Friday, 30 September 2016

First/TOEFL/etc. Practice Tests




Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Speaking Cards General







Second Conditional
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  1. 1.    If you could have any super power, what would it be?
  2. 2.    What would you do if you could speak English perfectly?
  3. 3.    If you won the lottery, what would you buy?
  4. 4.    If you could change one thing about your past, what would you change?
  5. 5.    If you could travel to an uninhabited planet, would you?
  6. 6.    Where would you like to go if you won a free plane ticket?
  7. 7.    If you could have one futuristic device, what would it be?
  8. 8.    If you could learn one skill, what would it be?
  9. 9.    Who would you like to go on a date with if you could choose anyone?
  10. 10. Would you choose to be the king/queen of a small country? What would you do if you became the kind/queen?
  11. 11. What would you do if you knew this was your last day to be alive?
  12. Adopted and adapted from http://www.eslconversationquestions.com/present-unreal-conditionalsecond-conditional/



Mixed conditionals
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PERSONAL INTERVIEW 1: 100 QUESTIONS
CARD 1 100 QUESTIONS

1. Are you a good dancer?
2. Are you a vegetarian?
3. Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?
4. At what times do you usually eat your meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)?
5. Can you play any musical instruments?
6. Can you ride a motorcycle?
7. Could you live in another country for the rest of your life?
8. Do you always eat dinner with your family?
9. Do you cook? If yes, what is food that you cook the most?
10. Do you do exercise?
11. Do you drive a car often?
12. Do you eat bread every day?
13. Do you eat breakfast every day?14. Do you eat fruit every day?
15. Do you have a car?
16. Do you have any pets? If not, would you like to have a pet?
17. Do you have difficulty with school work?
18. Do you like British food?
19. Do you like food from other countries? If yes, which do you like the most?


CARD 2 100 QUESTIONS

1. Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
2. Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?
3. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?
4. Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane?
5. Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food?
6. Do you see your relatives at Christmas time?
7. Do you sing while taking a bath?
8. Do you smoke?
9. Do you think playing sports helps people work better as a team at work?
10. Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?
11. Do you use English a lot?
12. Do you usually want to eat dessert after dinner?
13. Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy?
14. Do you work?
15. Does your family have any special Christmas traditions?
16. Have you ever been on a diet? If so, how long did you stayed on it?
17. Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country?
18. Have you ever lived in another country?
19. How do you get to school?




CARD 3 100 QUESTIONS
1. How many hours of sleep do you usually get?
2. How many times have you travelled by airplane?
3. How old are you?
4. How old are your brothers and sisters?
5. How old were you when you got your first job?
6. If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking?
7. What are some good ways to learn English?
8. What are some popular foods for the Christmas season?
9. What are your hobbies?
10. What countries have you visited?
11. What countries would you like to visit? Why?
12. What countries would you not like to visit? Why?
13. What country are you from?
14. What do you and your family like to do together?
15. What do you do on Sundays?
16. What do you do? What's your job?
17. What does your father do?
18. What does your mother do?
19. What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?

CARD 4 100 QUESTIONS
1. What is your favourite TV programme?
2. What is your favourite website?
3. What kind of beverages do you usually drink?
4. What kind of car do you have?
5. What kind of exercise do you do?
6. What kind of movies do you like?
7. What kind of music do you like?
8. What languages do you speak?
9. What sports do you like to play?
10. What will you do on Christmas Day?
11. What's there to do in your hometown?
12. What's your address?
13. What's your hometown like?
14. What's your name?
15. When did you start to study English?
16. When was the last time you ate at a restaurant?
17. When was the last time you went to a concert?
18. Where are you from?
19. Where did you go for your last holidays?

E-mailing Symbols


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Other symbols are:
;-) winking smiley face
:-( frowning face
:-)> smiley face sticking its tongue out.


You may also see abbreviations of some commonly used phrases, such as:
  • IMHO (in my humble opinion)
  • FYI (for your information
  • FAQ (frequently asked questions)
  • BTW (by the way)
  • RTFM (read the fine manual)
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