KET AND PET

PET and KET are here! But don't panic, we have been working for them the whole year, and you are perfectly ready to face and success in the exams. Here you have some advices that can be useful for you.

 

Relax, trust yourselves and good luck!

 

 

 

TIMETABLE

PET

·         Reading and writing: 09:30-11:00

·         Listening: 11:15-11:50

KET

·         Reading and writing: 12:00-13:10

·         Listening: 13:25-13:55

ADVICES

Before the exam

·         Prepare your material

·         Relax and chill out

·         Sleep well the night before (Minimum of 9 hours)

·         Have a healthy breakfast

·         Be confident and trust yourself

During the exam

·         Bring you ID card

·         Bring your material (2 pencils, 2 black or blue pens, rubber and pencil sharpener)

·         Bring a bottle of water and some sweets

·         READ EVERYTHING, understand the questions and answers any doubts

·         Write down your answers in the ANSWER SHEET

·         Review and check you have the answers in the ANSWER SHEET

 

BOTH, NEITHER, EITHER

BOTH, NEITHER AND EITHER

BOTH: it refers to two things or people. It has a positive meaning and it takes the verb in plural. 

                  Ex: These are both my books. Both books are mine
Ex: Both cars are in the garage. 
Ex: Both James and Sarah are in the school. 

NEITHER: not one and not the other. It refers to two things or people. It has a negative meaning and it takes the verb in singular.  

Ex: Neither of those books are mine (Not the blue one, not the red one)
Ex: Neither of the cars are in the garaje 
Ex: Neither James nor Sarah are at home. 

EITHER: one or the other. It refers to one thing where there are two possibilities. It has positive and negative meaning and it takes the verb in singular.
Ex: What do you prefere, English or Science? I like either
Ex: I would like to eat either chinesse or japanese food. 

WATCH ME!

LET'S PRACTISE

1. http://www.confusing-words.com/?toload=inner.Body_ConfusingWords&id=6910&BereichID=134&title=+%3Ca+href%3D%3F%3EConfusing+Words%3C%2Fa%3E+%3E+&title2=both%2C+either%2C+neither
2. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4826.php
3. http://www.grammarbank.com/both-and-neither.html
4. http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_both_either_neither.ht
5. http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/neither-either-both-exercises.html

Inés from 6ºC has done this fantastic table to explain the differences between BOTH, EITHER AND NEITHER. I'm sure it will be uselful to all of you. 

MIGHT, MUST, CAN'T

MIGHT, MUST AND CAN'T

MIGHT: We use might to talk about possibilities, things that are probable. 50% YES, 50% NOT
MUST: We use must to talk about things that we are pretty sure about, that we normally have evidences that they are true. DEFINITELY YES
CAN'T: We use can't to talk about things that we are sure they are not true, we have evidences that they are false. DEFINITELY NOT

1. http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/modal-verbs-deduction.html
2. http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/intermediate-grammar-exercise-modal-verbs-for-present-probability-must-cant-could-may-might
3. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/a_grammar/file03/nef_int_grammar03_b02?cc=us&selLanguage=en
4. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3919
5. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7521

SHOWTIME (English Theatre)

www.showtimemadrid.es

OH, SUSANNAH!

This Friday we're having an English theatre. In order to get ready for it, they have asked us to learn some of these songs. Here you have some of the videos you can watch.

ENJOY AND LEARN THE LYRICS!

I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see.

It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot, I froze to death
Susannah, don't you cry.

Oh, Susannah,
Oh don't you cry for me
For I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
I dreamed I saw Susannah dear
A-coming down the hill.

The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was in her eye
Says I, “I'm coming from the south,
Susannah, don't you cry.”

Oh, Susannah,
Oh don't you cry for me
For I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee.

I come from A-la-ba-ma
With a ban-jo on my knee,
I'm going to Lou-i-siana,
My true love for to see.

Oh, Su-san-nah, oh,
Don't you cry for me,
For I come from A-la-ba-ma
With a ban-jo on my knee.

REPORTED SPEECH. Extra exercises

QUESTIONS IN THE REPORTED SPEECH

Here you have some questions in direct speech and the same questions in the reported speech. Remember that normally you need to write: 

Pronoun asked me + question word + pronoun + verb in reported speech 

When are you coming to my party? ------------He asked me when I was going to his party

Why do you dance on the table? --------------- She asked me why I danced on the table 

Try to practise at home. You can print it or you can ask someone to ask you the sentences. 

REPORTED SPEECH

Here you have some other exercises to do to practise the reported speech. Click on them and print them at home. You can give to the teacher when you have completed them. 

CLICK HERE!

PET WRITING TEST

PET WRITING TEST

The writing test has got three different parts.

Let's go with the first part: 

Part 1 of the  PETest Writing Paper contains 5 questions. In each question you have to re-write a sentence so that both sentences have the same meaning. 

1. http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/writing/pet_writing_practice_test_part_1.htm
2. http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-exam-writing-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-video-lessons-practice-tests-exercises.php
3. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_writing_part1.htm
4. http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETWritingPart1.htm Click on TRANSFORMATION EXERCISES
5. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/169.html
6. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=pet-writng-paper-part-1-practice&q=2&next=n

PET LISTENING TEST

PET LISTENING TEST

What’s in the Listening paper?

The Cambridge English: Preliminary Listening paper has four parts. For each part, you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice.

Summary

Time allowed:	About 30 minutes, plus 6 minutes to copy answers onto the answer sheet
Number of parts:	4
Number of questions:	25
Marks:	25% of total

Parts 1–4

Part 1 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 1?	Seven short recordings. For each recording there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the recordings and choose the right answers.
What do I have to practise?	Listening to find key information.
How many questions are there?	7
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer

Part 2 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 2?	A longer recording (one person speaking or an interview) and six questions. You have to listen to the recording and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question.
What do I have to practise?	Listening to find specific information and detailed meaning.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

Part 3 (Gap-fill)

What's in Part 3?	A longer monologue (one person speaking) and a page of notes which summarise the text. Six pieces of information are missing from the notes. You have to listen to the recording and fill in the missing information.
What do I have to practise?	Listening for information.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

Part 4 (True/False)

What's in Part 4?	A longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the conversation and decide if each sentence is true or false.
What do I have to practise?	Listening for detailed meaning, attitude and opinion.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

LET'S PRACTISE! 

1. http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-exam-listening-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-video-lessons-practice-tests-exercises.php
2. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm
3. http://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/l15547/idiomas/ingles/ingles-nivel-pet/listening-test
4. http://www.english-online.org.uk/petfolder/petlistenp1.php?name=The%20Listening%20part%201

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

Here you have some exercises about the present perfect. You need to do them if you want to get extra points. Do them in your notebooks or in the computer and print the answers.

Present Perfect Simple Questions 

Make ‘yes / no’ present perfect questions:

1. (They / go / to the USA?) _______________________________________________________________
2. (You / read / ‘War and Peace’?) _______________________________________________________________
3. (She / be / late for a meeting?) _______________________________________________________________
4. (He / meet / your family yet?) _______________________________________________________________
5. (They / live / here as long as we have?) _______________________________________________________________
6. (You / go / to Australia?) _______________________________________________________________
7. (She / miss / the bus?) _______________________________________________________________
8. (I / meet / you before?) _______________________________________________________________
9. (They / take / the exam?) _______________________________________________________________
10. (She / work / in this company for fifteen years?) _______________________________________________________________

REPORTED SPEECH: Commands and questions

REPORTED SPEECH: COMMANDS 

LET'S PRACTISE!

1. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/commands.htm
2. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?08
3. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/repspee.htm
4. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5381
5. https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/reported-speech-quiz.htm

REPORTED SPEECH: QUESTIONS

• Direct Speech → Susan: “Does Mary work in an office?”
• Reported Speech → Susan asked if/whether Mary worked in an office.

LET'S PRACTISE!

