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Trinity GESE Grades 5-6 and ISE I

Contents Grade 5 GESE Grade 5 – Basic exam information

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Test your knowledge

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Unit

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Vocabulary So much music in the world!

Functions

Grammar

Pronunciation

Music

Quantifying

Adjectives and adverbials of quantity

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Entertainment

Talking about events in the indefinite and definite past

Present perfect tense with ever, never, just

Word stress

Stating the duration of events

Present perfect tense with for and since

Intonation – Present perfect questions

Expressing preferences

Expressions of preference

Silent letters

Giving reasons

Connecting clauses using because

Festivals

Talking about the future – informing and predicting

Will referring to the future for informing and predicting

Contractions – will

Special occasions

Review of all Grade 5 functions

Review of all Grade 5 grammar

Basic intonation

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Have you seen the show?

Film genres

Present perfect vs Past simple

-ed past tense endings

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What have you been up to?

Recent personal experiences Expressions relating to past time

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How do you go to school?

Means of transport

Weak forms – to

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Festivals around the world p. 30

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I’d rather celebrate in style p. 36

Example Exam Practice Test

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Grade 6 GESE Grade 6 ‑ Basic exam information

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Test your knowledge

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Unit

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Vocabulary Language learning

Learning a foreign language

Functions

Grammar

Pronunciation

Expressing intention and purpose

Present continuous tense for future use

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Travel

Describing past actions over a period of time

Past continuous tense

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Health

Expressing certainty and possibility

Zero conditional and First conditional, using if and when

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Expressing certainty and uncertainty

Modals for expressing certainty and uncertainty

Silent letters

Expressions relating to future time

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What’s your destination? p. 52

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Healthy lifestyles

Fitness

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I might make some money!

Money

Requesting and expressing opinions and impressions

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We have to meet again!

Intonation

Rules and regulations

Expressing obligation and necessity

Modals for expressing obligation and necessity

Sentence stress

Fashion

Review of all Grade 6 functions

Review of all Grade 6 grammar

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Dedicated follower of fashion p. 76

Example Exam Practice Test

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ISE I

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Glossary

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Please refer to trinitycollege.com/ESOL for the language requirements and assessment criteria of Trinity exams.

Grade 5

GESE Grade 5 – Basic exam information GESE (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) Grade 5 (CEFR B1.1) examination is a conversation in two parts between you and the examiner.

For more detailed information, please download the Trinity Exam Information booklet from www.trinitycollege.com/GESEexaminformation.

Exam format

Time: 10 minutes Exam procedure: • Greet the examiner.

• Have a conversation (up to 5 minutes) with the examiner on a prepared topic: - Give the examiner your topic form and tell him/her what you are going to talk about; - The examiner chooses the discussion points on your topic form for you to talk about; - The examiner asks questions and makes comments about your topic – this continues until at least four points on your topic form have been covered; - You must ask the examiner at least one related question during the Topic phase.

• Have a conversation (up to 5 minutes) with the examiner on two subject areas selected by the examiner. You must ask the examiner at least one related question during the Conversation phase.

• Say goodbye.

For the exam, you must know and be able to use the language items for Grade 5 and for the previous grades.

For Grade 5, you must understand and use the functions, grammar and vocabulary (relating to the subject areas) below.

Vocabulary

• Festivals • Means of transport • Special occasions • Entertainment • Music • Recent personal experiences • Expressions related to past and future time, e.g. two days ago, in three weeks

Grammar

• Present perfect tense including use of for, since, ever, never, just • Connecting clauses using because • Will referring to the future for informing and predicting • Adjectives and adverbials of quantity e.g. a lot (of), not very much, many • Expressions of preference, e.g. I prefer, I’d rather

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Functions

• Talking about the future – informing and predicting

• Expressing preferences • Talking about events in the indefinite and recent past • Giving reasons • Stating the duration of events • Quantifying

Phonology

• The correct pronunciation of vocabulary

specific to the topic and subject areas • The combination of weak forms and contractions, e.g. I’ve been to...

• Avoidance of speech patterns of recitation

Grade 5

Test your knowledge 1

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Listen to the questions and choose the correct option.

