Trinity GESE Grades 3-4

Trinity GESE Grades 3-4
Gli esami Trinity GESE (Graded English Speaking Exams) sono esami indirizzati a tutti gli studenti di lingua inglese
e organizzati in quattro livelli: initial stage (Grades 1-3); elementary stage (Grades 4-6); intermediate stage (Grades
7-9); advanced stage (Grades 10-12).
Nei Grades 3-4 l’esame assume la forma di un colloquio orale tra il candidato e l’esaminatore. Il candidato deve
essere in grado di:
• capire l’esaminatore parlare di temi a lui familiari;
• avere una conversazione con l’esaminatore, scambiando informazioni e esprimendo opinioni su aspetti della
vita quotidiana o su temi di interesse.
Per maggiori informazioni, si può scaricare materiale informativo dal sito www.trinitycollege.com/
GESEexaminformation.
Trinity GESE Grade 3

L’esame Trinity GESE Grade 3 consiste in una conversazione di circa sette minuti tra il candidato e l’esaminatore:
• il candidato entra, saluta, si presenta e l’esaminatore rivolge al candidato alcune domande personali;
• il candidato risponde ad alcune domande dell’esaminatore e rivolge almeno una domanda all’esaminatore;
• alla fine della conversazione, il candidato ringrazia e saluta.
Per il superamento dell’esame il candidato deve dimostrare di essere in grado di capire e utilizzare il lessico, le
funzioni e la grammatica previste per il Grade 3 e per quelli precedenti.

Vocabulary Functions
• Words and phrases relating to the functions • Describing daily routines and times
• Jobs • Giving dates
• Places in the local area • Expressing ability and inability
• Place of study • Giving simple directions and locations
• Home life • Describing activities
• Weather • Describing states in the past
• Free time • Asking simple questions about everyday life
• Times and dates
• Ordinal numbers from 1st to 31st
Grammar Pronunciation and Phonology
• Present continuous tense • The correct pronunciation of important words and
• Can and can’t expressions
• Prepositions of movement from, to, up, down, along, • The use of contractions, e.g. I’m, he’s
across • Basic stress and intonation for words, short sentences
• Prepositions of time on, at, in and simple questions
• Prepositions of place near, in front of, behind, opposite
• Past tense of the verb to be
• Linking words and, and then
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L’esame Trinity GESE Grade 4 consiste in una conversazione di circa dieci minuti tra il candidato e l’esaminatore:
• il candidato entra, saluta e si presenta e l’esaminatore rivolge al candidato alcune domande personali;
• il candidato e l’esaminatore dialogano su un topic che è stato preparato dal candidato: il candidato risponde
ad alcune domande dell’esaminatore sul topic e in relazione ad esso, rivolgendo almeno una domanda
all’esaminatore;
• il candidato risponde ad alcune domande dell’esaminatore su due subject areas proposte dall’esaminatore;
• alla fine della conversazione, il candidato ringrazia e saluta.
Per il superamento dell’esame il candidato deve dimostrare di essere in grado di capire e utilizzare il lessico, le
funzioni e la grammatica previste per il Grade 4 e per quelli precedenti.

Vocabulary / Subject areas Functions
• Words and phrases relating to the functions • Talking about past events
• Holidays • Talking about future plans and intentions
• Shopping • Expressing simple comparisons
• School and work • Expressing likes and dislikes
• Hobbies and sports • Describing manner and frequency
• Food
• Weekend and seasonal activities
• Adverbs of frequency, e.g. sometimes, often, never
• Adverbial phrases of frequency, e.g. every day, once a
week
• Expressions of past time, e.g. yesterday, last night
Grammar Pronunciation and Phonology
• Past simple tense of regular and common irregular • The correct pronunciation of vocabulary specific to the
verbs topic and subject areas
• going to future • Appropriate weak forms and intonation in connected
• like + gerund / infinitive, e.g. I like shopping, I like to read speech
books • Three different ways of pronouncing -ed past tense
• Adverbs of manner and frequency endings, e.g. played, walked, wanted
• Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives • Avoidance of speech patterns of recitation
• Linking word but
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Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Grade 3
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Family (ripasso di Grade 2); Physical descriptions (ripasso di Grade 2); Place of study;
Prepositions of place
Functions Describing people (ripasso di Grade 2); Indicating the position of people and objects
Grammar The Present simple tense of be and have got (ripasso di Grade 2)
1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.
Example questions Possible answers
Good morning. ___________________________
Nice to meet you. ___________________________
How are you? ___________________________
How old are you? ___________________________
What’s your name? ___________________________
Have you got any brothers or sisters? ___________________________
(If yes) Describe your brother/sister. ___________________________
What’s the name of your school? ___________________________
Where is your classroom? ___________________________
Look at the photo. __________________

