Grado 5

Music

Which do you prefer – classical music or pop music?

 
Can you play a musical instrument?

If so, what do you play?

How long have you been playing?

Does anybody in your family play an instrument?

Are you good at it?

Can you read music?

Are you a good singer?

If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be?

If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? Why?

Do you enjoy music videos?

Do you watch music shows on TV? If so, what do you watch?

Do you know the band named Metallica? If so, do you like them?

Do you like all kinds of music?

Do you like American rock bands?

Do you like country music?

Do you like heavy metal bands like Megadeath, Marilyn Manson, and so on?

Do you like jazz?

Do you like listening to classical music?

Do you like punk music?

Is there any kind of music that you hate?

Should music lyrics be rated similar to the way movies are rated?

What is one of your favourite songs?

Why do you like it?

When did you first hear it?

Who sings it?

What was your favourite music five years ago?

How have your musical tastes changed?

Do you prefer songs in English or in Italian?

What kind of music do your parents listen to?

Do you like singing karaoke?

How often do you sing karaoke?

What is your favourite karaoke song to sing?

Do you sing while you are having a shower?

Special Occasions

 
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Have you ever been to a concert?
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Have you ever been to a rock concert?
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Have you ever been to an orchestra concert?
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Have you ever taken part in a singing competition?
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How much time do you spend listening to music?
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How often do you listen to music?
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Where do you usually listen to music?
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Do you listen to music while doing your homework?
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How often do you listen to the radio?
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What radio station do you usually listen to?
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What was the last CD you bought?
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Do you ever download MP3 files from the Internet?
moment/ day often celebrated with friends and family.
Birthdays
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How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
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What is your best birthday memory?
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What is your worst birthday memory?
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Have you ever had a surprise birthday party for yourself or someone else?
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Which is a better present, a well-chosen gift or money?
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Are birthdays really important?
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What is the best birthday gift you have ever given?
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What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?
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What is the worst birthday gift you have ever given?
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What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?
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When is your birthday?
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In your opinion, What is the best time of year to have a birthday?
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What do you think is the best age?
Weddings
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What is your attitude toward marriage?
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Do you think it is important to get married before moving in with
yourboyfriend\girlfriend?
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What is the best age for a man or woman to get married?
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When was the last time you attended a wedding?
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Who got married?
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What were your impressions of that wedding? Was it boring or nice?
Childbirth
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Do you know anybody who has had a baby recently?
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Was it a boy or a girl?
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How did they celebrate the occasion?
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Would you like to become a parent one day?
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If so, what name would you like to give to your newborn baby?

Festivals

What is the most important festival in your town?

What do people do at the festival?
Have you ever seen the festival?
What do people wear at the festival?
Why do you like the festival?

Have you ever danced / sung / played the drums / carried a flag on the day of
your festival?

Entertainment

Have you ever been a member of a chess club / the Scouts / a book club / a
pop group?
Have you ever been to a football match / dance competition / pop concert /
television studio?
Which of these would you like to go to? Why?

Entertainment
is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people toamuse themselves in their
free time. Entertainment is generally passive, such aswatching opera or a movie. Active
forms of amusement, such as sports, are moreoften considered to be a
recreation
. Activities such as personal reading or practicinga musical instrument are considered to
be
hobbies
.
Television
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Do you like watching cartoons?
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What did you watch on TV yesterday?
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What is one of your favourite TV shows?
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Why do you like it?
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When is it on?
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Do you parents like it, too?
Music
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What kind of music do you prefer?
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Do you listen to classical music? Why or why not?
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How do you usually listen to music?
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Do you usually listen to the radio?
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Who is your favourite female singer?
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Who is your favourite male singer?
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Who is your favourite guitarist?
Theatre
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Have you ever been to a play?
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If so, when was the last time?
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Do you prefer musicals or dramas?
Reading
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Do you enjoy reading for pleasure?
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What kind of things do you like to read?
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If so, who is your favourite author?
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What was the last book you read?
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What are some of the best books that you have read?
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How often do you read comic books?
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Should you be able to read any book you would like to?
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Should books be censored?
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What's your favourite magazine

 
Cinema
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Have you been to the cinema recently?
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What was the last movie you went to see?
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Should movies be rated? Explain.
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What are some of the good movies you have seen?
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Who are some of your favourite actors and actresses?
Amusement Parks
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What are some of the most popular amusement parks in your country?
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Have you ever been to a Disneyland Park?
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If so, which one did you go to?
Games
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Do you like table games?
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If so, which is your favourite?
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Have you ever played ‘Dungeons and Dragons’?
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What computer games have you played?
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Which are your favourites?
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Which do you think are not so interesting?