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A Tomorrow.

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A I don’t like it.

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A No, I never.

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A Because he loves their music.

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A Since three years.

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A Not often.

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A In a couple of weeks.

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A He rather go to the festival.

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A In two days.

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B I didn’t get many presents.

C With my friends.

B Reggae.

C Rap music.

B No, I haven’t.

C Yes, I did.

B Because he will go.

C Next week.

B After three years.

C For three years.

B Not many.

C Much people.

B Last week.

C I will go.

B He’d rather go to the festival.

C He go to the festival.

B Last yesterday.

C Two days ago.

A I rather go by train.

B I went by train.

C I’d rather go by train.

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A Since yesterday.

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A Not much.

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A Yes, I do!

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A Not very long.

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A Because they didn’t have time.

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A By my friends.

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A I’ve got a lot!

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A Since last week.

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A Because they have.

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A Yes, it will.

B For yesterday.

C Since tomorrow.

B Not many.

C Many.

B Yes, I have!

C Yes, I was!

B Since a week.

C For last week.

B Because they have.

C Because they prefer it.

B We had fireworks.

C Usually with fireworks.

B I’ve got a little!

C I haven’t got much!

B Yes, he has.

C Yes, he will.

B They will.

C Because they like it.

B No, it will.

C No, I won’t.

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UNIT

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So much music in the world!

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Music

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What type of music are they playing or singing? Match the pictures A-F to the types of music. Then listen and check.

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pop heavy metal rap

4 5 6

rock reggae classical

Pairwork Can you think of any other types of music? Share your answers with the class. Add any new words to the mind map.

heavy metal

pop

rap reggae

rock

TYPES OF MUSIC hip hop

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classical

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Pairwork Match the words to the definitions. Then compare your answers in pairs. Repeat the sentences.

1 A conductor...

2 The rhythm...

3 A lead singer...

4 A stage...

5 The lyrics...

6 A fan... a b c d e f

is the main person who sings in a band. are the words of the song. is a person who loves a particular band or singer. leads the orchestra at a classical concert. is the platform where the musicians play. is the musical timing of a song.

4 Pairwork Cover the descriptions in exercise 3.

Can your partner remember them? Take turns to ask and answer questions.

A What does a conductor do?

B He leads the orchestra at a classical concert.

VOCABULARY 5

Grade 5

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Look at the picture. Match the words in the box to the instruments. Then listen and repeat. Can you add any other instruments? keyboards acoustic guitar trumpet saxophone drums electric guitar violin cello 2 ______________ 1 ______________

5 ______________

3 ______________

4 ______________

6 ______________ 7 ______________

8 ______________

6 Pairwork Look at the picture in exercise 5 again. Take turns to ask and answer questions using the prompts below. Remember to develop your answers. Then tell the class your partner’s answers.

1 can / play / musical instrument?

2 which / easiest to play?

3 which / most difficult to play?

4 which / sounds best with lyrics?

5 which / creates the best rhythm?

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A Can you play the saxophone?

B Yes, I can. I play sax twice a week in the school band.

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Match the verbs in box A to the nouns in box B. Some verbs have more than one noun.

Then listen, check your answers and repeat the expressions.

B records karaoke music an acoustic version A read play go to do download collect

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a concert the song titles

read music / read the song titles 1.5

Listen to four people talking about music and complete the table with the missing information.

Audrey

Dave

Ben

Christina

1 What type of music do they listen to?

2 How do they listen to music?

3 Where do they listen to music?

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Get ready for ISE I Pairwork Listen again and take notes while you listen. Share your notes with your partner. Then tell the class what you remember about the four speakers.

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Audrey is a big fan of rock music because listening to rock music makes her feel...

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I listen to a lot of music Useful Language Quantifying Countable nouns

Uncountable nouns

Questions

How many CDs have you got?

How much music have you got on your phone?

Large quantities

I’ve got a lot of CDs.

I’ve got a lot of music on my phone.

Small quantities

I’ve got a few CDs. I’ve got a little music on my phone.

