Speak about your childhood friend or sister/brother. record your answer (audio or
video). speak at least for 1 minute. support your answer with examples. make full sentences using the present/past simple tense, the structure “used to”, ing/ed participles, and vocabulary on the topic “traits of character”, etc.
the following questions will help you. it’s not necessary to answer all of them, just use them to think about what you will say and the language you will need.
what does your childhood friend/sister/brother look like?
what did he/she use to look like when he/she was much younger (in childhood)? was he/she very different?
what is he/she like?
what did he/she use to be like when he/she was much younger (in childhood)? was his/her character very different?
what do you like doing together? what does he/she make you feel like? does he/she make you amused/interested/annoyed?
My Favourite Writer
My favourite writer is Jules Verne, one of the best French writers.
He was born in 1828 and died in 1905.
Jules Verne was trained as a lawyer but he chose to write for magazines and the theatre.
He created a new kind of novel that combined scientific fact with adventure fiction. It was called “scientific fiction". Verne's books quickly became best-sellers. He wrote more than 60 books that formed the popular series "Voyages extraordinaires" (“Extraordinary Journeys”). Most of his books are still popular with readers all over the world.
The most famous works by Jules Verne are “A Journey to the Centre of the Earth”, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, “The Mysterious Island”, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, “From the Earth to the Moon”.
My favourite book is “The Mysterious Island”.