HiTalk – Trial lesson

KET
 Table of contents

01 Speaking 02 Listening

03 Reading 04 Writing
 01
Speaking
5 points
Ts see note

Free talk
 There are 2 pictures with 2 topics.
(1A and 1B)

Choose 1 topic with 1 picture to speak.

(1A and 1B)
1A - Friends 1B - Home
A. Now, let’s talk about friends

Questions:
1. How often do you see your friends?
2. What do you like doing with your friends?
3. Where do your friends live?
Extended question:

Now, please tell me something about one of your friends.

 B. Now, let’s talk about home

Ts open note to see questions

Now, please tell me something about the things you
like doing at the weekends.
 02
Listening
5 points
For each question, write the correct answer in the gap.
Write one word or a number or a date or a time.
You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students about summer jobs.

August

10 - 15

drive

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a photo
 03
Reading
5 points
 Answer the questions
1. The hottest place on Earth.
2. Antarctica - the place with the most
Death Valley is one of the world’s hottest
areas, but the place with the record for the weather records
highest temperature is El Aziziya in Libya.
Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme
There, the temperature reached a record of
57.8°c in 1922. Death Valley’s highest weather. It’s the world’s coldest place. And it’s the wettest,
temperature on record is 56.7°c. That’s not a but also the driest place. Are you surprised? Well, here are
lot cooler.
the facts. People cannot live in Antarctica all year round
because it’s too cold. In 1983 scientists recorded the
lowest temperature ever: -89.4°C! It’s also the wettest
place on earth, but not because it’s got the most rain or
snow. It’s the ‘wettest’ place because 98% of Antarctica is
covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because it
never rains there - it only snows! Antarctica holds another
record too - there is a place there with the world’s thickest
ice; it’s 2,555 m deep!
1 Which is hotter, El Aziziya or Death Valley?

El Aziziya
 Answer the questions
1. The hottest place on Earth.
Death Valley is one of the world’s hottest 2. Antarctica - the place with the most
areas, but the place with the record for the
highest temperature is El Aziziya in Libya.
weather records
There, the temperature reached a record of Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme
57.8°c in 1922. Death Valley’s highest
weather. It’s the world’s coldest place. And it’s the wettest,
temperature on record is 56.7°c. That’s not a
lot cooler. but also the driest place. Are you surprised? Well, here are
the facts. People cannot live in Antarctica all year round
because it’s too cold. In 1983 scientists recorded the
lowest temperature ever: -89.4°C! It’s also the wettest
place on earth, but not because it’s got the most rain or
snow. It’s the ‘wettest’ place because 98% of Antarctica is
covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because it
never rains there - it only snows! Antarctica holds another
record too - there is a place there with the world’s thickest
2 What place holds the most weather records?
ice; it’s 2,555 m deep!

Antarctica.
 Answer the questions
2. Antarctica - the place with the most weather 3. The world’s best and worst
records weather
Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme weather. It’s So where are the best and worst places in the
the world’s coldest place. And it’s the wettest, but also the driest world for weather? That’s the most difficult

place. Are you surprised? Well, here are the facts. People cannot question. What’s good for one person may be bad

live in Antarctica all year round because it’s too cold. In 1983 for another. In 2012 an organisation named
‘International Living’ tried to answer this - their
scientists recorded the lowest temperature ever: -89.4°C! It’s also
number 1 for the best weather was Italy, their
the wettest place on earth, but not because it’s got the most rain
number 2 was France, and Mexico was number 3!
or snow. It’s the ‘wettest’ place because 98% of Antarctica is
Where do you think your country would come?
covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because it never rains
there - it only snows! Antarctica holds another record too - there is
Why is it difficult to say where the world's
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a place there with the world’s thickest ice; it’s 2,555 m deep!
best and worst weather is?

Because people have different ideas about what

‘good’ and ‘bad’ weather is.
 Answer the questions
2. Antarctica - the place with the most weather 3. The world’s best and worst
records weather
Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme weather. It’s So where are the best and worst places in the
the world’s coldest place. And it’s the wettest, but also the driest world for weather? That’s the most difficult

place. Are you surprised? Well, here are the facts. People cannot question. What’s good for one person may be bad

live in Antarctica all year round because it’s too cold. In 1983 for another. In 2012 an organisation named
‘International Living’ tried to answer this - their
scientists recorded the lowest temperature ever: -89.4°C! It’s also
number 1 for the best weather was Italy, their
the wettest place on earth, but not because it’s got the most rain
number 2 was France, and Mexico was number 3!
or snow. It’s the ‘wettest’ place because 98% of Antarctica is
Where do you think your country would come?
covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because it never rains
there - it only snows! Antarctica holds another record too - there is
Where's the world's driest
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a place there with the world’s thickest
place?
ice; it’s 2,555 m deep!

Antarctica is the world’s driest place.

 Answer the questions
1. The hottest place on
2. Antarctica - the place with the most weather records
Earth.
Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme weather. It’s the
Death Valley is one of the world’s world’s coldest place. And it’s the wettest, but also the driest place. Are
hottest areas, but the place with the you surprised? Well, here are the facts. People cannot live in Antarctica all
record for the highest temperature is year round because it’s too cold. In 1983 scientists recorded the lowest
El Aziziya in Libya. There, the temperature ever: -89.4°C! It’s also the wettest place on earth, but not
temperature reached a record of because it’s got the most rain or snow. It’s the ‘wettest’ place because
57.8°c in 1922. Death Valley’s 98% of Antarctica is covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because
highest temperature on record is it never rains there - it only snows! Antarctica holds another record too -
56.7°c. That’s not a lot cooler! 5 Could you live
there is a place there with the world’s thickest ice; it’s 2,555 m deep!
3. The world’s best and worst there?
weather
So where are the best and worst places in
the world for weather? That’s the most
difficult question. What’s good for one
person may be bad for another. In 2012 an
organisation named ‘International Living’
tried to answer this - their number 1 for the
best weather was Italy, their number 2 was
03
Writing
5 points
 Write a paragraph with at least 35 words about your best friend

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Thank
you!