I haven’t got many/a lot of CDs. I haven’t got much/a lot of music on my phone.

We use How many/How much to ask about the quantity. We use a lot of, many, much, a few, a little to express a large or small quantity.

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1.6 How much music does Sam listen to? Complete the interview with the words from the box. Listen and check your answers.

many (x 2) a little How much a few much How many a lot of (x 3) Interviewer Hi Sam. I know you’re going to be a DJ when you’re older and that you like collecting music. (1) _____________________________ music have you got?

Sam Well, I’ve got (2) _____________________________ music on my computer but I haven’t got (3) _____________________________ records or CDs. They are expensive!

Interviewer What kind of music do you like?

Sam Well, the biggest part of my collection is rap and reggae.

I’ve got (4) _____________________________ pop music but not (5) _____________________________ jazz or classical music.

Interviewer How old were you when you started listening to music?

Sam I was very young, about 9 or 10. (6) _____________________________ my friends started listening to rap and reggae at the same time but now most of them listen to pop and rock music.

Interviewer Do you think buying music is expensive?

Sam It isn’t very expensive to download (7) _____________________________ songs.

Unfortunately, it’s very expensive to buy records and CDs. Interviewer (8) _____________________________ CDs do you buy?

Sam Not (9) _____________________________. There are (10) _____________________________ different ways to listen to free music online now.

2 Pairwork Ask and answer the interviewer’s questions in exercise 1. Use the expressions in the Useful Language box and develop your answers with extra information. Then tell the class about your partner.

Thomas hasn’t got much music on his computer but he’s got a lot of songs on his phone. He listens to a lot of pop music and most of the songs on his phone are pop songs. He started listening to music when he was about 12. The first songs he listened to were his brother’s heavy metal records! He thinks buying a lot of music is expensive and he doesn’t buy many CDs.

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FUNCTIONS IN CONTEXT

Grade 5

Reading

R&B

1 _______________________________________________ Rhythm and Blues music dates back to America in the 1920s, when a lot of African-Americans migrated from rural areas to major cities. This migration brought a lot of musicians together and created a large audience for their music, leading to the popularity of jazz and blues.

2 _______________________________________________ By the 1940s, artists such as Louis Jordan were combining aspects of jazz and blues and incorporating new instruments and heavier rhythms. Music journalist Jerry Wexler invented the term ‘rhythm and blues’ for this new music. A typical R & B band from the 1940s to about 1970 consisted of one or two electric guitars, an electric bass guitar, a couple of saxophones, a piano and drums.

3 _______________________________________________ Cuban artists influenced American R & B artists in the 1950s, making the genre more distinctive and more than a few American rock bands were influenced by African-American R & B artists. By the 1970s, R & B referred to various musical genres such as soul, disco and funk.

4 _______________________________________________ Contemporary R & B is characterised by a more polished production and sometimes they eliminate the piano and saxophone.

Vocals and rhythm have become a lot more dominant, especially since the popularity of hip-hop. Since the 1990s, a lot of R & B artists have collaborated with hip-hop artists and mixed the lines between the two genres.

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Get ready for ISE I Read the text and match the titles to the correct paragraph.

The instruments of early R & B

The origins of R & B

Lyric s and beat

Musical genres related to R & B

Listening 2

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Listen to Sophia talking about music and underline the correct answer.

1 She loved / hated playing the piano at first.

2 Now she can read music, playing the piano is a lot / a little easier.

3 A lot / A few of her friends play the piano.

4 She practises at home when she’s got a little / a lot of free time.

5 She likes a few / a lot of rock and roll songs.

6 She’s practising a little / a lot at the moment.

Speaking 3 Group work What’s more important for a singer/musician? In groups of three or four, put the adjectives in the box in order of importance. Then compare your group results with the class. Do you all agree? to be talented to have money to be creative to be lucky Our group thinks that it is more important to be talented, then... and then..., because...

