Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
- agriculture, forestry and fishing (cf p 376-377)
- industry and manufacturing (cf p 378)
- services (cf p 380)
PATH 3: UK political system [download the slides here]
- the UK political system and the constitution (cf p 398-399)
- Parliament and Devolution (cf p 398-399)
- the UK government and Prime Minister (cf p 400)
- UK general elections (cf p 402)
PATH 4: International organisations
- the Commonwealth of Nations: what it consists of, how many people there are in the CofN. who is the Head of the CofN, what all Commonwealth members have in common (cf p 414) [download the slides here]
- the European Union: its brief history, its institutions, the main issues facing the EU (cf pp 404, 405, 406) [download the slides here]
- Brexit: what Brexit is, why the UK called for a referendum (watch the video here), the tactics utilised in the campaigns, the results of the vote, the process by which the UK can leave the EU, the most important issues to be negotiated (cf notes) [download the slides here]
- the United Nations: what the UN is, how many member countries it counts, what its 3 main goals are, its main institutions and their functions, its agencies (UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNEP, UNESCO) (cf p 416 and notes) [download the slides here]
- international trade organizations: what the IMF is, what its main aims are, how many member countries there are, when it was founded, where its headquarters are located, what its functions are; what the World Bank is, what the main aim of the World Bank is, when it was founded, where its headquarters are located, what its functions are; what the WTO is, when it was founded, where its headquarters are located, what its functions are, what its main areas of activity are (cf p 155 and notes) [download the slides here]
- the main trading blocs: what they are, what their members states are, what their mission is (cf p 154) [download the slides here]
PATH 5: globalization
- the definition of globalization, KOF Index of Globalisation, and the evolution of the process of globalization (cf pp 276-277 and notes) [download the slides here]
- the main aspects of globalization: global technology and information, global culture, global language and global health with a focus on the Ebola epidemic in 2014 (cf pp 278-280 and notes) [download the slideshere]
- advantages and disadvantages of globalization (cf p 281) [download the slides here]
- global sustainability: the model known as “sustainable development” and the model known as “de-growth” (cf p 286) [download the slides here]
Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
WATCH the video in which you can listen to the sound /ɜː/ in British English. You will learn how to pronounce "world", "girl", and "word" like a native!
Click here to download the list of the vocabulary needed when preparing yourself for the Cambridge Preliminary tasks. The words have been grouped under common themes. Learn them!
STARTER Exercise on how to form the -ing form of the verb. MAIN COURSE Exercise on the Present Continuous (affirmative form) Exercise on the Present Continuous (negative form) Exercise on the Present Continuous (interrogative form) Exercise on the Present Simple (affirmative form) Exercise on the Present Simple (negative form) Exercise on the Present Simple (interrogative form) Exercise on the auxiliary do/does DESSERT Exerciseon the Present Continuous (affirmative, negative, interrogative form) Exerciseon the Present Simple (affirmative, negative, interrogative form)
