SPEAKING SKILL - BIOGRAPHY: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

SPEAKING SKILL - SHORT STORY: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

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SPEAKING SKILL - ORAL PRESENTATION OF A CHAPTER OF THE MANDATORY READING

Your talk should be a 1 – 2 minute presentation to your classmates of your favourite chapter of the mandatory reading. Here’s how you can do it – make any necessary changes if you want to:

 

Ø  Begin by telling the name of the author and the title of the book as well as the one of your favourite chapter.

 

Ø  Give a short summary of its contents.  Include the main theme of the chapter and what you learned from reading it. 

 

Ø  Comment on the reasons why you like the chapter. This may be based on the topic it deals with or on your personal experience (hobbies, interests, lifestyle).

 

Ø  To conclude, give the chapter a rating, for example a mark out of ten, and justify it. Also, recommend reading another book on the same topic or on a different one, based on your taste.

 

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