Writing 4

Get ready for ISE I Write an article (100-130 words) for your school magazine about your favourite music. You should include: • • • •

how much music you listen to the type of music you like why you like that type of music its main instruments

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FUNCTIONS GET READY FOR TRINITY

The Topic phase – Choosing your topic Topic Tip It’s important to choose a good topic for the first part of the exam, the Topic phase. A good topic: • is a topic that you find interesting • has suitable vocabulary that you can remember in the exam • is a topic you like talking about • allows you to use the grammar in Grade 5 • gives you a lot to say • allows you to use the functions in Grade 5 Don’t forget that your topic must be different from the six subject areas in the exam.

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Listen to three candidates.

What are their topic titles? Match the candidates to three of the topics in the box. a favourite person a favourite activity a favourite sports team a visit/school trip a favourite city a past experience

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Think of three topics that interest you. Write them at the centre of the mind maps below.

Topic Tip Remember that the Topic phase of the exam is an opportunity to show the examiner the language you can use in English. Choose a topic that helps you express yourself best in English and uses the language of Grade 5.

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Complete the mind maps above with some ideas and extra information. Use the question words in the box to help you.

What? When? Where? Who... with? How? How often? Why? How much/many?

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Pairwork Compare your mind maps with your partner’s mind maps. Can you add any new questions or ideas to your mind maps in exercise 2?

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Now look at the three mind maps again. Which of the three topics gives you more things to say? Which topics use the language of Grade 5? Choose your topic and find a good title for it.

Write your title at the centre of your Trinity topic form on page 42.

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Pairwork Practise talking about your topic with your partner. It’s not important now to have a finished topic but you can begin to understand what is a good topic choice.

FUNCTIONS GET READY IN FOR CONTEXT TRINITY

Grade 5

The Conversation phase 1

Listen to the example exchange between an examiner and a candidate. What questions does the candidate ask?

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Now read the example questions and write your answers in the spaces.

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Example questions

Possible answers

Now let’s talk about something different.

Let’s talk about music.

Do you listen to a lot of music?

What type of music do you usually listen to?

Who is your favourite singer?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

What do you like about the singer?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Do you like listening to loud music?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Do you like watching music videos?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

And how do you usually listen to music?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Do you like live music?

________________________________________________________

When was the last concert you went to?

________________________________________________________

What did you like about the concert?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

So, is there any music you really hate?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Can you play a musical instrument?

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Write three good questions for the examiner and include them naturally in the conversation.

Question 1 _____________________________________ Question 2 _____________________________________ Question 3 _____________________________________

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________________________________________________________

Exam Tip You must ask the examiner at least one relevant question. You will make a better impression if you do this without a prompt from the examiner.

Pairwork Take turns with your partner to practise the conversation. Try not to read your answers and try to speak naturally.

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UNIT

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Have you seen the show?

D

C

Entertainment

B

A

F

E

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Match the pictures A-F to the types of entertainment. Then listen, check and repeat. Can you add any other types of entertainment?

1 2 3 4

2

circus opera magic show art exhibition

5 6

street performance funfair

Complete the sentences with the words in the box. reality TV an audience a cartoon an advertisement the news a documentary 1 ______________________ is the public promotion of a product or service.

2 ______________________ is a serious programme that tells us facts.

3 ______________________ tells us what is happening around the world.

4 ______________________ is the series of drawings in an animated film.

5 ______________________ is the people who watch a show.

6 ______________________ shows a group of people, often celebrities, who are continuously filmed.

PRONUNCIATION: Word stress

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Listen to the words in exercise 2 and underline the stressed sounds.

Then repeat the words.

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Put the adjectives into the correct group. Then listen and check. awful terrible entertaining boring funny brilliant predictable exciting Positive

Negative

5 Pairwork Ask and answer these questions.

Take notes of your partner’s answers. Can you think of any other questions?

1 Do you like going to the circus/the opera/ magic shows/etc.? Why? / Why not?

2 Do you like watching TV? Why? / Why not?

3 What do you like watching on TV? Why? 4 Do you watch the news? Why? / Why not?

5 What do you think about reality TV?

6 Classwork Now tell the class about your partner’s answers.

Tomoko loves the opera because it’s exciting and the costumes are brilliant. She likes watching TV but she hates... because she finds it...

