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Todo sobre el instituto: role-play and conversations

I can complete role-play tasks and express developed opinions in the context of life at school.

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Todo sobre el instituto: role-play and conversations

I can complete role-play tasks and express developed opinions in the context of life at school.

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Key learning points

  1. When preparing and performing role-plays, it’s important to include a verb in each answer.
  2. Role-play answers should be relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.
  3. You can develop opinions about life at school by using justifications and contrasts.
  4. You can use conjunctions and connectives to provide justifications and contrasts.

Keywords

  • Role-play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play

  • Verb - word that communicates actions or states

  • Conjunction - word that connects ideas between clauses in a sentence

  • Connective - word or short phrase that connects ideas between sentences

Common misconception

Role-play and conversation answers should be kept brief.

Role-play answers should be kept relatively brief, whereas conversations present the opportunity to develop answers.

Starter and Exit Quiz Qs 2 are aimed at Higer Tier Students. You could encourage students to practise the questions and answers in Task B1b in pairs to facilitate a real conversation.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:desayuno,breakfast
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breakfast

Correct Answer:al aire libre,outdoors, outside
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outdoors, outside

Correct Answer:tocar,to play, playing (instrument)
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to play, playing (instrument)

Correct Answer:pasarlo bien,to have a good time
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to have a good time

Correct Answer:pasarlo mal,to have a bad time
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to have a bad time

Correct Answer:diálogo,dialogue
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dialogue

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:antes de ir,before going
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before going

Correct Answer:después de ir,after going
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after going

Correct Answer:cabello,hair
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hair

Correct Answer:ordenar,to tidy, organise
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to tidy, organise

Correct Answer:manifestación,protest
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protest

Correct Answer:alrededor,around
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around

Q3.
Which sentences contain personal 'a'?
Me gusta ir a la casa de mis abuelos.
Correct answer: Escucho a mis profesores.
Fui a Italia con mi familia.
Correct answer: Ayudo a mi padre en la cocina.
A veces veo películas en mi tableta.
Q4.
What is the missing word? 'Veía tu hermano jugando al fútbol en el parque.'
Correct answer: a
con
de
por
Q5.
Match the opinion verbs.
Correct Answer:disfruto,I enjoy
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I enjoy

Correct Answer:prefiero,I prefer
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I prefer

Correct Answer:odio,I hate
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I hate

Correct Answer:no aguanto,I can't stand
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I can't stand

Correct Answer:me encanta,I love
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I love

Correct Answer:no me gusta nada,I don't like at all
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I don't like at all

Q6.
Select the connectives.
Correct answer: sin embargo
Correct answer: por otro lado
de vez en cuando
verdaderamente
pienso que

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:veías,you used to see, watch
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you used to see, watch

Correct Answer:causar,to cause, causing
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to cause, causing

Correct Answer:verdaderamente,truly
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truly

Correct Answer:instrumento,instrument
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instrument

Correct Answer:tu,your
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your

Correct Answer:este,this (m)
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this (m)

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:el mejor,the best (m)
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the best (m)

Correct Answer:el peor,the worst (m)
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the worst (m)

Correct Answer:breve,brief
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brief

Correct Answer:similar,similar
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similar

Correct Answer:no obstante,however, nevertheless
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however, nevertheless

Correct Answer:diario,newspaper
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newspaper

Q3.
Role-play answers should contain at least one .
Correct answer: verb
pronoun
adjective
opinion
Q4.
'Say what you do during break.' What is the best answer to this role-play bullet point?
fútbol
Correct answer: juego al fútbol
me gusta el inglés
inglés
es interesante
Q5.
General conversation answers should be than role-play answers.
shorter
Correct answer: more developed
less detailed
Q6.
'Me gusta ir al club de baloncesto ya que puedo jugar con mis amigos. Sin embargo, el profesor no es muy simpático.' Which features are present in this response?
Correct answer: opinion verb
preterite tense
Correct answer: conjunction
imperfect tense
Correct answer: connective

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