Where are they? __________________
Describe the people. __________________
I’ve got a sister. Ask me a __________________

question about my sister. __________________
Thank you very much. __________________

__________________
Goodbye.
2 Pairwork Lavorate a coppie. A turno, fate le domande dell’esercizio 1 e rispondete. Cercate di non
leggere le vostre risposte e di dialogare in modo naturale.
KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE 3

Grade 3 Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Times; Home life: Daily routines and housework; Prepositions of time
Functions Describing daily routines and times; Asking simple questions about everyday life
Grammar The Present simple tense (ripasso di Grade 2); Question words (ripasso di Grade 2)
Good afternoon. Nice to meet you. ___________________________
What’s your name? ___________________________
Where are you from? ___________________________
___________________________
Who does the housework in your
family? ___________________________
___________________________
What do you do in the morning
before school? ___________________________
___________________________
What do you do after school
on Thursdays? ___________________________
___________________________
What time do you go to bed
at the weekend? ___________________________
__________________ 8.50 1.15

Look at the pictures.
What’s the time in picture 1? __________________
Tell me about the daily routine __________________

of the person in the pictures. __________________
__________________ 1.45 3.30

Ask me a question
about my routine. __________________
Thank you. __________________
Goodbye. __________________
7.20 9.40
2 Pairwork Lavorate a coppie. A turno, fate le

domande dell’esercizio 1 e rispondete.
Cercate di non leggere le vostre risposte e di
dialogare in modo naturale.
4 KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE

Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Grade 3
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Free time; Weather
Functions Expressing ability and inability; Talking about free time; Asking simple questions
about everyday life
Grammar can and can’t; linking words and, and then
Hello! My name is Jane. What’s your name? ___________________________
Nice to meet you. How old are you? ___________________________
What do you do in your free time? ___________________________
What free-time activities do you do with your parents? ___________________________
Can you play a musical instrument? ___________________________
What’s the weather like today? ___________________________
Look at the picture. __________________

What’s the weather like? __________________
Where are they? __________________
What do they do __________________

in their free time? __________________
Ask me a question __________________

about my free time. __________________
Thank you. __________________
Goodbye. __________________

Grade 3 Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Jobs; School subjects
Functions Describing current activities
Grammar Present continuous tense
Hello! How are you? ___________________________
What’s your name and where do you live? ___________________________
What do you study at school? ___________________________
What’s your favourite school subject? ___________________________
Let’s talk about jobs. Who works in your family? ___________________________
What job do they do? ___________________________
Look at the pictures. __________________
Who are they? __________________
What are they doing? __________________
I’ve got a brother. __________________

__________________
Ask me a question
__________________
about my brother.
Thank you. __________________
Bye. __________________

Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Grade 3
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Places in the local area; Prepositions of movement
Functions Giving simple directions and locations
Good morning. ___________________________
What’s your name? ___________________________
Nice to meet you! How are you today? ___________________________
Where is your school? ___________________________
Describe your journey from home to school. ___________________________
What places are near your house? ___________________________
Where are they from your house? ___________________________
__________________
Look at the map. I’m here
at the restaurant. Give __________________
me directions to here − __________________
the post office. __________________
M
__________________
Choose a place on the
map. OK − give me __________________
directions to it from __________________
the post office here. __________________
Ask me a question __________________

about my home. __________________
Thank you. __________________
Goodbye. __________________

Grade 3 Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Ordinal numbers: 1st-31st; Dates
Functions Giving dates; Describing states in the past
Grammar Past tense of the verb to be
Hello! Nice to meet you. ___________________________
What’s the date today? ___________________________
What was the date yesterday? ___________________________
When is your birthday? ___________________________
OK, thank you. Where were you on Saturday? ___________________________
Who were you with? ___________________________
__________________
Look at the pictures. __________________
Where were these
people at the weekend? __________________
Who were they with? __________________
What was the weather __________________

like? __________________
__________________
Ask me the date today. __________________
Thank you. __________________
Bye. __________________
2 Pairwork Lavorate a coppie. A turno, fate le

domande dell’esercizio 1 e rispondete.
Cercate di non leggere le vostre risposte e
di dialogare in modo naturale.

Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Topic phase Grade 4
Choosing your topic form
1 Pensa a tre argomenti che ti interessano. Scrivili nelle mind maps qui sotto.
2 Ora completa le tre mind maps con alcune idee. Usa le question words nel riquadro per aiutarti.
What? When? Where? Who... with? How? How often?
3 Ora osserva nuovamente le tue tre mind maps. Su quale argomento hai più cose da dire? Quale
argomento ti permette di utilizzare il lessico e le funzioni del Grade 4? Scegli il tuo topic e trova un
titolo. Scrivi il titolo del topic che hai scelto nel Trinity Topic form alla pagina seguente.
Choosing your discussion points

4 Pensa ad almeno sei domande sul tuo argomento e scrivile nel quaderno.
5 Ora rispondi alle domande che hai scritto nell’esercizio 4. Su quali domande hai più cose da dire?
Scrivi i tuoi quattro discussion points nel Trinity Topic form alla pagina seguente.
Developing your discussion points

6 Pensa a tutte le parole che conosci che potrebbero esserti utili per parlare del tuo topic (nomi, verbi,
aggettivi, avverbi, espressioni). Cerca altre parole nel dizionario per ampliare il tuo lessico e scrivile
nel quaderno. Accertati di conoscere la pronuncia di tutte le parole che hai trovato.
7 Pensa ad alcune domande ulteriori che l’esaminatore potrebbe farti sul tuo argomento. Scrivile nel
quaderno e prova a rispondere.
8 Pairwork A coppie, esercitatevi a parlare del vostro topic per almeno cinque minuti. Dai al tuo
compagno il tuo Trinity Topic form. Il tuo compagno ti fa delle domande e tu rispondi. Poi
scambiatevi i ruoli.

Grade 4 Topic phase Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Graded Examinations in Spoken English

Topic Form — Grade 4
Title of topic:
The information on this form must be presented to the examiner during the exam.
Please note that some Topic Forms might include the candidate number and name pre-printed on
the form, and others may not. Both types of form are acceptable.

Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Conversation phase Grade 4
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Hobbies; Sports
Functions Describing frequency and manner
Grammar Adverbs of manner and frequency
Now let’s talk about something different. Let’s ___________________________

talk about sports. Do you do any sports? ___________________________
How often do you do it? ___________________________
Where do you do it? ___________________________
Who do you do it with? ___________________________
Are you good at it? ___________________________
What type of sports do you like? ___________________________
I don’t like doing sports. I like watching sport ___________________________

and reading. Do you read books or comics? ___________________________
(If yes) Where and when do you read them? ___________________________
Does anyone in your family have a hobby? ___________________________
(If yes) Are they good? ___________________________
How often do they do ___________________________

these hobbies? And you? Do you have a hobby?
I do gardening every Saturday afternoon. ___________________________

Tell me more about your hobby. ___________________________
That’s the end of your exam. Thank you. ___________________________

Grade 4 Conversation phase Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Holidays; Weekend and seasonal activities; Expressions of past time
Functions Talking about past events
Grammar Past simple tense of regular and common irregular verbs
What type of holiday do you like? ___________________________
Who do you go on holiday with? ___________________________
What do you always pack in your bag? ___________________________
How do you usually travel? ___________________________
Where do you stay? ___________________________
Now let’s talk about something different. ___________________________

Let’s talk about weekend and seasonal activities. ___________________________
What do you do at weekends? ___________________________
How often do you watch TV at weekends? ___________________________
Do you use the Internet at weekends? ___________________________
What do you do on the Internet? ___________________________
And what did you do last weekend? ___________________________
Ask me a question about my weekends. ___________________________
I usually go to the theatre. Do you go to the theatre? ___________________________
(If yes) Who do you go with? ___________________________
And do you go to the cinema? ___________________________
(If yes) What’s the best film you saw? ___________________________
OK, that’s the end of your exam. ___________________________

It was a pleasure to meet you! ___________________________
Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Food; Places to eat
Functions Expressing simple comparisons
Grammar Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives; Linking word but
Now let’s talk about food. Do you eat healthy food? ___________________________
What did you eat for dinner yesterday? ___________________________
Where did you eat last weekend? ___________________________
What do you have for breakfast? ______________ What about you?
Well, I always have yoghurt with cereals. I never ___________________________

have milk. Who does the cooking in your family? ___________________________
And you? Do you like cooking? ___________________________
Tell me about your favourite foods. ___________________________
In your family, who eats the most at dinner time? ___________________________
What is your favourite type of restaurant? ___________________________
When did you go there? Tell me about it. ___________________________
I love Japanese restaurants. I adore sushi! ___________________________