VOCABULARY Film genres 7

B

A

Grade 5

C

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Match the films to their genres. Then listen and check.

D

E

F

1 2 3 4 5 6

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science fiction horror romantic comedy action thriller western

Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box. Then listen and check. director end dubbed plot was released soundtrack

1 Is it better to watch a film in its original language with subtitles or the ________________________ version?

2 What happens at the ________________________ of the film?

3 That was an interesting film. Who was the ________________________?

4 I loved the music in the film. It was a great ________________________.

5 It’s quite a new film. It ________________________ in 2018.

6 The ________________________ gives us the main events in a film.

9 Information exchange Look at the information in your cards and take turns to ask and answer the questions in the box. who / director? which genre? when / released? who / main actors? what / plot?

Student A

Student B

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

STAR TREK BEYOND

• directed by Chris McKay

• directed by Justin Lin

• cartoon

• science fiction

• released in 2017

• released in 2016

• starring Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes (voices)

• starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto

• Batman and Robin continue to save Gotham City from the Joker

• The USS Enterprise explores space and meets a new dangerous enemy

Student A Who is the director of Star Trek Beyond?

Student B Justin Lin is the director. Who is the director of The Lego Batman Movie?

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Have you seen this film?

Useful Language Talking about events in the indefinite and definite past Indefinite past

Definite past

I haven’t seen Chris today.

I didn’t see Chris yesterday.

‘Have you been to the theatre this week?’

‘Yes, I have.’

‘Did you go to the cinema last week?’

‘Yes, I did, but the film wasn’t great.’

We use the Present perfect to talk about unfinished time, e.g. today, recently, this week, in your life.

We use the Past simple to talk about finished time, e.g. yesterday, last week, last year.

Watch out!

We often use the Present perfect with ever (in questions) and never (in negative answers).

A Have you ever worked in a theatre? (ever ➔ in your life ➔ unfinished time ➔ Present perfect) B I’ve worked in a theatre but I’ve never been an actor.

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Present perfect or Past simple? Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check.

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Doug Hi Rashid. (1) ___________ you ever ___________ (meet) a famous person?

Rashid Yes, I have. I (2) ___________ (meet) Leonardo DiCaprio last year in a restaurant in Los Angeles.

Doug Really? Wow! (3) ___________ you ___________ (speak) to him?

Rashid Yes, I did but I only (4) ___________ (say) hello. (5) ___________ you ever ___________ (be) to LA? Doug No, I haven’t. I (6) ___________ never ___________ (be) to America. When (7) ___________ you ___________ (go) to LA? Rashid I (8) ___________ (go) last summer.

1 ever / be / to the opera?

Have you ever been to the opera?

2 Who is your favourite director? / see / his/her latest film?

3 Who is your favourite singer? / ever / see / him/her in concert?

4 ever / be / on TV? 5 ever / be / to a funfair?

6 ever / act / in a street theatre performance?

7 ever / see / a magic show?

8 ever / visit / an art gallery?

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PRONUNCIATION: -ed past tense endings

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Listen and tick (3) the correct sound.

/t/ /d/ /Id/ 1 Has she performed at the circus?

2 They have never worked on TV.

3 Has he painted a new mural?

4 I have waited for hours.

5 You haven’t finished.

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Use the prompts below to make questions with the Present perfect. Then listen and check.

Pairwork Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. Don’t forget to develop your answers with extra details. Tell the class about your partner.

A Who is your favourite director?

B My favourite director is Quentin Tarantino.

A Have you seen his latest film?

B No, I haven’t but I saw Django Unchained at the cinema. I really liked it. It was an exciting film. I thought it had a great plot and an unpredictable ending.

FUNCTIONS IN CONTEXT

Grade 5

Reading

Book review

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a fascinating title. The British author, Mark Haddon, has won a lot of prizes for literature. He wrote this book in 2003. It is a mystery novel that teaches us a lot about what life is like for a young person who doesn’t find it easy to socialise with other people.

The plot follows the story of Christopher, a 15-year-old boy who is brilliant at Maths but who also suffers with behavioural difficulties. When he starts to solve the mystery of his neighbour’s dead dog, he discovers deep secrets about his parents and the people who live near them. Christopher learns how to understand the strange world around him, and becomes more optimistic for the future.

