TRINITY

Important news:
4th graders:

IT IS OBLIGATORY BY LAW TO DO THE TRINITY EXAM THIS YEAR!

Have a look at what you have to know for your Trinity Exam: Whenever you have some spare time you should go over the grammar and the vocabulary. Remember, you know which your level is.


Most of you will be doing Grade 4, some Grade 3.

Do some revision at home. Ask your family to help or just read out the questions and answer them:


Trinity questions Grade 4: Food and Shops

FOOD
 
What did you eat yesterday?
I ate.. 
What is your favourite food?
My favourite food is...
Where do you usually have lunch?
I usually have lunch at home / in the school.
What do you usually have for lunch?
I usually have...
What do you like to eat for breakfast?
I like to eat...
Do you always eat dinner with your family?
Yes, I do / No, I don't
Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?
I prefer to eat at...
How often do you eat at a restaurant?
I eat at a restaurant once / twice / three times...a week / a month...

SHOPS 

Do you like shopping? Why?
Yes, I do. Because...
No, I don't. Because...
How often do you go shopping?
I go shopping once / twice / three times...a week / a month...
Did you go shopping last week?
Yes, I did / No, I didn't 
What did you buy? 
I bought...
Do you usually go shopping with your parents?
Yes, I do / No, I don't 
Are you going shopping next week? 
Yes, I am / No, I'm not

Grade 3:


DAILY   ROUTINES   AND   TIMES:   PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Tell me about your daily routines ..? / What time do you ..?
-On Mondays … / -I get up at 7 o’clock, then I brush my teeth, and then I go to school at 8 0’clock. / -At the weekend … /
-In summer / In winter …
DESCRIBING   CURRENT   ACTIVITIES:   PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
What’s he doing? –He’s swimming. / What are they doing? –They’re playing. / What are we doing? –We’re talking.
GIVING DATES
What’s the date today? –It’s the 19th of October. / It’s October the 19th.
What was the date yesterday? –It was the 18th of October. / It was October the 18th.
When’s your birthday? / When’s your mum’s birthday? / When’s your dad’s birthday? / When’s your brother’s birthday? /
When’s your sister’s birthday? / When’s Christmas? –It’s on the 6th of July.
EXPRESSING ABILITY AND INABILITY:   CAN / CAN’T
Can you swim? –Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.
GIVING   VERY   SIMPLE   DIRECTIONS   AND   LOCATIONS:   IMPERATIVE
Give me directions from the school to the park. –From the school … / Go along the road … / Go straight ahead … /
Take the first (second / third / fourth / fifth) street on the left / right … / Turn left / right … / Then go across the bridge … /
And then go up / down the hill … / And the park is on the left / on the right / in front of the shop / behind the cinema / opposite the supermarket.
DESCRIBING   THE   WEATHER:   IT’S / IT WAS
What’s the weather like today? –It’s sunny / raining / snowing./What was the weather like yesterday? –It was sunny / raining…
DESCRIBING   STATES   IN   THE   PAST:   WAS / WERE
Where were you yesterday? –I was in London. / What was the weather like in London? –It was sunny and cloudy.
ASKING   SIMPLE   QUESTIONS   ABOUT   EVERYDAY   LIFE:   PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Where do you live?/What do you do in you free time?/What time do you get up in the mornings?/What is the weather like in your town?



Grade 4:

GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Present Simple Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Past Simple Tense

Going to for the Future

Like + gerund / infinitive

Adverbs / adverbials of frequency and expressions of past time

Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives



LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS

TALKING   ABOUT   PAST   EVENTS

Tell me about last weekend. Where did you go and what did you do?

-Last weekend I went to the beach and I swam in the sea and played beach volley.
Tell me about you last holiday.
-Last summer, we went to London. We stayed in a hotel and went sightseeing and shopping.
TALKING   ABOUT   FUTURE   PLANES   AND   INTENTIONS
What are you going to do next weekend?
-Next weekend, I’m going to go shopping with my friends and I’m going to visit my grandparents in the countryside.
Tell me about your next holiday.
-For my next holiday, we’re going to visit Paris. We’re going to stay in a hotel and visit the Eiffel Tower and then we’re going to  visit EuroDisney.
EXPRESSING   SIMPLE   COMPARISONS
Tell me about the difference between your town and London.
-London is bigger than my town and it’s more interesting.
-London has more shops than my town and I think they’re cheaper than in my town.
-London is one of the most interesting cities in the world.
EXPRESSING   LIKES   AND   DISLIKES
What kind of shops do you like and which ones don’t you like?
-I like clothes shops and shoe shops. I dislike going to the supermarket.
I don’t like sports shops, but I love bookshops.
DESCRIBING   AND   FREQUENCY
How often do you play sport?
-In the summer, I play football every day.
-I play tennis twice a week.
-I usually play rugby in the winter.
-I rarely play any sport.

Click on the picture and find the vocabulary for Grade 4 which most of you are going to do:
(You will have to go over 7 words every week!)


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6enDsmqUWciYmJTMFFVSWtvWjA/view?usp=sharing

 
This is the link for the TRINITY vocabulary for all grades.
Go down the page and click on your grade.

Go over the vocabulary and make sure you understand the meaning of the words.
http://heliosingles.wordpress.com/examenes-oficiales/trinity-exams/