ORAL EXAMS
Monologue
Tips for preparing your monologue
Consejos examen oral B1 - Monólogo (EOI Fuenlabrada)
In the certificate examination:
You will have 2 minutes for individual
preparation (i.e. to think about what you want to say but you cannot write anything down). Then you should talk for 3 – 4 minutes.
Examples:
Monologue 0 (yourself)
Monologue 1 (keeping in touch)
Monologue 2 (films)
Monologue 3 (starting your own business)
Monologue 4 (Internet)
Monologue 5 (a throwaway society)
Monologues 6, 7 and 8 (shopping, dream home, weather and emotions)
Useful expressions to organise your monologue:
Introduction
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Pronun.
Figurada
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Fonética
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Significado
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First of all, I’ll talk
about
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ferstof ol, ail tok abaut
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fərst əv ɒl, ajl tɒk əbawt
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En primer lugar, hablaré...
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First of all, I’m going to
explain how....
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ferstof ol, aim going tu
explein hau
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fərst əv ɒl, ajm goɪŋ tu
ɪksplen haw....
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En primer lugar, explicaré cómo...
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Then, I’ll move to...
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den, ail muv tu
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ðɛn, ajl muv tu...
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Luego, hablaré de..
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Finally, I’m going to give
you my opinion about...
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fainali aim going to giv iu
mai opinion abaut
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fajnəli, ajm goɪŋ tu gɪv ju
maj əpɪnjən əbawt
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Finalmente, os daré mi punto de vista acerca de...
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Body
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From my point of view...
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from mai point of viu
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frəm maj pɔjnt əv vju
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Desde mi punto de vista...
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The advantages are...
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di advantechss ar
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ðə ædvæntɪdʒəz ɑr
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Las ventajas son...
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The disadvantages are...
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de disavantechess ar
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ðə disavantages ɑr
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Las desventajas son...
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In my opinion...
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in mai opinion
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ɪn maj əpɪnjən
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En mi opinión...
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I’m sure that...
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aim shur dat
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ajm ʃʊr ðæt
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Estoy seguro de que... |
However, I’d like to point
out...
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hauever, aid laik tu point
aut
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hɑwɛvər, ajd lajk tu pɔjnt
awt
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No obstante, me gustaría resaltar que...
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Nevertheless,...
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neverdeless,
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nɛvərðəlɛs,
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Sin embargo,...
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I’d like to say...
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aid laik tu sei
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ajd lajk tu se
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Me gustaría decir....
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I agree with the idea...
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ai agri wiz de aidia
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aj əgri wɪθ ðə ajdiə
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Estoy de acuerdo con la idea...
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I don’t agree with the
idea...
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ai dont agri wiz de aidia
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aj dont əgri wɪθ ðə ajdiə
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No estoy de acuerdo con la idea...
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Conclusion
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To sum up...
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tu sam ap
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tu səm əp
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Para resumir...
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In conclusion...
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in conclushion
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ɪn kənkluʒən
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En conclusión...
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Let me summarise what I’ve
just talked about...
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let mi samaraiss uat aiv
chast tokt abaut
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lɛt mi səmarajs wət ajv
dʒəst tɒkt əbawt
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Déjenme resumir lo que acabo de exponer...
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Conversation
Consejos examen oral B1 - Conversación (EOI Fuenlabrada)
In the certificate examination:
You will have a minute to think about what you want to say (you cannot talk to each other at this stage). Then you should talk with your partner(s) for 4-5 minutes if you are doing the exam in pairs, or for 6-7 minutes if it is a group of three candidates.
Examples:
Conversation 1 (learning English)
Conversation 2 (a gap year)
Conversation 3 (goodbye party)
Conversation 4 (neighbours from hell)
Conversations 5, 6, 7 (new house, school, transport)
Useful expressions:
HOW TO SUGGEST IDEAS:
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HOW TO RESPOND TO IDEAS:
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Why don’t we… + infinitive?
E.g.
why don’t we go to Scotland? I’ve heard
it’s
beautiful. |
That’s a great/fantastic /brilliant idea.
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One thing we could do is…+infinitive.
E.g. One
thing we could do is find a morning course and an afternoon job.
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Let’s do that!
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It would be a good idea to…+infinitive.
E.g. It would be good idea to meet
more people
who are learning English. |
The problem is that…
E.g. The
problem is that we don’t know where they are.
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Maybe we should… +infinitive.
E.g. Maybe
we should try to find a host family.
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That’s a good idea but it would be better to … +infinitive.
E.g. That’s
a good idea but it would be better to live in a student hall because it’s
cheaper.
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