The author says that the novel is about being an outsider and about seeing the world in a surprising way. It has sold in more than 35 countries and has become an international bestseller.

In the UK it has sold more than 2.5 million copies. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has also become a popular theatre play and is possibly going to be a film.

Listening 2

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Read the text and answer the questions.

1 Who wrote the book? _________________________________________________ 2 Has the book won any prizes? _________________________________________________ 3 Who is the main character? _________________________________________________ 4 What does the main character discover? _________________________________________________ 5 According to the author, what is the book really about? _________________________________________________ 6 In the UK, how many people have bought the book? _________________________________________________

Get ready for ISE I Pairwork You’re going to hear part of the plot of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. As you listen, write down six facts from what you hear. Then compare your notes with your partner and add any other notes to your list.

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• 1998, Swindon, England • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________

Speaking 3 Pairwork Use the facts you wrote in exercise 2 to tell your partner about the plot.

The story takes place in 1998 in Swindon in England.

Writing 4

Get ready for ISE I Write a review (100-130 words) of a book you have read or a film you have seen. In your review you should: • describe the location and the main characters • explain the plot and any main themes • say what you thought of the book

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The Topic phase – Choosing your discussion points 1

1.19 Listen to Sebastian talking about his topic, My part-time job with a newspaper. Look at his completed topic form and number the discussion points in the order you hear them. Which discussion point don’t they talk about? What extra information does the examiner ask for?

How

What I do

I started

at work

Title of topic:

My part-time job with a newspaper

Articles

I’ve written

Things

I like and don’t like

My future

with the newspaper

They don’t talk about: __________________________________ Extra information: _______________________________________

3

The examiner will ask you questions about at least four of your five discussion points and will decide what questions to ask so be prepared to talk about your discussion points in any order.

Don’t memorise your answers but practise speaking naturally about your topic.

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Pairwork Imagine you are the examiner.

Can you think of three other questions to ask Sebastian about his job?

1 _________________________________________________ 2 _________________________________________________ 3 _________________________________________________

Think of at least six questions about the topic you chose on page 10. Write these questions in the table below.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Topic Tip

Questions

My answers

Topic Tip Choose discussion points that help you use the language of Grade 5. Useful functions include: • Future – informing and predicting • Preferences • Events in the indefinite and recent past • Giving reasons

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Pairwork Now compare your questions with your partner’s questions. Can you add any new questions to the table in exercise 3?

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Answer all the questions you wrote in exercise 3. Which questions give you more to talk about?

Write them on your Trinity topic form on page 42.

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Pairwork Now practise asking and answering the five questions you chose.

FUNCTIONS GET READY IN FOR CONTEXT TRINITY

Grade 5

The Conversation phase 1

Listen to the example exchange between an examiner and a candidate. What questions does the candidate ask?

2

Now read the example questions and write your answers in the spaces.

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Example questions Let’s talk about entertainment.

Have you ever been to the theatre?

Possible answers ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Have you ever acted on stage?

________________________________________________________

Have you ever seen an opera?

________________________________________________________

What about films? Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films on TV?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Can you tell me about the last film you saw?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

What kind of films do you like?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Do you usually watch films in their original language?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

And what about books?

Do you read a lot?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

How much TV do you watch?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

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What type of programmes do you like watching?

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Do you watch the news?

________________________________________________________

Write three good questions for the examiner and include them naturally in the conversation.

Question 1 ________________________________________ Question 2 ________________________________________ Question 3 ________________________________________

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Exam Tip Remember to use adjectives to describe your preferences and develop your answers.

The plot was exciting/funny/predictable.

The soundtrack was brilliant/awful/terrible.

Pairwork Take turns with your partner to practise the conversation. Try not to read your answers and try to speak naturally.

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What have you been up to?

Recent personal experiences

B

A

D

C

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1.21 Match the pictures A-F to the expressions. Then listen, check and repeat.

