PET Preparation

WRITING
Dear Alice,
Yesterday a TV company came to our school because our class
won the competition of writing a story about a man lost in a
mountain.
They filmed us reading the story and they told us that the
programme will be shown of channel five on Saturday.
Your friend
A girl is going to live in another city. The people in her
tennis club want to give her a goodbye present.
Talk together about the different things they could give
her and then decide which would be best to take.
Asking your partner:
• What do you think?
• Do you agree?
• What’s your opinion?
• Do you thinks so?
Agreeing
• Absolutely;
• Definitely. That’s good point
• Good idea. I never thought of that.
• Yeah, you’re right.
Disagreeing
• I’m not sure.
• I don’t think so
• I think it would be better if …
• That’s good idea, but on the other hand …
Giving your opinion
• I think that …
• I’m pretty sure that …
• I would say …
A girl is going to live in another city. The people in her
tennis club want to give her a goodbye present.
Talk together about the different things they could give
her and then decide which would be best to take.
A teacher is going to take a class of 15-year-olds
on a school trip.
Talk together about the different places the class
could visit and decide which trip the class would
enjoy most.
 Informal letter
• Start and end your letter in appropriate way:
Dear ____; Love, ____; Lots of love, ____; All the best, ____
• Greet and Ask how is he/she: Hi/Hello! How are you?/
How’s life?; Any news?
• Use separate paragraph for each point
• Use direct questions
• Complete correct sentences
• Use linking words: but, however, although, also, too,
definitely, obviously and etc.
 Story
• Have a clear beginning, middle, ending of your story
• Add to your story characters
• Use direct speech for what your characters say
• Use good and appropriate adjectives and adverbs
• If you’re given the beginning sentence, don’t change
it!
 Place Objects Time of the
People Colors day
Activity Atmosphere Weather
 Key phrases
Saying what you see: Describing
• In the picture, I can see… • It looks like…
• This photo shows … • It looks quite/a
• There’s/there’re … bit/incredibly/very …
• He/she looks…
• He/she seems …
 Key phrases
Saying where something is: Making guess
• In the foreground there is … • It’s probably …
• In the background you can • It might be …
see…
• This picture could be in
• On the left/on the right… …
• At the bottom/in the
corner/in the middle …
 Key phrases
DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S
AGE CLOTHES
• He’s about 40 years old • She’s wearing a pair of
glasses and a blue T-shirt
• They’re in their eighties
• They’re wearing quite
• She’s a teenager/a young casual/smart clothes
child/a middle-aged
woman • He’s wearing a
school/work uniform
 Key phrases
• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS IN
A PICTURE
• You can tell they are enjoying themselves
because they are smiling
• He seems a bit frightened. Maybe this is the
first time he’s tried this
• She looks very interested in this activity –
she’s concentrating very hard
 Place Objects Time of the
People Colors day
Activity Atmosphere Weather
 Place Objects Time of the
People Colors day
Activity Atmosphere Weather