1. http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/question-forms-and-reported-speech/
2. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/pt-br/grammar-reference/reported-questions
3. http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/julia/others/changing-direct-to-indirect-speech/
4. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare

In class we have read about the most important and famous playwrights of all the time, William Shakespeare. Here you have an amazing webapage where you can find information about his life and work. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/william_shakespeare/

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Teach-and-Learn/Shakespeare-for-Kids/

KET and PET

Ha llegado el momento de decidir qué alumnos y alumnas se examinarán del KET y cuáles se examinarán del PET. Para ello, y como sabemos que esto puede generar dudas e inseguridades, a continuación os mostramos un powerpoint explicando en qué consiste cada uno de los exámenes y a qué modalidades de educación secundaria conducen. 

Recordaros que lo importante no es que un alumno o alumna se examine de un nivel más o menos alto, sino que se sientan seguros y confíen en sus posibilidades, esforzándose y trabajando  tanto en clase como en casa. 

La decisión de que un alumno/a haga un examen u otro corresponde a los maestros, ya que conocemos su nivel y hemos ido haciendo pruebas a lo largo de 5º y 6º de Primaria. Por otro lado, la decisión de la modalidad de educación secundaria os corresponde a vosotros (alumnos/as y familias). 

Gracias y un saludo. 

Profesores de 6º de Primaria

Powerpoint explicativo: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=AE25BDD905509DA3!340&authkey=!AEhgt3_d7Teipnk&ithint=file%2cpptx

Web del IES Antares

http://ies.antares.rivas.educa.madrid.org/

REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

In reported speech we usually report what was said at a different time, and so we change the tense to reflect the time which we are reporting. We normally "shift back" one tense.

• Direct speech: "I'm not playing football.
• Reported speech: "He said that he wasn't playing football."

Sometimes we need to change the pronoun.

• Direct speech: Jane: "I don't like living here." (Jane is referring to herself)
• Reported speech: Jane said (that) she didn't like living here. (The pronoun she refers to Jane)

We may also need to change other words about place and time.

• Direct speech: "I like this car." 
• Reported speech: He said (that) he liked that car.
• Direct speech: "I went to Tokyo last week."
• Reported speech: She said (that) she'd been to Tokyo the week before.

LET'S PRACTICE!

1. http://www.englishw.com/ReportedSpeechWheelSpin.php
2. https://jeopardylabs.com/play/reported-speech-game2
3. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3765
4. http://kico4u.de/english/uebungen/reportedspeech/report1.htm
5. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ar/grammar-exercises/reported-speech-1
6. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?04
7. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/102.html
8. http://www.passporttoenglish.com/Advanced-English/Lesson11/Game.html
9. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises
10. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-72035.php
11. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3765

KET WRITING TEST

Choose one of the following examples and write your answer.

 These are KET writing tests, so you should apply everything we have learnt at school. 

1. First of all, write in a draft paper all your ideas.
2. Choose the best ones and start writing in a clean piece of paper
3. Count your words. Yoy MUST NEVER write more than 40 words. 
4. Check that you have answered to ALL the questions. 
5. Check your spealling and punctuation. 
6. Make sure it is understandable and clear.
7. Hand it to your teacher whenever you want

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things without 
saying exactly who or what they are. We use pronouns ending in 
-body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things.

somebody	someone	something
anybody	anyone	anything
nobody	no one	nothing
everybody	everyone	everything

LETS PRACTICE!

1. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns/indefinite-pronouns
2. https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_08_022e?cc=global&selLanguage=en
3. http://www.quia.com/ba/490436.html?AP_rand=524494428
4. http://www.kubbu.com/student/?i=1&a=38049_indefinite_pronouns
5. http://www.eslpuzzles.com/Grammar%20Games/Pronoun%20Games/Indefinite%20Pronouns%20Match%20Up%20Game.html
6. https://www.superteachertools.net/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game-from-com.php?gamefile=http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Feb201006/jeopardy1265893440.txt#.VLd-Bfl5OS8