Do you like Japanese food? ___________________________
(If yes) Do you often go to Japanese restaurants? ___________________________
Who do you go with? ___________________________
What do you order? ___________________________
OK. Thank you. ___________________________

Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Weekend and seasonal activities around the world
Functions Expressing likes and dislikes
Grammar like, love, hate + gerund / infinitive
Now let’s talk about weekend and seasonal ___________________________

activities. Which season do you like best? ___________________________
Where do you like going in the summer? ___________________________
How do you go there? ___________________________
Do you sometimes go there in the winter? ___________________________
What do you like doing in the winter? ___________________________
What do you hate doing when it’s cold? ___________________________
What do you like doing when it’s rainy? ___________________________
Who do you spend your weekends with? ___________________________
And what do you do on Sunday with your family? ___________________________
Tell me about your weekend. ___________________________
Who did you do it with? ___________________________
Tell me, is there anything you don’t like about weekends? _______________ What about you?
I like relaxing at home. Do you like staying at home? ___________________________
OK, that’s the end of the exam. Thank you. ___________________________

Name __________________________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary Shopping; Weekend and seasonal activities
Functions Expressing future plans and intentions
Grammar going to future
Now let’s talk about shopping. ___________________________

How often do you go shopping? ___________________________
What do you usually buy? ___________________________
Who do you go shopping with? ___________________________
When was the last time you went shopping? ___________________________
Where did you go? ___________________________
Did you buy anything? ___________________________
Do you like window shopping? ___________________________
Do you sometimes buy things online? ___________________________
What do you buy online? ___________________________
What’s good about shopping online? ___________________________
Who does the shopping in your family? ___________________________
OK. Let’s talk about something different. ___________________________

What are you going to do next weekend? ___________________________
Have you got any plans for next summer? ___________________________
OK, that’s the end of your exam. Thank you. ___________________________
Goodbye. ___________________________
Class __________ Date __________________________
Obiettivi
Vocabulary School life; Work
Functions Review of all Grade 4 functions
Grammar Review of all Grade 4 grammar
What are you studying this year? ___________________________
Which subjects are you good at? ___________________________
Do you usually get good results at school? ___________________________
Do you always do your homework carefully? ___________________________
Do you always revise for your exams? ___________________________
When do you study English? ___________________________
What’s the easiest thing about learning English? ___________________________
And the most difficult? ___________________________
What did you like studying last year? ___________________________
What are you going to do when you finish school? ___________________________
OK, thank you. Now tell me – do your parents work? ___________________________
Tell me about their jobs. ___________________________
What do they like and what do they dislike about their work? ___________________________
What type of jobs do you like? ___________________________
OK, that’s the end of your exam. ___________________________
Thank you and good luck! ___________________________

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1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.

Example questions Possible answers

Good morning. ___________________________

Nice to meet you. ___________________________

How are you? ___________________________

How old are you? ___________________________

What’s your name? ___________________________

Have you got any brothers or sisters? ___________________________

(If yes) Describe your brother/sister. ___________________________

What’s the name of your school? ___________________________

Where is your classroom? ___________________________

Look at the photo. __________________

Describe the people. __________________

I’ve got a sister. Ask me a __________________

Thank you very much. __________________

KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE 3

1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.

Example questions Possible answers

Good afternoon. Nice to meet you. ___________________________

What’s your name? ___________________________

Where are you from? ___________________________

__________________ 8.50 1.15

Tell me about the daily routine __________________

__________________ 1.45 3.30

Thank you. __________________

2 Pairwork Lavorate a coppie. A turno, fate le

4 KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE

1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.

Example questions Possible answers

Hello! My name is Jane. What’s your name? ___________________________

Nice to meet you. How old are you? ___________________________

What do you do in your free time? ___________________________

What free-time activities do you do with your parents? ___________________________

Can you play a musical instrument? ___________________________

What’s the weather like today? ___________________________

Look at the picture. __________________

Where are they? __________________

What do they do __________________

Ask me a question __________________

Thank you. __________________

KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE 5

1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.

Example questions Possible answers

Hello! How are you? ___________________________

What’s your name and where do you live? ___________________________

What do you study at school? ___________________________

What’s your favourite school subject? ___________________________

Let’s talk about jobs. Who works in your family? ___________________________

What job do they do? ___________________________

Look at the pictures. __________________

Who are they? __________________

What are they doing? __________________

I’ve got a brother. __________________

Thank you. __________________

6 KEEP IT REAL @ ELI – PHOTOCOPIABLE

1 Leggi le domande di esempio e scrivi le tue risposte.

Example questions Possible answers

Good morning. ___________________________

What’s your name? ___________________________