Get ready

for GESE
ORAL PRACTICE

Grade 5 - PART 1

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The following Language Requirements for Grade 5 have been
covered in PART 1:
 LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS: Expressing preferences, Quantifying, Giving
reasons

 GRAMMAR: Expressions of preference, eg I prefer / I´d rather,

Connecting clauses using because, Adjectives and adverbials of
quantity, eg a lot (of), not very much, not very many

 SUBJECT AREAS FOR CONVERSATION: Music, Festivals, Entertainment

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Practice 1 - Music to my ears!: Expressing preferences – Giving
reasons
Music

Festivals

Expressions of preference, eg I prefer / I´d rather

Connecting clauses using because

1. Questions to discuss:

Do you like music? Why?

Do you listen to music?

Do you sing / play any musical instrument?
What is your favourite type of music? Why do you like it?
Who is your favourite singer? What is your favourite band? Why do you
like him/ her/ them?

2. Practise asking and answering questions about music:

Pam Jim Mike Olivia

Classical
Type of Pop music Rock and roll Reggae
music
music
Justin
Favourite Elvis Presley Bob Marley Mozart
Timberlake
singer

Favourite One Direction The Ramones UB40 -

band
NO guitar NO piano
Instrument
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 What is your favourite type of
music Mike?

My favourite type of music is reggae.

Do you play any instruments

Olivia?

Yes, I do. I play the drums.

3. Talk about your preferences and explain why. Ask a friend about
his/her preferences too:

Listen
Play
to Sing Rap
music
music

Watch
Go to a
Heavy Pop a
concert
metal music concert

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 I prefer listening to music to playing music because
playing music is very difficult.

I´d rather listen to music than play music because playing

music is very difficult.

What do you prefer Anna? Listening to music or playing

music?

Would you rather listen to music or play music Anna?

4. What kind of music do you prefer listening to if you want to…?

Relax and Celebrate Dance with Do your

calm down your birthday friends homework

I´d rather listen to instrumental music if I want to

concentrate on my painting.

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 5. Discuss:

What festivals do people celebrate in your country / neighbourhood /

school? What do people do in those festivals?

Have you got a favourite festival? Why do you like it so much?

Find out about the following festivals: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil – Holi in India – The day of the dead in Mexico

What festival would you rather go to? Why?

Would you rather go to music or a food festival? Why?

What do you prefer doing at a festival? Dancing? Eating? Playing games?

Wearing a costume? Why?

Practice 2 – Entertainment!: Quantifying – Giving reasons

Entertainment

Adjectives and adverbials of quantity, eg a lot (of), not very much,

not very many

Connecting clauses using because

1. Look at the following table and complete it with what is true for
you.

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 Ask the questions and answer them:

A lot / A lot of /
How much/ How many not much / not Because…
many

…books do you read?

…music do you listen to?

…films do you watch?

…hobbies have you got?

…TV programmes do you watch

every day?

…sports do you practise?

…videos do you watch after

school?

- How many magazines do you read?

- I read a lot of magazines because they are fun

and entertaining.

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2. Classify the following words into groups. Then refer to the different
types of books, TV programmes and films.

Romantic – action – soap opera – documentary - mystery – horror story – horror –

thriller – cartoon – games show – the news –science fiction – series - fantasy

Films
Books

I watch a lot of films. I like science fiction films very much. I

don´t watch very many horror films because they scare me!

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Mini project
Grade 5 - Part 1

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 Mini Project 1 – Revision: Expressing preferences –
Giving reasons – Quantifying
Music

Festivals

Expressions of preference, eg I prefer / I´d rather

Connecting clauses using because

Entertainment

Adjectives and adverbials of quantity, eg a lot (of), not very much, not
very many

 Choose one of the following mini projects. Each of these mini

projects will give you the opportunity to use the vocabulary,
grammar and language functions practised so far.

World festivals

A. Create a “5 Reasons why poster”: Read about the following world

festivals and look for images too. After that, choose two: one you would
rather go to and another one you would rather not go to.

Rio de Janeiro La Tomatina, King´s Day, Thanksgiving,

Carnival, Brazil Spain Netherlands USA

Day of the Dead, A festival celebrated in

Holi, India.
YOUR country
Mexico 10
 Create a poster with two hands and give your five reasons why you
would rather go to one of the festivals and not to the other.

I would rather go to the Day of the

Dead in Mexico because I think
Mexico is an exciting country.

I prefer listening to Mexican music

because I like it a lot.

I would rather not eat very many tacos

because they are spicy, but I like them
very much! I prefer tacos to enchiladas.

I would rather go to
the Day of the Dead
in Mexico because
there are very many
interesting things to
see: people decorate
everything with a lot
of colours.

I prefer to wear a big hat for the Day

of the Dead in Mexico. There are very
many different types of Mexican hats
and I like them very much.
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B. Spin the wheel! Prepare a spinning wheel and divide it into eight parts.
Prepare an arrow with the word: Why? on it. Write the following props in
each part:

 Where would you rather go…?

 What would you rather do…?
 What do you prefer…?
 How many…?
 How much…?
 When do you prefer to…?
 Why would you rather…?
 Who would you rather…?

 Prepare eight sets of cards for each of these props. Have different
possibilities in each of the cards. (See the example)

Now you are ready to play! Display all the sets of cards upside-down, spin the
wheel, ask and answer the question!

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 Examples:

Where would you rather go? Would you rather go

to the beach or to the mountains?

I would rather go to the beach.

Why would you rather go to the beach?

Because I like swimming in the sea very much.

How much do you like science fiction films?

I like them a lot!

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