speaking activity unit 1

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SPEAKING ACTIVITY

PHRASAL VERBS UNIT 1

1. When was the last time you had to fill in a form?

2. Mention several items whose prices have gone upin the last months.

3. Tell your partner about a city / country you would like to go backto in the future.

4. What time do you turn on and off the television every day?

5. Do you usually have to hurry upin the morning?

6. What time do you usually set offwhen you are travelling?

7. Do you have to look afteranybody in your family?

8. Do you find things easily or do you spend a long time looking forthem?

9. Where do you go when the class is over?

10.Mention two things you are looking forward to?

11. Is it difficult for you to throw awayold clothes /objects?

12.What time do you wake upon weekdays?

13.

Mention someone you get onvery well with.

14.Mention somebody you look up to.

15.Do you usually go awayat the weekend?

16.Do you like going outat night?

17.Why do elderly people tend to turn the television up?

18.Who do you take after in your family?

19.Who do you look like?

TELEVISION

How often do you watch television? What are your most and least favourite TV programmes?

How many hours a day do you watch TV? At what time do you usually watch TV? How long

for?

In your opinion, who watches the most TV in Spain? How much do they watch?

Which of the following programmes do you like watching?


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1. cartoons

2. chat / talk shows

3. reality shows

4.

cookery shows

5. music programme

6. educational programmes

7. Documentaries (nature, travel, food, health, history, gardening)

8. game / quiz shows

9. newssoap operas, series, serials

10.sports programmesadverts / commercials

11.

films (dubbed; in their original version with subtitles; black and white; colour)

12.TV films

Which is the best TV channel for:

high-quality news?

good dramas?

nature programmes?

sports programmes?

the most popular shows?

What kind of programmes are suitable for different times of day?

Do you think there should be censorship of TV programmes?

Do television programmes influence our minds, our behaviour? In what ways? Would you say

television is one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century? Why? / Why not?

In your opinion, what is the best time of day for children to watch TV? What kind of

programmes are suitable for them?

Do you ever listen to the radio? What do you like listening to? What radio stationsdo you

usually listen to?

What does BBC stand for?

MUSICQUESTIONNAIRE

1. Do you like listening to music?

2. When and how often do you listen to music? Can you concentrate on things when you

are listening to music?


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3. What kinds of music do you like? What are some of your favourite songs? Why do you

like them?

4. Who was your favourite musical artist when you were 10, 15, and 18? How about

now? What was your favourite band? What about now? How has your taste in music

changed?

5. Do music tastes change a lot when you get older? Do you think your favourite music

ten years from now will be the same as it is today?

6. How does music affect different people? Why is music important to people and

culture?

7. Have you ever been to a live concert? If so, when and where did you go? Who did you

see?

8.

How often do you buy CD? What was the last CD you bought?

9.

Do you like listening to music on the radio?

10.

In your opinion, what is the best song ever written?

11.

Indicate the extent to which you like listening to each of the following, stating whether

you dislike them strongly, a little, neither like or dislike them; like them a little,

strongly, etc

1.

Heavy metal

2.

Rock

3.

Country

4.

Gospel

5.

Blues

6. Jazz

7. New age

8. Soundtracks

9.

Rap / Hip-hop

10.Dance / electronic

11.Opera

12.

Classical

13.Reggae

14.Pop

15.Oldies


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12. Have you ever downloaded music from the Internet? Do you think music sharingis right

for the music industry, artists, or consumers? What is your opinion about copyrights?

QUESTIONNAIRE ON FILMS

1. What types of films do you like?

1. Action films.

2.

Adventure films.

3.

Biopic (biographies)

4. Cartoons.

5. Comedies.

6. Crime and gangster films (film noir).

7. Dramas.

8. Epics / historical films.

9. Horror films.

10.Romances.

11.Musicals.

12.Science fiction films.

13.Thrillers.

14.War films.

15.Westerns.

2. What is the last film you have seen at the cinema?

3. What is the last film you have watched on TV?

4. What film have you seen the most times?

5. What films do you like the best?


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6. In youropinion, what is the best film of all times?

7.

What is the worst film you have ever seen?

8. What twofilms would you consider similar in theme?

9. In your opinion, who are the best actors ever? (mention at least two of them)

10.And the best actresses ever? (mention two of them)

11.Do you pay any attention to a film screenplay[1]?If so, what is the best screenplay you

can think of?

12.What film would you give the best cinematography[2]award to?

[1]Screenplay: the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors and

instructions for the cameras.

[2]Cinematography: the art and methods of film photography.
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