1. TALKING ABOUT YOUR CITY

2. What’s your idea of the perfect place to live?
Which of the following does it include?
-Skyscrapers
-Farms
-Residential neighbourhoods
-Bus stops
-Theatres
-Concert halls
-Art galleries
-Universities
-Offices
-Tennis courts
-Basketball courts
-Playgorunds
-City squares
-Train stations
-Power station

3. SPEAKING: VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
WHAT ARE THESE PLACES LIKE?
BEAUTIFUL,
ARTISTIC
CALM, PEACEFUL
DIRTY
EXPENSIVE,
LUXURIOUS
CROWDED
STRESSFUL
MODERN,
COMFORTABLE
POLLUTED/FACTORY
NOISY, LIVELY FUMES
BORING

4. SPEAKING: VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
USING ADJECTIVES: WHAT ARE THESE PLACES
LIKE?
BEAUTIFUL,
ARTISTIC
CALM, PEACEFUL
DIRTY
EXPENSIVE,
LUXURIOUS
CROWDED
STRESSFUL
MODERN,
COMFORTABLE
POLLUTED
NOISY, LIVELY,
FUNNY
BORING

6. SPEAKING, PART 1. TALKING ABOUT YOUR CITY
1. Can you tell me something about your town?
2. What is the most interesting part of your town?
3. Can you describe some of the shops of your town?
4. Are transports in your town good?
5. Can you tell me about the nightlife of your town?
6. What is the difference between life in cities and life in the countryside in your country?
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION (EXCITING/QUIET, BEAUTIFUL, COMFORTABLE, STRESSFUL)
2. SIZE (BIG, SMALL)
3. VIEWS / MONUMENTS (FANTASTIC, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, IMPRESSIVE)
4. PEOPLE (FRIENDLY, KIND, WELCOMING)
5. BUILDINGS AND PARKS (MODERN, SPECTACULAR, PICTURESQUE)
6. ENVIRONMENT (CLEAN, POLLUTED, NOISY, CROWDED)
7. NIGHT LIFE (EXCITING, BORING, LIVELY)

7. SPEAKING, PART 1. TALKING ABOUT YOUR CITY
UNDERGROUND, TAXIS
ENTERTAIMENT/
NIGHT LIFE
ACCOMODATION
BUS STOPS,
PARTS OF
THE TOWN
SHOPPING
STUDIES
TRANSPORT
CITY LIFE
SEVERAL MEANS OF
TRANSFORT
SHOPS, DEPARTMENT
STORES,
MALLS/SHOPPING
CENTERS
THEATRES, ART
GALLERIES, CONCERT
HALLS, BARS AND
RESTAURANTS,
TERRACES
HOTELS, HOSTELS,
ROOMS
CITY CENTRE,
OUTSKIRTS,RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBOURHOODS/AREAS
PARKS,
UNIVERSITIES,
DORMITORIES
(INTERESTING, EXCITING, BORING,
LIVELY)
(MODERN, PICTURESQUE)
(MODERN, BEAUTIFUL,
HISTORICAL, COMFORTABLE,
PEACEFUL)
(FANTASTIC, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL,
IMPRESSIVE)

8. RECYCLE RENEWABLE ENERGY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
AEOLIC ENERGY
WASTE
FLOODS
SOLAR PANELS
POWER PLANT
FACTORY FUMES
FOREST FIRES

9. SPEAKING, PART 3:VOCABULARY.
REMEMBER THE STEPS OF THE TASK:
1. Who are they? Where are they?
(Describe the place and people ROUGHLY: choose carefully what tou’re going to
describe)
2. What are they doing?/ How are they feeling?
3. ANSWER THE QUESTION OF THE TASK

10. SPEAKING, PART 3:VOCABULARY.
REMEMBER THE STEPS OF THE TASK:
1. Who are they? Where are they?
(Describe the place and people ROUGHLY: choose carefully what tou’re going to
describe)
2. What are they doing?/ How are they feeling?
3. ANSWER THE QUESTION OF THE TASK

11. SPEAKING, part 2: VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in these two places?
-LAKES, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, HILLS, STREAMS, VALLEYS, ENJOY NATURE, FRESH/
PURE AIR
-CHIMEYS, FACTORY FUMES, URBAN, ENVIRONMENT, DAMP, SKYSCRAPERS,
SHOPPING CENTER, CITY LIGHTS,

12. SPEAKING, part 2: VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in these two places?
-LAKES, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, HILLS, STREAMS, VALLEYS, ENJOY NATURE, FRESH/
PURE AIR
-CHIMEYS, FACTORY FUMES, URBAN, ENVIRONMENT, DAMP, SKYSCRAPERS,
SHOPPING CENTERS

13. SPEAKING, part 3 VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
INTERLOCUTOR: Now, I’d like you to talk about something together for
about three minutes. I’d like you to imagine that your friend is moving abroad for the
summer. Below are different locations your friend could possibly move to.
•First, talk to each other about the advantages of living in each place.
•Then, decide to which place your friend should move for the summer.

14. SPEAKING, PART 4: DISCUSSION
In this part of the test you have to take part in a discussion with the other
candidaterelated to the topic of the task you did in part 3. the examiner will
ask you both some questions.
Interlocutor:
• Do you think it is more difficult living in the countryside or in a big city? Why?
• Would it be easier for a foreign visitor to fit in a city or in a village?
•Are there different social problems in cities and in the countriside?
•Where do you think most people will live in the future?
•WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YO AGREE? AND YOU?

15. SPEAKING, PART 4: VOCABULARY. CITY LIFE
STUDENT A: Try to convince
your partner that the city is the
best place to live.
STUDENT B: try to convince
your partner that the country is
the best place to live.
-LAKES, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, HILLS, STREAMS, VALLEYS, ENJOY NATURE, FRESH/
PURE AIR
-CHIMEYS, FACTORY FUMES, URBAN, ENVIRONMENT, DAMP, SKYSCRAPERS,
SHOPPING CENTERS
--SHOPPING, NIGHT-LIFE, WAY OPF LIFE, TRANSPORT, ENTERTAINMENT,
EMPLOYMENT