1 2 3 4 5 6

stay at a friend’s house go shopping change your hair move house go on holiday spend time with friends

Useful Language Expressions relating to past time Unfinished past time We’ve moved house recently.

I haven’t been on holiday for ages.

They’ve stayed at a friend’s house every night this week.

Finished past time We moved house two years ago.

I went on holiday last week.

They stayed at a friend’s house the day before yesterday.

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Look at the example sentences in the Useful Language box and underline the correct answer.

1 Expressions and verbs of unfinished time use the Past simple / Present perfect tense.

2 Expressions and verbs of finished time use the Past simple / Present perfect tense.

3

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Match the questions to the answers. Then listen and check.

1 Have you spoken to Sergio recently?

2 Did you go shopping yesterday?

3 Have you been on holiday this year?

4 When did you change your hair?

5 Did you go to Paul and Lisa’s wedding last Sunday? a b c d e

I changed it yesterday.

No, I didn’t. I haven’t been to a wedding for ages.

Yes, I have. I spoke to him two days ago.

No, I didn’t. I’ve been too busy this week.

No, I haven’t, but I went to London last year.

VOCABULARY E

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Listen to two people, Mark and Keith, talking about a recent experience. Write the name of the person in the correct photo.

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Read the questions and answers in exercise 3 and underline all the expressions relating to past time. Then put them into the correct column.

Finished time

Unfinished time

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Now listen again and match the adjectives to the person who says them. confusing excellent fantastic formal impressive amazing classy incredible 1 Mark __________________________________________ __________________________________________ 2 Keith __________________________________________ __________________________________________

PRONUNCIATION: Intonation – Present perfect questions

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Listen and underline the stressed words in the questions. Then listen again and repeat.

1 Has she had lunch?

2 Where have you been recently?

3 Has he read the book?

4 What have you done today?

6 Pairwork Think of five things you’ve done recently. Then ask and answer questions with your partner. Don’t forget to develop your answers and use expressions relating to past time.

A What have you done recently?

B Well, I’ve been shopping.

A When did you go?

B I went yesterday afternoon after school.

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Memory quiz How much can you remember from exercise 7? Answer the questions. Then compare your answers with your partner.

1 What was formal?

2 What was amazing?

3 What was impressive?

4 What was excellent?

5 What was classy?

6 What was confusing?

7 What was incredible?

8 What was fantastic?

10 Pairwork Use the information and pictures in exercises 7 and 8 to describe Mark’s and Keith’s experiences.

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How long have you lived here?

Useful Language Stating the duration of events A How long have you lived here?

B I’ve lived here for 5 years. / I’ve lived here since I was 13. / Not very long. I’ve just moved here.

We use How long with the Present perfect to ask about the duration of events.

We use for and since to state the duration of events.

We use for to state a period of time and since to state from a specific point in the past.

We use just to talk about a very recent event without a specific time.

Watch out!

We put just between has/have and the main verb.

I’ve just arrived.

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Get ready for ISE I How long has he known them? Listen to Lee talking about four of his friends and write the information you hear. Then listen again and check your answers.

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Claire • for a long time • lives next door • sister’s best friend • spend time together

Sam • • •

Layla • • • Rachel • • •

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Pairwork Describe Lee and his group of friends. Use the information you wrote in exercise 1.

Lee has lived here since he was three years old. He likes living on this street and he’s got a great group of friends. Claire lives...

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Now write questions about Lee and his group of friends. Use the prompts below.

1 How long / Lee / know / Claire?

2 Where / Claire / live?

3 How long / Lee / know / Sam? 4 Where / Lee and Sam / meet?

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5 How long / Lee / know / Rachel?

6 When / Lee and Rachel / meet?

7 How long / Lee / know / Layla?

8 What / Lee and Layla / do together / next time?

Pairwork Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3.

FUNCTIONS IN CONTEXT

Grade 5

Reading

Disabled tourists have been closed out of tourist attractions for too long

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ow long have disabled tourists had access to hotels and tourist attractions in Britain?

It seems not for long enough.

Britain’s 11 million disabled travellers have asked the hotels and tourist attractions to do more. 11 million disabled tourists bring 2 billion a year to the tourism industry.

