Hello, everyone!
We hope you don't miss school too much these days. I'm very happy to see that you're working hard.
Henry and Peter are trying to help you as well. They gave me these tips for your Speaking in the KET and PET exams. I hope it helps you a lot.
See you soon,
Dani.
Quick tips and links for improving for the KET/PET tests
How old ARE you?
Remember:
in English we always use the verb ‘to be’:
I am 8 years old
You are 11
He/she
is 7
We are 10
They
are 21
Spelling your name
If
you have a long name, try breaking it up into smaller bits.
- Hello,
my name is Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine.
- How
do you spell your surname/last name?
- It’s
spelt SHE·LME·RDI·NE
This
will make it easier for the assessor to hear how your surname is spelt.
*Remember:
watch your pronunciation of the letters E and I !!!
Contractions
When
speaking, we use contractions to make our speech flow more easily.
I am
à I’m
It
is à it’s
Are
not à aren’t
Follow
this link for a list of contractions:
Using pronouns
Remember
you don’t need to use the proper names of things as the test goes on.
- My
brother’s name is Samuel. Samuel is 10 years old. Samuel plays basketball. Samuel
is quite annoying, but Samuel is a good brother.
+ My
brother’s name is Samuel. He’s 10 and he plays basketball. He’s quite annoying,
but he’s a good brother.
- The
café is called Mr Tucker. The café is on Melrose Street. The café serves bagels
and homemade pies. The café is closed on Mondays.
+ The
café’s called Mr Tucker. It’s on Melrose Street. It serves bagels and homemade pies. It’s closed on Mondays.
Forming questions
The inversion method for forming questions
is easy. Start with a simple statement and reverse the first words to make a
question.
- It’s
very far away.
Is
it very far away?
- You
are from Paris.
Are
you from Paris?
Then
there are these very important question words:
What?
Which? (to ask about things)
Where?
(to ask about locations)
Who?
(to ask about people)
When?
(to ask about time)
Why?
(to ask for the reason)
How?
(to ask about the way things happen or are done)
How
many? How much? How often? (to ask about the number or amount)
Follow
this link for more:
Time prepositions
For
a time of day we use ‘at’
For
a whole day or the weekend we use ‘on’
For
months we use ‘in’
Sometimes
we don’t use prepositions at all!