TransportationTransport

transportation
is the movement of people and products from onelocation to another. Modes of
transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipelineand space.Types of Air transport –
Types of Rail transport –Types of Road transport –Types of Water transport –Types of
Cable transport –Products sent by Pipeline transport –Types of Space transport –
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How many different kinds of transportation have you been on?
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What's you favourite method of transportation?
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If life is a motorway, what mode of transportation are you using?
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What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation and why?
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What form of transport is worst for the environment?
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Have you been on an airplane recently?
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Where was the last place you flew to?
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Which airline company did you use?
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What transportation problems are there in and around Trieste?
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Do you think the quality of transportation in Trieste will get better or worse?
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How is your day effected when there is a bus strike in Trieste?
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Would you like to go on a cruise liner?
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If so, where would you like to go?
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What will the transportation of the future be like?
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What mode of transportation would you like someone to invent?
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Would you like to have a computer driving your future car?
 
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Do you like using lifts or do you prefer to walk up the stairs?
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Have you ever been in a cable car?
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Have you ever been on a chairlift?
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Would you ever like to travel into space? Why (not)?
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Do you think space tourism will become popular in your lifetime?

Recent Personal Events

When was the last time you went to a disco / bought a book / cooked a meal?
Have you ever visited a museum / fallen off your bike / failed an exam?
Did anything unusual happen to you this year?
Do you think something good will happen next year? What?
Grado 6

RULES

1.) Does your family have any house rules?

2.) What is your opinion on general school rules?

3.) Do you think that 18 is the correct drinking age? Or should it be lowered/increased?

4.) Do you think that underage drinking is a problem in Spain?

5.) What is your opinion on smoking?

6.) Do you think that in Spain the majority of teenagers smoke?

7.) What should be done to stop people from smoking?

8.) If your friend wanted to stop smoking, what advice would you give them?***

9.) Are there any government regulations or laws that you disagree with in Spain?

*** Remember to use the conditional here!!! For example: I would tell him that
smoking is bad for your health and…

Vocabulary

House rules

Household chores

School rules

Drinking age

Underage drinking

Regulation

Law

Control

Strict

FASHION
Which music do you prefer Hip Hop or Pop music?
What can I buy if I go to that shop?
 When do you go shopping, who do yo go with?
What do you need to do when you go shopping?
Do you like window shopping or to you prefer to buy clothes?
When are you going shopping’
When the last time you went shopping was and what did you buy?
Do you have to try on the clothes?
What was your brother doing when you were trying on the clothes?
MONEY
If you go to that shop what would you buy?
What do you spend your money on?
What can you do when you have money?
Will your parents give you any pocket money this summer?
When are you buying your new bike?
What do you spend your money on?
Where do you spend your money?
Do you buy anything online?
TRAVEL
Which is the best way to travel around your city?
RULES AN REGULATIONS
What can you do in a traffic jam?
What do you have to do at school?
What will happen if you don’t pass your exams?
When do you learn to drive a car in your country?
 

HEALTH AND FITNESS

If you want to get fit what will you do?
What were you doing when you were ill at home?
What will you do if you get sick on holiday?
What can you do if you have a headache
How do you get to your hospital?
What are the symptoms of a flu?
 
FUTURE PLANS
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Which festivals are popular in your country?
 Will you spend Christmas with your family this year?
What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
 
 
LEARNING A LANGUAGE
 
CONVERSATIONS
Why did you choose question number …… in Section 1?
Why did you choose the description of your favourite film?
Which task did you enjoy the most? And Why?
How many drafts did you do for the tasks before the final version?
Did anyone help you to improve the first two drafts?
How long did it take to do the tasks?
RULES AND REGULATIONS

 What are the regulations about smoking here in Spain?

 Do you think it is a good idea for students to wear uniforms in schools?
 Should teenagers be allowed to go to discos and pubs at 14?
 What is the minimum age for voting?
 Is high school compulsory? What is the school-leaving age in Spain?
 What must you do if you want to go to university?
 What subjects are compulsory in primary sdchool? And in High school?
 What kind of rules do you have at home?
 Do your parents make rules for you and your siblings?
 What time must you be at home if you go out with friends?
 Would you say that manners are social rules?
 What kind of manners do you have in Spain ?

 is it correct to eat with your mouth open?

 is it correct to put your elbows on the table while you are eating?
 is it good manners to talk with your mouth full?
 is it good manners to brush your hair at the table? etc......

 What are basic traffic regulations in Spain?

 can you ride a motorbike at 14?

 when can you get a driving license?
 what must you do at red lights?
 what must a driver do at a zebra crossing?
 what do you need to drive a car?

