ADVANCED LEVEL – SPEAKING MISTAKES

EOI REUS 2010-2011

SPEAKING MISTAKES 2: TIME CAPSULES

1. The task said that we have to choose two objects.

2. We could easily storage a lot of informations.
3. Something that’s good to study the past.
4. When we study the other people …
5. We think is important to guarantee that …
6. We should put some samples of seeds of plants to take preserve of the species.
7. A film of one century ago
8. There are a lot of informatic gadgets but they will maybe lack technology in the
future.
9. At last we decide to put some paper items
10. The paper is a very special thing
11. It is important that don’t come moisture for instance
12. The normal life of these people
13. We would put a films of regular people
14. The device would have a solar battery
15. We will put a CD/DVD in the time capsule (hypothesis?)
16. And what if a nuclear war happen?
17. We would write the explanations of the album
18. They would know of the using of petrol
19. We have choose a mobile phone and …
20. She suggest us to put some dried seeds in the time capsule.
21. We would put two different kind of items related about the future on the Earth.
22. There are certain animals who are becoming extinct.
23. Nowadays people is getting their lunch outside.
24. We are agree with them and would choose …
25. Some people who will born in the next century will not need glasses.
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POSSIBLE CORRECTIONS
1. The task said that we had to choose two objects.
2. We could easily store a lot of information.
3. Something that’s interesting/resourceful/representative/of most interest to study
the past.
4. When we study (-) other people …
5. We think it is important to guarantee that …
6. We should put some samples of seeds of plants to try to preserve some species.
7. A 100-year-old film
8. There are a lot of computer gadgets but maybe they will lack technology in the
future.
9. At last we decided to put some paper items
10. Paper is a very special/resistant/lasting material
11. It is important that the box/container isn’t affected by moisture, for instance
12. These people’s normal life
13. We would include/add/record a film/some films about common/ordinary people
14. The device would have a solar-powered battery
15. We would put a CD/DVD in the time capsule
16. And what if a nuclear war happened/started/broke out?
17. We would write instructions about different devices in the album.
18. They would know about the uses of petrol
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19. We have chosen a mobile phone and …

20. She suggested putting/we should put/we put some dried seeds in the time
capsule.
21. We would include two different kinds of items related to/regarding the future on
the Earth.
22. There are certain animals which are becoming extinct.
23. Nowadays people are taking their lunch outside.
24. We agree with them and would choose …
25. Some people who will be born next century will not need glasses anymore.

PRONUNCIATION
technology /tekˈnɒl.ә.dʒi/ until /әnˈtɪl/ /ˈʌntɪl /
mobile phone /ˈmәʊ.baɪl fәʊn/ could STRONG /kʊd/, WEAK /kәd/
device /dɪˈvaɪs/ binary /ˈbaɪ.n ә r.i/
clothing /ˈklәʊ.ðɪŋ/ sure /ʃɔː r /
USB /ˌjuː.esˈbiː/ include /ɪnˈkluːd/
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instructions /ɪnˈstrʌk.ʃ nz/ live (v.) /lɪv/
politics /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/ regular /ˈreg.jʊ.lә r /
glasses /glɑːsɪz/ decision /dɪˈsɪʒ.әn/
house /haʊs/ century /ˈsen.t ʃәr.i/
charger /ˈtʃɑː.dʒәr/ wanted BrE /wɒntɪd/ AmE /wɑːntɪd/
decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd / entertainment /en.tәˈteɪn.mәnt/
climate /ˈklaɪ.mәt/ philosophy /fɪˈlɒs.ә.fi/