CFE classes 2014-15 1st term

1. L E S S O N 1 A N D 2
CAMBRIDGE FIRST
CERTIFICAT

2. VOCABULARY REVISION PP 9

3. VOCABULARY REVISION PP 11

4. COLLOCATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS
• TAKE PART IN – PARTICIPATE
• TAKE INTO ACCOUNT - CONSIDER
• PLAY A PART IN – HAVE A ROLE
• MAKE SENSE OF -
• GIVE INSIGHT INTO -
• LEND A HAND WITH – HELP
• HAVING SAID THAT – THAT SAID
• GET IN TOUCH WITH - CONTACT

5. COLLOCATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS
• IN MY VIEW – IN MY OPINION
• AT THE SAME TIME - WHILE
• THAT’S ABOUT IT – THAT’S ALL
• ALL IN ALL – GLOBALLY SPEAKING
• LOSE TRACK OF – PERDER EL HILO
• LET SOMEONE KNOW ABOUT – INFORM
• SAY SORRY FOR – APOLOGIZE
• MAKE FUN OF - LAUGH AT

6. TIME EXPRESSIONS
• BY THE TIME
• 30 YEARS FROM NOW

7. SOME ERROR IN YOUR INFORMAL
LETTERS
• I’ve finished my career and now I’m a doctor!
• I’m living now in London.
• I want to see you and watch how your life is going
• I don’t know totally what I’m going to do.
• They live right now near to Eiffel Tower.
• Helena and I are planning a travel by Christmas
Day to London
• We want to learn some traditions about England,
they have totally different traditions!

8. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENT
• I’ve finished my degree, and now I am a doctor!
• I’m living in London now.
• I want to see for myself how life is treating you.
• I am not completely /100% sure / certain about
what I am going to do.
• I will suggest them to visit the “Opera Garnier”.
• They live near/ close to the Eiffel Tower right now.
• Helena and I are planning a trip to London by
Christmas Day.
• We want to learn about English traditions; they have
totally different customs!

10. PHRASES ON PAGE 20
• ______ all these arguments, I think that…
• Will you __________ that you won’t tell anybody?
• Please if you ever come back to
Barcelona.
• Last month we in a football
competition.

15. VOCABULARY PAGE 21

17. + ING
Avoid
Can’t face
Can’t help
Can’t stand
Don’t mind
Enjoy
Fancy
Feel like
Finish
Give up
Imagine
Keep
Postpone
Practice
Put off
Recommend
Risk
Spend time
Suggest

18. + INFITIVE
Agree
Dare
Decide
Expected
Fail
Happen
Hope
Manage
Mean
Offer
Prepare
Pretend
Promise
Refuse
Seem
Want

19. INFINITIVE OR GERUND (SAME
MEANING)
• Begin
• Continue
• Hate
• Like
• Love
• Prefer
• Start

20. INFINITIVE OR GERUND CHANGE
MEANING
• TRY
• STOP
• REMEMBER
• GO ON

21. EXOTIC ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS

22. THE ESSAY IN FCE
You can decide whether to
• Agree
• Disagree
• Discuss both sides
Of the statement

23. EXPRESSING OPINION
• IN MY OPINION,
• AS I SEE IT,
• TO MY MIND,
• I FIRMLY BELIEVE
(THAT)….
(You have many
more in our
webpage)
OCHO APELLIDOS VASCOS IS A VERY GOOD FILM.

24. MAKING ADDITIONAL POINTS
FORMAL
• Furthermore,
• Not only that,
• Moreover,
• It’s also clear that,
LESS FORMAL
• So (both formal and
informal)
• Anyway,
• As well as
• So far,…
More information
I hate apples….

25. HOW COULD WE IMPROVE THIS TOPIC
SENTENCE?
Actually, I think that a good education is always
given at school, with teachers (of course), but in case
of doubts…
• It answers the essay question, but it is not as a first sentence.
• “Actually” is not a good way to start an essay
• Ambiguity
• (doubts about the teacher?, when doing homework?)
• What does this “always” stand for?
• My suggestion:
• In my opinion, children have a better chance to get a good
education at school than they have if they are taught at home.
• Avoid side comments in essays.

26. BASIC RULES OF THUMP IN ESSAYS
• Give opinions.
• Agree and disagree in a formal or neutral register.
• Choose whether to agree or disagree with the
statement provided in the task, or discuss both
sides.
• Plan ONE paragraph for each of the THREE
argumens carefully.
• Get some practice in writing appropriate opening
and closing paragraphs.

27. HOW COULD WE IMPROVE THIS FIRST
SENTENCE?
• As I see it, it is wrong to learn at home?
• What does she mean?
• “Wrong” is a strong word
• As I see it, teaching children at home rather than sending
them to school is not a good option.
• There is nothing wrong with rephrasing the question,
provided the next sentence justifies it.

28. BRACKETS IN ESSAYS
• In a formal register, any statement within brackets should be
grammatically independent of the sentence in which it
occurs. That is the sentence should be complete, even if
the contents of the brackets were to be removed.
• Keep brackets to a minimum!

29. ANY GOOD FIRST SENTENCES?
• In my opinion, it is better to send children to school
than teaching them at home.
• Nowadays, some parents prefer leaching their
children at home instead of sending them to
school. I do not think this is a good idea.

30. SOME SENTENCES TO CORRECT
• There are some different answers to the why
• To this issue / matter /.
• With respect to this.
• (as to) why this is so.
• There are another problems
• If a child is at home, who will be his/her friend?
• In an essay do not ask, tell
• Make a decision about whether to use his or her, and be
consistent to it.
• It is alright to have some adventures…
• Avoid informal spelling

31. • Thank you for your attention!