For the 5e: English test for the European Class

Here is a document to help you revise for the test. It is important to prepare yourself.

1/How to describe a document:

a. This document is a photo in colour or in black and white/picture/painting/drawing/advert/comic-strip/cartoon...

b. The scene takes place in...

c. I can see ... characters: 2 girls and a boy/3 students/3 teenagers...

d. This document can be divided into ... parts:

e. Description: - physical description (age, build, clothes...)

- mood: he/she looks (sad, happy, angry, nice, tired, pretty...)

- activity: PRESENT BE + Ving (he/she is waiting for the bus...)

- hypothesis (maybe he/she is a journalist, a student....)

- opinion: In my opinion, I think...

f. Opinion: I like this document because.../ I don't like this document because...

I find this document interesting because it is about.../ I find this document boring (uninteresting/dull) because it is about....

I don't understand what the photographer wants to show...

2/How to make an interesting interview:

Introduce yourself:

Name: My name is...

Nationality: I'm French....

Date of birth+place of birth: I was born on/in...

Age: I'm...

Address: I'm from... / I live in...

Personality: I'm... (ambitious, outgoing, reliable, creative, open-minded, hard-working, competitive...). You can use adverbs of degree: not at all-a little-quite-very-extremely...

Family: In my family there are... members: ...

Hobbies/talents: My hobbies are..../ At the week ends I like + Ving/ I can.... You can use adverbs of degree: a little-quite well-very well-extremely well...

My favourite book/film/colour/comic-strip/holiday/day/season/music is... because...

School subjects: I like/love/hate... because.../I'm good at...

Ambitions/future job and countries/destinations: I like English because.../ I would like to go to the European class because.../I'm good at languages because.../When I'm older I would like to be a.../ I would like to visit... because...

Questions frequently asked by the teachers:

What did you do last week end/holiday ?

What are you going to do next week end/holiday ?

What would you like to be in the future ?

The gap fillers: