SPEAKING PENDIENTES 1º BAT

UNIT 1

 DISCUSSING ACTIVITIES AND ROUTINES

 EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES

Interviewing a partner

Possible questions:

What school subjects do you enjoy the most/ the least?

I like … the most/ the least because …

What do you usually do after school?

On most days, I …
I usually/sometimes …

What do you like to do alone/ with friends?

I really enjoy/ like …
I am into …

What do you do at the weekend?

What sport or other activity do you enjoy the most/ the least?

ACTIVITIES:
(play football/ play drums/ play chess/ play computer games …
Paint/ draw/ solve puzzles/ solve maths problems/ do science experiments/ do karate/ go
surfing/ go swimming/ go shopping…)

OTHER EXPRESSIONS:
I find it difficult to … / I can’t stand (no soporto…)/I’m not mad about …(no me vuelve loco…)

UNIT 2:

DESCRIBING A PERSON

USEFUL VOCABULARY:

PERSONALITY
Adventurous: aventurero
Outgoing: extrovertido
Funny : divertido
Energetic: enérgico, vital
Quiet: tranquilo
Sensitive: sensato
Patient: paciente
Serious: serio
Shy: tímido

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Tall: alto
Short: bajo
Average height: de estatura media
Attractive: atractivo
Athletic: atlético
Medium build: de constitución normal
Slim: delgado
Fat: gordo
Wear glasses: lleva gafas
Blond: rubio
Dark: Moreno

What do you look like? (¿cómo eres/ que aspecto tienes?)

How would you describe your personality?

UNIT 3: TALKING ABOUT THE PAST

 What good/ bad memories have you got from primary school?

 What is something you’ve done that you’re proud of?

 What was your most embarrassing moment? How did you feel?

 What is the best decision you have ever made? How did it help you?

 What is the worst mistake you have ever made? What did you learn from it?

 Who was your first friend? How did you meet?

 What things did you use to do when you were younger?

 How did you feel when you started secondary school? Explain.

 Who was your favourite/least favourite singer/band when you were younger?

 How have your study habits changed since you started Bachillerato?

UNIT 4: EXPRESSING OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS

Expressions: I think/ I don’t think that … / I believe/ I don’t believe that …/ In

my opinion …/ It seems to me that … / I hope that …

TOPICS:
 1. What do you think are the common issues that parents and teens argue
about?

2. What types of advice should parents give/ not give their teenagers?

3. What is your opinion of your town?

4. Do you think your town is a good place for teenagers? Why or why not?

5. Does school prepare students for the future? Explain.

6. What subjects are important/ unimportant to learn at school? Why?

7. How do you think the world will be different ten years from now?

8. What do you think will be the important careers of the future? Why?

UNIT 5: DESCRIBING SCENES / SPECULATING AND PREDICTING

1. What do you think has just happened? It looks to me as if … (parece como

si…)

2. What is the person doing? Maybe she is … (quizás está…)/ It looks like she is
… (parece como si ella estuviera …)

3. How does the person feel? I guess she is afraid that … (me imagino que tiene
miedo de que …) / I suppose she hopes that … (supongo que espera que …)

4. What do you think will happen to the person? She will probably … (ella
probablemente…) / Hopefully, in the end she will… (afortunadamente, al final
ella…)

UNIT 6: AGREEING AND DISAGREEING/ SPECULATING AND PREDICTING

AGREEING AND DISAGREEING:

I agree with that (estoy de acuerdo con eso)/ I think, I suppose you’re right (supongo
que tienes razón)/ That’s true (es cierto) / That’s not how I see it ( yo no lo veo así) /I
totally disagree (estoy totalmente en desacuerdo).

 Girls express their feelings better than boys.

 Boys are physically stronger than girls.

  Girls and boys shouldn’t play in the same sports team.

 A girl shouldn’t ask a boy out on a date.

 Boys are better than girls at maths and science.

 Girls are better cooks than boys.

 Boys are better drivers than girls.

 Girls are more interested in their appearance than boys.

UNIT 7: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING PICTURES/ EXPRESSING PREFERENCES

Useful expressions:

 These two pictures are alike because … (las dos fotos son similares porque…)

… are quite similar /different because (son bastante parecidas porque…)

 Pictures A and b both … (las dos fotos …)

 One has got … but the other …( una tiene… pero la otra…)

 The place in picture A is more/ less … (el lugar de la foto A es más/menos…)

 This picture shows … while this one …( esta foto muestra… mientras que esta
…)

 Neither of them…(ninguna de las dos…)

 In this picture … , but in this one…( en esta foto.. pero en esta…)

 One/ another thing that they have got in common is that …( Una/otra cosa que
tienen en común es que …)

 One/ another difference between these two pictures is …(Una/ otra diferencia
entre estas dos fotos es …)