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Introduction




SECTION 1

Below, you'll find the link with the brochure which explains the test in detail so you can be familiarized with it.

Berlitz Speking Test Brochure: click here to open.


SECTION 2 Review - First set of topics

 Self-study
Each topic has an explanation and an online activity to practice. Click on the links below to see the content for each tense.

1. Present simple: explanation -- activity
2. Present continuous: explanation -- activity
3. Past simple: explanation -- activity
4. Past continous: explanation -- activity
5. Used to: explanation -- activity
6. Present perfect: explanation -- activity

Activities to practice during the session.
Read each passage and identify the mainly used tense/topic.


                                             SECTION 3 Review - Second set of topics

 Self-study
Each topic has an explanation and an online activity to practice. Click on the links below to see the content for each tense.

7. Present perfect continuous: explanation -- activity
8. Past perfect: explanation -- activity
9. Past perfect continuous: explanation -- activity
10. Will: explanation -- activity
11. Going to: explanation -- activity
12. Future perfect / continuous: explanation -- activity 1 / activity 2

Activities to practice during the session.
Each student will solve a sentence.

a. Has it _____ raining since you arrived?
    be  /  been  /  is
b. Julie ________ living in Italy since May.
    has being   /   is been   /   has been   
c. Dad explained ________ his job due to stress.
    why he quitted   /   that he had quit  /   that he'd quite
d. Sarah thought she ________ to that zoo before.
    has been   /   had be   /   had been
e. Had the teachers ________ before the strike?
    been work   / working   /   been working
f. I finally reached my mom. ________ her all day.
   I'd been calling    /    I have called    /    I called
g. I'm going to the grocery store. I think _____ buy a turkey.
    I've    /    I'll     /    I'd
h. Will your folks _____ before Tuesday? 
    leaving   /    leave   /  leaves
i. - Why are you carrying your laptop?  - I ____ do some homework on the train.
   am going to  /  I will
j. - Did you remember to buy the tickets?  - Oh no, I forgot! I _____ them online now.
   am going to  /  I will
k. He will have ______ all about it by Monday.
    forgetting   /   forgotten    /   be forgetting
l. My mom ______ for two days by the time I see her. 
   has been travelling   /   will have been travelling     /   will has been travelling


SECTION 4 - SPEAKING PRACTICE

Students will be divided into small groups and practice speaking by asking some of these questions:

Present continous
- What are you doing this year to improve yourself?
- What do you think your best friend is doing right now?
- Are you reading any interesting books these days? Which ones?

Present perfect
- Where is the best place you have ever been?
- What’s the craziest thing you have ever done?
- What interesting foods have you eaten?

 Present perfect continuous
- What have you been doing with your free time recently?
- What kinds movies have you been watching recently?
- What has been happening in the news lately?

Simple past
- Tell me about what you did for the last 24 hours.
- When was the last time you were really excited about something?
- Where did you hang out with your friends last? What did you do?

Present Simple
- What are some good habits that you have?
- What is something you should do every day but don’t?
- What is your morning routine? How about your evening routine?

Used to
- What is a food that you used to hate but now you like?
- Did you use to get good grades in high school?
- Where did you use to play when you were a child?

Will
- How will you use English in the future?
- What will happen if we keep polluting the environment?
- What will you do after this class?
- What will you do after you finish university?



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