Examen oral de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas

¿Estás matriculad@ en la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas (EOI)?¿Quieres prepararte el examen oral? Busca en google "como preparar el monologo de los examenes orales de la eoi" y aparece una lista como la siguiente:

Sin embargo, los más interesantes (bajo mi punto de vista) son:

http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/como-preparar-el-monologo-de-los-examen.html

http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/como-preparar-el-dialogo-de-las.html

http://englishexplained.es/escuela-oficial-de-idiomas-guia-examen

https://inglesensagunto.es/2013/04/09/como-aprobar-el-speaking-de-la-escuela-oficial-de-idiomas/

Ejemplos de monólogos y diálogos:

https://inglesensagunto.es/2014/04/09/muestras-de-monologos-y-dialogos-de-la-escuela-oficial-de-idiomas/

Espero que os sirva de ayuda.

A semi-formal transactional letter

Example: You are a teacher and you are are taking a group of students on a skiing trip to France. You have made a preliminary booking at the hotel and now the assistant manager has contacted you for more details. Read part of the letter and the notes you have made, then write a letter answering her questions.

First of all, you have booked from the 16th to the 30th January. Can you confirm these dates, please? Also, I would like to know if you have the final numbers of boys and girls so we can assign the rooms to you.

     dates are the same

     20 students (12 boys - 8 girls) / 2 teachers (female)

Secondly, I will need to know if any of your students have any special needs.

     4 vegetarians

Finally, could you let me know your flight details so I can make arrangements for your transfer from the airport?

Yours sincerely,                  flight details: BA 257 arrives 16th 10:20 am

Maria Reeve

• Special discount price still applies?
• Can she arrange ski lift apsses in advance?

Possible answer:

Dear Maria,

Thank you for your letter. I have the information you requested and I also have a few questions.

Firstly, we haven't changed the dates. We shall be coming from the 16th January to the 30th. Also, our flight details are as follows, we will arrive on flight BA 257 at 10:20 am. Our party will consist of twelve boys and eight girls. There will also be two adults, myself and another female teacher. With regard to special requirements, there will be four vegetarians in our party.

Also, could you kindly inform me if the special discount price is still available? Finally, would it be possible for you to organise our ski lift passes in advance?

I hope this covers everything. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours truly,
Jennifer Taylor

Idiom of the day (22)

It's my shout.

¡Invito yo!

Patterns with have

You can use have to talk about results or arrangements.

Results

You can use have + someone/something + present participle to say:

1) that you encouraged someone to do something:

    In the end I had them all dancing and singing.

2) that you managed to get a machine or an animal to do something:

    I had the computer working five hours after I'd starting to work on it.

    I had the parrot talking in no time.

3) that something happened as a consequence of an action:

    The party was a bit noisy; we had the police knocking on the front door 

    at one point.

Arrangements

You use the pattern have + someone/something + infinitive to say you have asked someone to do something for you.

    I had my neighbours look after the dog last weekend.

    She had someone come round to give her a quote for the decorating work.

Idiom of the day (21)

The die is cast.

La suerte está echada.

Vocabulary (7) - The consumer society

basic necessities

brand

supermarket chains

groceries

grower

merchandise

retailer

supplier

consumerism

carrier bags

consumer durables

compulsive shopping

impulsive purchase

Idiom of the day (20)

To change horses in midstream.

Cambiar de opinión a mitad de camino.

Vocabulary (6) - Health and medicine

a consultant

a general practitioner (GP)

to consult

an operating theatre

to prescribe

surgery (UNCONTABLE)

a surgery (CONTABLE)

a nose job

cosmetic surgery

chubby

to glow with health

vigorous

fit

junk food

fresh food

underweight babies

a vaccination

(to) vaccinate against

respiratory problems

a heart monitor

a surrogate mother

(to) prolong life/pain/suffering

(to) interfere with the course of nature

(to) let nature take its course

(to) overcome fertility problems

Idiom of the day (19)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A caballo regalado no le mires el diente.

Writing a story

To write a story we first decide on the type of story, the plot and the main characters. Our story can be a comedy, a spy story, a thriller, an adventure story, a detective story, a fairy tale, etc.

Introduction

First paragraph = We write when and where the event happened, who the people in the story were and what happened first.

Main body

Main body paragraphs = We describe the events in the order they happened, one of the events should be the climax event.
We can use so, because, and, also, etc. to join our sentences or ideas.

Conclusion

Last paragraph = We write what happened in the end and how the people in the story felt.




