1.
@TeresaBestwick
viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org
training@activelanguage.net
Engaging Exam
Exercises

2.
Spot the differences!

3.
I can see…
She’s… (where?)
She’s wearing…
She’s… (what’s she doing?)
She looks…
In the background, I can see…
I think it’s probably… (when?)
I imagine…

4.
What kind of person do you
think he/she is?
What kind of people do you
think they are?
Where is he/she?
Where are they? What is he/she wearing?
What are they wearing?
In the British Council
Aptis exam, you have 45
seconds to describe this
picture…
What is he/she doing?
What are they doing?
How do you think he/she
feels?
How do you think they feel?
How do you feel about
doing this kind of thing?
Why?

5.
She’s really looking forward … her
holiday in Spain.

6.
She’s obsessed … social media
networks.

7.
She drank too much and threw …
everywhere.

8.
The new business is really taking
… and she’s thinking of employing
more staff.

9.
LOOK TAKE GET PUT GO GIVE
100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200
500 500 500 500 500 500
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
after
aside
away
for
forward to
into
like
off
on
out
over
up

10.
Where will the women meet tomorrow?
At the dress shop At the department store
At the bridge At the café

11.
When will the man go to see the dentist?
Tomorrow morning This afternoon
Next week Tomorrow afternoon

12.
@Sarah_TTrainer
@RobertTaylorELT

13.
ISE Foundation

14.
1.
agree
negative noun
2.
prohibit
adjective
3.
refuse
noun
4.
govern
noun
5.
forgive
adjective
6.
deny
negative
adjective
7.
legal
negative
adjective
8.
kidnap
noun
9.
rebel
adjective
10.
thief
noun
11.
worth
negative
adjective
12.
cancel
noun
13.
guilt
adjective
14.
punish
noun
15.
accusation
infinitive
16.
innocence
adjective
17.
evident
noun
18.
permit
noun
19.
confess
noun
20.
suspicion
adjective
21.
fortune
negative
adverb
22.
lock
negative
adjective
23.
burgle
noun
24.
offence
noun
25.
trial
infinitive
26.
crime
adjective
27.
true
noun
28.
suspicion
infinitive
29.
secure
noun
30.
punish
noun

15.
When did you start
…(learn) English?
What’s the best
thing about …(be)
in the armed
forces?
What TV series do
you remember …
(watch) when you
were a kid?
What household
task can’t you
stand …(do)?
What country
would you really
like …(visit)?
What’s something
you hope …(do)
before you leave
San Fernando?
What’s something
you taught
yourself …(do)?
What song do you
keep …(get) stuck
in your head?
What job would
you never consider
…(do)?
What’s something
your parents
encouraged you …
(do) when you
were younger?
What food do you
tend …(eat) too
much of?
What task on the
base do you really
hate …(do)?
Which famous
person would you
really love ….
(meet)?
What place from
your childhood
will you never
forget …(visit)?
What do you
expect …(do) later
today?
What do you avoid
…(do) whenever
possible?
What’s something
you often forget …
(do)?
When do you think
you’ll stop …
(study) English?
What do you need
to spend more
time …(do)?
What do you want
...(buy) in the
sales?
What didn’t your
parents let you …
(do) when you
were younger?
What’s the worst
thing about …(live)
on the base?
What bad habit
should you really
stop …(do)?
What must you
remember …(do)
this week?
Where are you
planning …(go)
this summer?
Why did you
decide …(join) the
armed forces?
What’s something
you’ve recently
helped a friend …
(do)?
What’s something
you managed …
(do) after trying
for a long time?
What food did
your parents make
you …(eat) when
you were a child?
What do you have
…(do) when you’re
on duty?

16.
A terrible morning
Describe the woman.
What happened when she was on her way to
work?
How did she respond?
What happened later?

17.
I imagined a woman, she’s actually a teacher. She’s got brown curly hair
and she wears glasses. And today when she’s going off to work she’s
wearing jeans and a purple jumper and comfy boots. And she lives up in
Scotland and at the moment it’s really icy and wintry so when she was
on her way to work she was driving really carefully but then there had
been an accident and so she couldn’t take the normal roads and so she
had to go along the back roads and she actually got a little bit lost
because her GPS wasn’t working because she had no signal. So she
decided to pull over and see if she could find her way and when she
pulled over, she saw a farmer and so she got out her car and ran over
and asked him which direction she needed to go and he offered to give
her a ride in his tractor because it was really dangerous and that he
would take her back to her car afterwards. And so when he picked her
up after school and took her back to her car, she was really grateful and
they hit it off.

18.
A terrible morning
Jasmine is a teacher with brown, curly hair who lives in the north of
Scotland. It’s really cold and icy there and one day, when Jasmine was
driving to work, there had been an accident so she had to go a different
way. Unfortunately, she got lost because her GPS wasn’t working.
She decided to stop to ask for directions. She saw a farmer and he
offered to give her a ride because it was really dangerous.
Later, when he met her after school, she took his phone number and
then they went for a coffee.
A terrible morning with a happy ending!

19.
A terrible morning
Jasmine is a teacher with brown, curly hair who lives in the north of
Scotland. It’s really cold and icy there and one day, when Jasmine was
driving to work, there had been an accident so she had to go a different
way. Unfortunately, she got lost because her GPS wasn’t working.
She decided to stop to ask for directions. She saw a farmer and he
offered to give her a ride because it was really dangerous.
Later, when he met her after school, she took his phone number and
then they went for a coffee.
A terrible morning with a happy ending!
Thanks to Chris Johnson
for introducing me to
SPRE!

20.
Thanks for coming!
Thanks to Active Language and to all the wonderful learners who I’ve tested
these activities on 
@TeresaBestwick
viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org
training@activelanguage.net