 What do you need a licence or a permit for?

 If I want to work in Spain do I need a work permit?
 Why are rules and regulations necessary?
TRAVEL

1. How many countries have you visited and which is your favourite country apart from
your own? Explain why?

2. Would you like to live permanently in another country? Why or why not?

3. Which is the longest journey you have ever made? How did you travel? What events
do you remember on the way?

4. Which is your favourite journey for beautiful scenery? Describe what there is to see.

5. Which capital city is your favourite? How do you like to spend your time there?

6. Do you enjoy touring - travelling from place to place? Describe one of your
itineraries?

7. Do you suffer from travel sickness or anxiety in cars boats or planes? If so, what do
you do to overcome these problems?

8. Do you buy travel insurance before going to visit other countries? What worries
would make you take out insurance?

9. Imagine you are an explorer and have the opportunity to make a big journey. Which
continent would you visit? Where would you go? What would you hope to see?

10. Why is travelling important? What advantages do you see to travelling ?

11. Is organised travel the best way of learning about the world?

12. What do you need to travel abroad?

MONEY

Discussion questions

1. What do you spend your money on?

2. How often do you get pocket-money? How much do you get? Do you think it is
enough? How much would you think would be enough?
3. What do you think of children who work?
4. In England the law allows children to work on Saturdays or have paper rounds,
is this allowed in Spain? Do you think it is a good way of saving money?
5. What currency was there before de euro? How has euro affected you?
6. Did you get extra allowance at Christmas or on your birthday? What did you do
with it?
7. What do you take when you travel? Cash or Credit card?
 8. What is the best way to pay for something? Cash, credit card or cheque?
9. Do you have a bank account? When did you open it and why?

HEALTH
Dialogue

A: Would you ever consider taking out private health insurance?

B: I think it's a very sensible idea!

A: But you are already paying for the NHS through national insurance. Why should you
have to insure yourself twice?

B: That's a very good question. The reality is that the NHS covers people in major
emergencies, but the service is under too much pressure to give adequate support.

A: Can you be a bit more specific?

B: Certainly. There're thousands of people who are in great pain. Some are waiting for
minor surgery while others are waiting for treatment at pain control clinics.

A: But under the patients' charter, hospitals are meant to treat you within a certain time.

B: Well, you know how they get round that one. They make you wait for monthsbefore
they put you on the waiting list.

A: I don't think it's as bad as you make out. According to government statistics, waiting
lists are coming down.

B: That may be true for certain operations such as hernias where you're sometimes in
and out of hospital within a day. They rush you through the system because they're short
of beds. Then they hand you over to some elderly relative with a weak heart and expect
them to look after you. They call it "care in the community".

A: But there're lots of back up departments such as Social Services and Occupational
Therapy.

B: Have you ever tried contacting these departments and filling in their forms? Getting
them to take quick action is virtually impossible.

Discussion questions

1. "Governments should provide a first class National Health Service for everybody so
that nobody would want to pay for private treatment."

2. "Most nurses are overworked and underpaid." Do you agree?

3. "People who have damaged their health through smoking or drinking should be at the
back of the queue for expensive treatments."

4. Do people have the right to smoke when children in the same house or colleagues in
the same office have to inhale the smoke?

5. "Everybody should be compulsorily tested for HIV to allow the authorities to monitor
and counter the spread of AIDS."

6. "Alternative therapies should be recognised and licenced under the NHS to include
(a) acupuncture (b) homeopathy (c) aromatherapy & massage (d) meditation (e) yoga (f)
hypnosis and (g) faith healing." Do you agree?

7. "Western doctors prescribe drugs and medicines too freely since they do not have
time to treat patients as individuals." Do you agree?

8. Being a foreigner in this country can I get health treatment? What documents would I
need to provide?

Travel

What is the most exciting thing you saw when you were travelling?
Is it better to know your own country than travel to other countries?
What’s the best time to visit your country / region / town? Why?

Do you like travelling?

Which means of transport do you prefer travelling by?
Do you prefer travelling by train or plane?
Would you like to go on a cruise?
How often have you you travelled before?
What type of holidays do you like best?
Where are you going on holidays next summer?
Which country in Europe would you like to visit next summer?
What type of cheap accommodation do you think about choosing?
Have you ever been to Mexico? Would you like to go there?

Money

What do you spend your money on?

In Britain some young people earn money by delivering newspapers to people's
houses. Would you do this job? Why? / Why not?
How old do you think children should be, before they take a weekend or part-
time job?
Rules and Regulations
Do students have to wear a uniform at your school?
What’s your opinion about a school uniform?
What are the rules about smoking in your country?