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SPEAKING ACTIVITY

PHRASAL VERBS UNIT 1

1. When was the last time you had to fill in a form?
2. Mention several items whose prices have gone up in the last months.
3. Tell your partner about a city / country you would like to go back to in the future.
4. What time do you turn on and off the television every day?
5. Do you usually have to hurry up in the morning?
6. What time do you usually set off when you are travelling?
7. Do you have to look after anybody in your family?
8. Do you find things easily or do you spend a long time looking for them?
9. Where do you go when the class is over?
10. Mention two things you are looking forward to?
11. Is it difficult for you to throw away old clothes /objects?
12. What time do you wake up on weekdays?
13. Mention someone you get on very well with.
14. Mention somebody you look up to.
15. Do you usually go away at the weekend?
16. Do you like going out at night?
17. Why do elderly people tend to turn the television up?
18. Who do you take after in your family?
19. Who do you look like?

TELEVISION

How often do you watch television? What are your most and least favourite TV programmes?
How many hours a day do you watch TV? At what time do you usually watch TV? How long
for?
In your opinion, who watches the most TV in Spain? How much do they watch?
Which of the following programmes do you like watching?
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1. cartoons
2. chat / talk shows
3. reality shows
4. cookery shows
5. music programme
6. educational programmes
7. Documentaries (nature, travel, food, health, history, gardening)
8. game / quiz shows
9. newssoap operas, series, serials
10. sports programmesadverts / commercials
11. films (dubbed; in their original version with subtitles; black and white; colour)
12. TV films
Which is the best TV channel for:
high-quality news?
good dramas?
nature programmes?
sports programmes?
the most popular shows?
What kind of programmes are suitable for different times of day?
Do you think there should be censorship of TV programmes?
Do television programmes influence our minds, our behaviour? In what ways? Would you say
television is one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century? Why? / Why not?
In your opinion, what is the best time of day for children to watch TV? What kind of
programmes are suitable for them?
Do you ever listen to the radio? What do you like listening to? What radio stationsdo you
usually listen to?
What does BBC stand for?

MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Do you like listening to music?
2. When and how often do you listen to music? Can you concentrate on things when you
are listening to music?
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3. What kinds of music do you like? What are some of your favourite songs? Why do you
like them?
4. Who was your favourite musical artist when you were 10, 15, and 18? How about
now? What was your favourite band? What about now? How has your taste in music
changed?
5. Do music tastes change a lot when you get older? Do you think your favourite music
ten years from now will be the same as it is today?
6. How does music affect different people? Why is music important to people and
culture?
7. Have you ever been to a live concert? If so, when and where did you go? Who did you
see?
8. How often do you buy CD? What was the last CD you bought?
9. Do you like listening to music on the radio?
10. In your opinion, what is the best song ever written?
11. Indicate the extent to which you like listening to each of the following, stating whether
you dislike them strongly, a little, neither like or dislike them; like them a little,
strongly, etc

1. Heavy metal
2. Rock
3. Country
4. Gospel
5. Blues
6. Jazz
7. New age
8. Soundtracks
9. Rap / Hip-hop
10. Dance / electronic
11. Opera
12. Classical
13. Reggae
14. Pop
15. Oldies
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12. Have you ever downloaded music from the Internet? Do you think music sharingis right
for the music industry, artists, or consumers? What is your opinion about copyrights?

QUESTIONNAIRE ON FILMS


1. What types of films do you like?

1. Action films.
2. Adventure films.
3. Biopic (biographies)
4. Cartoons.
5. Comedies.
6. Crime and gangster films (film noir).
7. Dramas.
8. Epics / historical films.
9. Horror films.
10. Romances.
11. Musicals.
12. Science fiction films.
13. Thrillers.
14. War films.
15. Westerns.

2. What is the last film you have seen at the cinema?

3. What is the last film you have watched on TV?

4. What film have you seen the most times?

5. What films do you like the best?
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6. In your opinion, what is the best film of all times?

7. What is the worst film you have ever seen?

8. What two films would you consider similar in theme?

9. In your opinion, who are the best actors ever? (mention at least two of them)

10. And the best actresses ever? (mention two of them)

11. Do you pay any attention to a film screenplay[1]? If so, what is the best screenplay you
can think of?

12. What film would you give the best cinematography [2]award to?

[1] Screenplay: the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors and
instructions for the cameras.
[2] Cinematography: the art and methods of film photography.