Life stories and personal experience

Viewpoint 1.1. (Retakes)

  Social networks

1. job applicant (n)
2. valuable possession (n)
3. instant messaging (coll)
4. response (n)
5. speed-friending (n)
6. social networking site (n)
7. immediate (adj)
8. relevant (adj)
9. aggressive (adj)
10.  annoying (adj)
11.  arrogant (adj)
12.  eccentric (adj)
13.  intelligent (adj)
14.  laid-back (adj)
15.  narrow-minded (adj)
16.  open-minded (adj)
17.  pushy (adj)
18.  relaxed (adj)
19.  self-confident (adj)
20.  sensitive (adj)
21.  sweet (adj)
22.  talkative (adj)
23.  thoughtful (adj)
24.  touchy (adj)
25.  weird (adj)
26.  to behave (v)
27.  to beware (v)
28.  to judge (v)
29.  to recruit (v)
30.  to catch up with someone (v)
31.  to keep in touch (v)
32.  to talk on a landline (v)
33.  to post obnoxious comments (v)
34.  to update online profile (v)
35.  to accuse someone of doing smth (v)
36.  to deny doing smth (v)
37.  to obtain (v)
38.  to promote (v)
39.  to reject (v)
40.  to regret (v)
41.  to withhold smth from someone (v)
42.  constantly (adv)
43.  every once in a while (coll)
44.  occasionally (adv)
45.  to bother someone (v)

The media

1.  consumer goods (n)
2.  violence (n)
3.  gossip (n)
4.  obsession (n)
5.  podcast (n)
6.  advertisement (n)
7.  to have impact on (v)
8.  complex issue (coll)
9.  research  (n)
10.  behavior (n)
11.  bullying (n)
12.  literacy (n)
13.  obesity (n)
14.  hilarious (adj)
15.  educational (adj)
16.  to arrange (v)
17.  to be familiar with (v)
18.  to contribute to (v)
19.  to subscribe to (v)
20.  to upload (v)
21.  multi-tasking (n)
22.  to vary (v)
23.  avidly (adv)
24. without permission (phrase)

Stories

1.  ethics (n)
2.  janitor (n)
3.  lost and found department (coll)
4. to highlight (v)
5.  internship (n)
6.  invisible (adj)
7.  rewarding (adj)
8.  suitable (adj)
9.  overweight (adj)
10.  scruffy-looking (adj)
11.  to acknowledge (v)
12. to ignore (v)
13. to make eye contact (v)
14. to penalize (v)
15. to slam shut (v)
16. to slap smth down (v)
17. to slip smth to someone (v)
18. to tug (v)
19.  venture (n)
20.  to warn (v)
21.  to coach a team (v)
22. to affect the grade (v)
23. to catch up on work (v)
24. to count towards the final grade (v)
25. to fall behind  (v)
26. to leave the question blank (v)
27. to struggle with the class (v)
28. up until now (coll)
29. Truth is stranger than fiction. (idiom)
30. You can’t judge a book by its cover. (idiom)

Working lives

1. candidate (n)
2. equipment (n)
3. evidence (n)
4. employer (n)
5. employee (n)
6. permission (n)
7. software (n)
8. benefit (n)
9. health insurance (coll)
10. perk (n)
11. desirable (adj)
12. impressive (adj)
13. invaluable (adj)
14. to attract (v)
15. to collaborate with someone (v)
16. to achieve a goal (coll)
17. to acquire knowledge / skills (coll)
18. to emphasize (v)
19. to face competition (coll)
20. to follow someone’s advice (v)
21. to meet deadlines (v)
22. to submit an application (v)
23. unfortunately (adv)
24. luckily (adv)
25. obviously (adv)
26. there is a shortage of … (coll)
27. to be tempted by (v)
28. fabulous opportunity (coll)
29. to be clear and concise (coll)
30. to find a solution to a problem (coll)
31. to give constructive criticism (coll)
32. to make an assessment (coll)
33. to offer guidance (coll)
34. to put a high value on (coll)
35. to review performance (coll)
36. responsibilities (n)

Challenges

1. accommodation (n)
2. change (n)
3. challenge (n)
4. devastation (n)
5. environment (n)
6. to eradicate (v)
7. the homeless (n)
8. hunger (n)
9. investment (n)
10. pollution (n)
11. to proceed (v)
12. starvation (n)
13. wealth (n)
14. unemployment (n)
15. fair price (coll)
16. fair trade products (coll)
17. growth (n)
18. lump (n)
19. patient (n)
20. surgery (n)
21. tumor (n)
22. general surgeon (n)
23. remarkable (adj)
24. world-class (adj)
25. enormous (adj)
26. benign (n)
27. malignant  (n)
28. to beg (v)
29. to donate (v)
30. to adopt an animal (coll)
31. to sigh a petition (coll)
32. to support women’s rights (coll)
33. to be willing (v)
34. to find a solution (coll)
35. ridiculous (adj)
36. to live below the poverty line (coll)
37. to appreciate (v)

Into the future

1. convenience (n)
2. headline (n)
3. miracle cure (coll)
4. motion sickness (coll)
5. road safety (coll)
6. retailer (n)
7. tax (n)
8. virtual-reality games (coll)
9. climatologist (n)
10. inventor (n)
11. therapist (n)
12. inevitable (adj)
13. obsolete (adj)
14. to get rid of (v)
15. to light up in the dark (coll)
16. in more detail (coll)
17. cashless society (n)
18. identity theft (n)
19. health insurance (n)
20. paid overtime (coll)
21. unbelievable (adj)
22. Looking back … (coll)
23. language development (phrase)
24. to compare to (v)
25. Experts claim that … (phrase)
26. awkward (adj)
27. to lose touch with someone (coll)
28. cereal (n)

 

VP 1.1 Speaking

 

Personal traits

How do you tend to keep in touch with family members who don’t live with you?

How would you describe the personality of someone in your family?

Use the present tense to talk about habits

 

2. The media / Celebrities

Who is your favorite celebrity? Why do you like him/her?

What do you think of people who try to look like celebrities?

Tell about an interesting or unusual TV show you’ve seen.

  Use defining and non-defining clauses to give and add information

Use that clauses to link ideas

 

Life stories and personal experience

What have been some of the highlights of your year?

Describe a mistake you’ve made that has been a learning experience.

What subjects did you struggle with in school?

Use the past tense and present perfect forms to talk about life lessons and experiences

 

Work and finding a job

What information should be on a resume?

What new skills would you like to learn?

Describe a goal that you’ve achieved.

Use countable and uncountable nouns. Generalize and specify using definite and indefinite articles

 

Challenges

What could be done to prevent poverty?

What’s one thing you wish you could change in your city?

What do you think about giving to a charity instead of getting people gifts?

Use conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical events.

Suggest possible scenarios and ideas with expressions like suppose/imagine,

what if…