Listening comprehension exercises and videos to practise oral part

Here have you a link for practising listening:

• KET Exam: click here 
• Other exercises: click here for a list of exercises
• Listening for A2: click here

Let's take the oral topics and watch some videos as examples. Remember that they are only suggestions; you don't have to do it in the same way:

• FAMILY: describe your family
• YOUR HOBBIES: what you do in your free time or this video for vocabulary
• YOUR HOUSE: describing your house
• GOING TO A RESTAURANT/COFFEE SHOP: ask for something to have in a cafe or in a restaurant or this one
• GIVING DIRECTIONS: how I can get to somewhere; click here
• YOUR FREE TIME: what you like doing, click here or this video
• WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY: click here

Practising oral part 1: conversations

In the oral exam you have a converstion with one or two classmates. You have to speak about one of these topics and you have questions to make and to answer your mate's questions.
Let's see the topics:

• YOU: name, age, marital status, family, occupation, nationality...
• FAMILY: describe your family and say something about each member
• YOUR FRIEND(S): your best friend and describe him/her (use adjectives and questions like the ones you use in the topic YOU)
• YOUR HOBBIES: what you do in your free time, frequency, where, why, etc. Include what you CAN do and what you CAN´T.
• YOUR HOUSE: rooms, furniture, your room, describing a room...
• FOOD: what you usually eat (for breakfast, lunch or dinner), what you hate eating, if you cook or not, why...
• GOING TO A RESTAURANT/COFFEE SHOP: ask for something to eat, to drink, how much it is, etc.
• GOING SHOPPING: buying a souvenir, buying clothes, what size you need, how much it is/they are, you like it/them in red/bigger/smaller...
• GOING TO A HOTEL: at the reception desk, where the elevator/lift is, problems in your room, time for breakfast...
• YOUR CITY: where you live, what to do there, what you like/don't like, why you like/don't like it, a special place for you...
• GIVING DIRECTIONS: how I can get to the station, if there is a supermarket near hear, if it's far, to say first right, opposite the church, past the traffic lights, take first left...
• YOUR ROUTINES: in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening
• YOUR FREE TIME: at weekends (on Saturday morning/afternoon/evening)
• YOUR HABITUAL HOLIDAYS: in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening/at night
• PAST ACTIONS: what you did yesterday, what you did last weekend
• YOUR LAST HOLIDAYS: where, when, how, who with...
• YOUR PLANS: for tomorrow (a weekday), for next week
• YOUR NEXT HOLIDAYS: where, when, how, who with...

Revise the vocabulary and the grammar to be able to speak about these topics and remember you have questions and answers so it may be of great help to see what to do in each conversation. This is an example to make you see how to do it:

TOPIC: YOU

QUESTIONS	ANSWERS
What’s your name?	María Gimenez
Can you spell your surname, please?	G-I-M-E-N-E-Z
Where are you from?	I’m from Madrid but I live in Alcalá
How old are you?	I´m 37
Are you married?	Yes, I am
Do you have any children? Do you have any brothers and sisters?	Yes, I have two, a son and a daughter Yes, I have two brothers and a sister
What are their names?	Pedro and Laura
How old are they?	Pedro is 7 and Laura is 5; they are at school Pedro is 32, he’s a doctor and Laura is 21 and she’s a student
What do you do? What’s your job?	I´m a teacher, I work in a secondary school
Do you like it?	I love it. It’s really interesting but a bit hard
Do you live in Alcalá?	Yes, I live in a flat near the school

Do the same with the other topics. Then you can use your mobile to record the questions and you can practise orally answering the questions you hear on the mobile.

To finish with, remember this is a conversation so make 2 or 3 questions and let your partner ask you his/her questions. Give as much information as possible and try to be natural. If you don't understand something in particular, ask your partner to repeat it (Sorry, can you repeat, please?).

See you after Easter holiday!

Revision exercises

Let's start with the review of the course. We're working with present continuous as a future tense so you can do these exercises:

• exercise 1     and use this video
• present simple or continuous: exercise 1

• the difference between SAY and TELL: you SAY something (she said she was ill) but you TELL SOMEONE something (she told ME she was ill). Go to these exercises to practise:
• exercise 1     exercise 2     exercise 3
• use of past tenses: 
• exercise 1     a list of exercises for irregular verbs    another exercise   and this one