Have you ever been sightseeing in your hometown but from the point of view of a disabled tourist? It’s a valuable learning experience.

The company VisitBritain has been active since 2013 and has done a lot of research to understand the problems that disabled tourists have. VisitBritain has just published an updated list of hotels and tourist attractions that are truly accessible. They say that the attitude of British workers towards disabled people has improved a lot but only about 30% of tourist attractions are fully accessible today.

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They also say that some travellers have had difficulties because attractions haven’t provided full details.

They would like to see the creation of an international website to provide reliable, detailed information.

‘The image of disabled people stuck at home is outdated,’ says a disabled speaker from VisitBritain.

‘The last few years have illustrated how much we want access to sport and adventure. We don’t want to only visit museums, we are capable of anything.’

Read the newspaper article and answer the questions.

4 Has the attitude of British workers towards disabled tourists improved?

5 Has the image of disabled people changed over the last few years?

1 How long have disabled tourists had access to hotels and tourist attractions in Britain?

2 How many disabled tourists are there in Britain?

3 What has VisitBritain just done?

Listening

Speaking

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3 Pairwork Ask your partner questions using the prompts below about a party he/she went to. Tell the class about your partner.

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Listen to Brenda’s recent personal experience and choose the correct option.

1 Brenda was ___________ last week.

A 16 B 18 C 21 2 This year, she celebrated with her ___________.

A friends B family C classmates 3 First of all, they went to ___________.

A the train station B a pizzeria C a club 4 She went home by ___________.

A bus B train C taxi 5 She describes the evening as ‘___________ I’ve had in a long time’.

A the best evening B the most fun C the funniest time

• when • where • the location

• the reason for the party • the food • the music

A Have you been to a party recently?

B Well, it was my brother’s birthday last month and he had a small party...

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Get ready for ISE I Write an email (100-130 words) about the party you described in exercise 3. You should: • describe the location and the reason and • say what you liked or didn’t like about it

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The Topic phase – Developing your discussion points Topic Tip It is easier to talk about a topic when you have a lot of vocabulary. This way you can express yourself to the best of your ability. Look for the words you want to use in a dictionary or on the Internet.

You can also use adjectives and adverbs to expand your topic.

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Pairwork Listen to a student talking about his topic, Leonard Cohen, my musical inspiration. Write all the words you hear in the correct group in the mind map below. Then compare your words with your partner. Can you add more words to your mind map?

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Nouns Verbs

Adjectives

Leonard Cohen – a musical inspiration Adverbs

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Think of all the words you know that are useful for the topic you chose on page 10. Put them into the correct group. Are there any words from other units that are useful? Find other useful words in a dictionary or on the Internet.

Nouns Verbs

Adjectives

Vocabulary Adverbs

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Useful expressions

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Pairwork Can you pronounce all the words in your mind map in exercise 2? Work with a partner and help each other with the pronunciation. Check difficult words with your teacher.

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Pairwork Now try to talk about your topic for a few minutes.

FUNCTIONS GET READY IN FOR CONTEXT TRINITY

Grade 5

The Conversation phase 1

Listen to the example exchange between an examiner and a candidate. What questions does the candidate ask?

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Example questions Let’s talk about recent personal experiences.

Tell me about some of the things you’ve done recently.

Have you been out with your friends recently?

Possible answers ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Have you been to any parties recently?

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(If yes) How was the party?

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(If yes) Where was it?

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(If yes) Did you enjoy the music?

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Now let’s talk about entertainment.

Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching TV?

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Have you seen any good films recently?

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Tell me more about the films you watched.

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What type of film do you usually watch?

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Do you watch films in their original language?

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When was the last time you watched a film in English?

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Write three good questions for the examiner and include them naturally in the conversation.

Question 1 ________________________________________ Question 2 ________________________________________ Question 3 ________________________________________

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Exam Tip When you talk to the examiner, remember to use as much of the Grade 5 language as you can.

Don’t worry if you forget a word. You can always describe the word to the examiner.

Pairwork Take turns with your partner to practise the conversation. Try not to read your answers and try to speak naturally.

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