquier/a”).

GRAMMAR - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

  

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

VOCABULARY - CARDINAL AND ORDINAL NUMBERS

 

CARDINAL NUMBERS		ORDINAL NUMBERS
0	Zero, nought	-	-
1	one	1st	first
2	two	2nd	second
3	three	3rd	third
4	four	4th	fourth
5	five	5th	fifth
6	six	6th	sixth
7	seven	7th	seventh
8	eight	8th	eighth
9	nine	9th	ninth
10	ten	10th	tenth
11	eleven	11th	eleventh
12	twelve	12th	twelfth
13	thirteen	13th	thirteenth
14	fourteen	14th	fourteenth
15	fifteen	15th	fifteenth
16	sixteen	16th	sixteenth
17	seventeen	17th	seventeenth
18	eighteen	18th	eighteenth
19	nineteen	19th	nineteenth
20	twenty	20th	twentieth
21	twenty-one	21st	twenty-first
22	twenty-two	22nd	twenty-second
23	twenty-three	23rd	twenty-third
30	thirty	30th	thirtieth
40	forty	40th	fortieth
50	fifty	50th	fiftieth
60	sixty	60th	sixtieth
70	seventy	70th	seventieth
80	eighty	80th	eightieth
90	ninety	90th	ninetieth
100	one hundred	100th	one hundredth

GRAMMAR - SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

 I. THEORY

SUBJECT QUESTION: A subject question asks about the subject of the sentence.  WHO? -  We use this wh-particle if the subject is a person.  WHAT? - We use this wh-particle if the subject is an action. Wh-particle + verb? The word order of the question and the answer are the same: QUESTION ANSWER Who writes you e-mails?     My sister writes / My friends write me e-mails.    What happened yesterday?       An accident happened yesterday.  OBJECT QUESTION: An object question asks about the object of the sentence. Wh-particle + auxiliary verb + subject+ main verb? QUESTION ANSWER Who does he kiss? He kisses his mum. What did she see yesterday? She saw a film.

 

I. PRACTICE – Write interrogative sentences for the following answers:

1) Mike reads the textbook.

 

2) The caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

 

3) The teacher is living in Boston.

4) Marie visits Spain twice a year.

 

5) The book is under the desk.

 

6) The students are here because they have a Maths class.

 

7) Cindy loves music.
8) The train leaves at 5.30 p.m.

II. EXTRA PRACTICE - Make questions for the underlined words:

1)    Peter has broken the window. __________________________________________

2)    Peter has broken that window. _________________________________________

3)    They went to London last summer. ______________________________________

4)    Some robberies have happened recently. _________________________________

5)    My friend did his homework yesterday. ___________________________________

6)    Susan is going to have a baby in June. ___________________________________