We can use a variety of adjectives or adverbs to make our story more interesting. We normally use past tenses in stories.

Idiom of the day (18)

Wild horses couldn't keep me away.

No me lo perdería por nada del mundo.

Speaking - useful expressions (7)

Describing a photograph

This photograph focuses on...while the other shows...

What is not illustrated/covered by any of this photos is/are...

Shall we discuss each photo in turn?

My feeling is that this picture focuses more on...than...

It seems to me that this image conjures up...

What do you think about this one?/What's your view?

Perhaps photograph...may not be appropiate becasue...

The picture which I think people will find most shocking/disgusting is...

I don't think this picture is particularly relevant because...

I think what the maker of these images is trying to say is...

One important image that is missing here is...

All these expressions are really useful for the speaking exam of any english certificate of Cambridge (First Certicate, Cae Certificate,...).

The reason why they are useful is because you are likely to describe a photograph in the speaking exam.

Idiom of the day (17)

To be in the doldrums.

Estar de capa caída.

-ever

The suffix -ever can be combined with question words to create whichever, whatever, whenever, whoever and however. They are usually used to mean 'it doesn't matter what/who/how' or 'any thing that/any person who' etc.

He just does whatever he wants, whenever he wants to and doesn't care about anybody else.

Wherever you're going on holiday, remember to take enough sun cream.

Whoever it is, I can't talk to them right now.

However you do it, just make sure it's done by this time tomorrow.

Whichever route you choose, it'll take you about three hours to get there.

You should always tell the truth, however hard it may be.

Note: Words formed with -ever can also used to finish an open-ended list.

I really don't mind what we do, Go to the cinema, go out for a meal, stay in and watch a video, whatever.

Come round anytime, tomorrow morning, this evening, whenever.

Idiom of the day (16)

That's a horse of a different colour.

Eso es harina de otro costal.

An informal letter describing a house for rent

We start our letter with Dear + our friend's first name.

Introduction

First paragraph = opening remarks and the reason for writing our letter.

Main body

Second paragraph = location of the house and details of the rent.

Third paragraph = exterior of the house (what is made of, graden, etc).

Fourth paragraph = interior of the house (e.g. floors, rooms, furniture, special features, etc).

We start each main-body paragraph with a topic sentence i.e. a sentence which introduces or summarises the paragraph.

Conclusion

Last paragraph = closing remarks, we sign off using Yours, Best wishes, etc + our first name.

Example

Dear Peter,

How are you? Hope everything's OK. I'm writing to let you know that I think I've found the perfect summer cottage for you.

It's in a really nice location. It's a quite area, but the best thing about it is that it is less than a kilometre from the sea. Also, the rent for the cottage is only 150€ a week.

The house is really charming outside. It's an old brick farm building which has been converted into a holiday cottage. It's got a patio and is surrounded by a beautiful garden.

Inside, the house is nice and comfortable. It has two floors.On the ground floor there is a cosy living room and a kitchen with all the modern equipment you would expect as well as a dining room and a WC. Upstairs there are two small bedrooms and a bathroom. The house is fully furnished so you don't need to worry about that.

Let me know if you like the sound of it. I can easily talk to the owner, Mr Smith, for you. I hope I'll see you here soon. I'll tell you all of my news then.

Yours,
Laura.

Idiom of the day (15)

A chip off the old block.

De tal palo tal astilla.

Vocabulary (5) - young people in society

co-educational classes/schools

segregated classes/schools

single sex classes/schools

literacy

strict/lax discipline

teacher-led

activity-centred

rate learning

learning by doing

primary school (UK)

elementary school (US)

junior/senior high school (UK)

secondary school (UK)

A-levels

university

college

degree

Idiom of the day (14)

To catch somebody red-handed.

Coger a alguien con las manos en la masa.

Example: They caught me red-handed.

The future seen from the past

You can use the following phrases to talk about an event or action that was expected to happen in the past, but didn't.

                           going to

          was/were + supposed to + verb

                           due to

           on the verge of +ing

We were going to go to the cinema last night, but in the end we couldn't be bothered.

They were supposed to be going away on holiday this week, but James got the flu.

The phrase on the verge of is used to suggest that the action or event was inminent.

They were on the verge of cracking the code, but the other team got there first.

You can used to be to + infinitive to explain that a formal arrangement had been made.

The Prince was to visit the town in mid-May.

You can often use the modal auxiliary verb would to talk about the future in the past, especially in conjunction with phrases such as we had imagined, they had expected, he had thought.

We had expected that they would bring some warm clothes, considering the climate.