ILS, Year 1 PNJA conversation – Term 1 summary and questions (groups 4 & 5)
Topics and tasks
1. Ageing – ageing article, describing a family member, the connection between appearance and character.
2. Describing a painting – trip to Poznan Museum, describing a picture from the gallery, details about the artist and style.
3. Mood food – How to eat yourself happy articles, diet diaries, analysing a classmate’s diet, describing how to cook a meal
4. Extreme sports – film, Touching the void, student research leading to presentations on a variety of extreme sports
Exam questions:
1. How does our appearance change with age?
2. Describe a family member and explain how their appearance reflects their personality (or in what ways it doesn’t).
3. ‘By the age of forty, everyone has the face he deserves.’ – George Orwell. How far do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your answer with specific examples.
4. Describe one of the pictures you saw in the gallery, explain why you chose it. Give some details about the artist and the style the picture is painted in.
5. What is SAD? How can we avoid it?
6. What foods are good for our moods and why? Refer to specific information from the article to support your answer.
7. What foods are bad for our moods and why? Refer to specific information from the article to support your answer.
8. Describe the average student diet. How healthy is it? What are the problems for a student who wants to eat healthily.
9. How healthy is your diet? What could you do to improve it?
10. Tell us how to cook a particular dish of your choosing. Make sure your description is full, to allow the listener to go away and actually cook it if they so wish…
11. Summarise the story of the film Touching the Void. What impression did the film make on you?
12. How much of a risk-taker are you? Give examples to support your answer.
13. Describe an extreme sport. Give an idea of the cost, the kind of equipment and the kind of skills needed to perform it.
14. What extreme sports would you like to try, and why?
15. What extreme sports are too extreme for you, and why?
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