1. Final Exam Preparation
Spoken English I
Fujian Normal University

2. Final Exam Review
Date: Wednesday January 9 & 10, 2013 Schedule: Groups of 6 enter classroom Procedure: Groups of 3 to examine each time. Format: 3 Parts to the exam

3. Exam Format Part 1 Fluency and Pronunciation:
Read “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”
Part 2 Sentence Patterns Interview:
2 questions will be asked about 1 topic from likes/dislikes, describing people or describing places
Directions. A map will be provided and you must give directions for a place assigned to you
Part 3: Verb Tense, Pronunciation
Autobiography name. Ask your partner ONE question from the autobiography name.

4. Part 1:

5. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by: Dr. Seuss
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Black fish, blue fish, old fish, new fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are. Yes. Some are red. And some are blue. Some are old. And some are new. Some are sad. And some are glad. And some are very, very bad. Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad. Some are thin. And some are fat. The fat one has a yellow hat.

6. From there to here, from here to there, Funny things are everywhere
From there to here, from here to there, Funny things are everywhere. Here are some who like to run. They run for fun in the hot, hot sun. Oh me! Oh my! Oh me! Oh my! What a lot of funny things go by Some have two feet and some have four. Some have six feet and some have more. Where do they come from? I can’t say. But I bet that have come a long, long way. We see them come. We see them go. Some are fast. And some are slow. Some are high. And some are low. Not one of them is like another. Don't ask us why. Go ask your mother.

7. Who am I. My name is Ned. I do not like my little bed This is no good
Who am I? My name is Ned. I do not like my little bed This is no good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, Oh Dear! My head sticks out of bed up here! We like our bike. It is made for three Our Mike sits up in back, you see. We like our Mike and this is why: Mike does all the work when the hills get high. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I can not hear. Will you please come over near? Will you please look in my ear? There must be something there, I fear.

8. Say, look. A bird was in your ear. But he is out. So have no fear
Say, look! A bird was in your ear. But he is out. So have no fear. Again your ear can hear, my dear. My hat is old. My teeth are gold. I have a bird, I like to hold. My shoe is off. My foot is cold. And now my story is all told.

9. Part 2: Asking About Likes and Dislikes
POSITIVE ANSWERS
I’m crazy about it.
It’s great.
It’s okay.
UNCERTAIN ANSWERS
I don’t know.
I’ve never tasted it.
NEGATIVE ANSWERS
I hate it
I don’t like it
I can’t stand it
NEUTRAL ANSWERS
It’s okay. (rising tone)
It’s all right. (rising tone)
It’s not bad. (rising tone)
QUESTIONS
How do you like pizza?
How do you feel about pizza?
What do you think of pizza?
PRACTICE
hamburgers
basketball
Mexican food
Kobe Bryant
Hunger Games
Leonardo Di Caprio

10. Part 2: Asking About Kinds and Favourites
Question
Answer
What kind/sort/type of movies do you like?
All kinds, but I especially like love stories.
I like love stories best.
What’s your favourite movie?
I like the Hunger Games best.
My favorite is the Hunger Games
Who’s your favourite actor?
I like Leonardo DiCaprio best.
My favorite is Leonardo DiCaprio.
PRACTICE:
Food: Chinese Sports : volleyball Movies: love stories
American soccer action movies
Korean basketball documentaries
Mongolian swimming musicals

11. Part 2: Sentence Patterns for Places
QUESTIONS What did you think of (city)? How is/was the (noncount noun)? What is/was the (noncount noun) like? How are/were the (countable noun)? What are/were the (countable noun) like?
ANSWERS It’s/It was _____. They are/were _____.
C: Roads, Houses, buildings, restaurants, people
NC: Food, downtown/countryside, weather, transportation

12. Part 2: Sentence Patterns Talking about People
Question How tall is he/she? What color is his/her hair? What kind of hair does he/she have? What color are his/her eyes? What ethnicity is he/she? What is he/she wearing?
Answer
He/she’s __height___.
He/she has (length), (color), (texture) hair.
He/She has color eyes.
He/She is/looks __ethnicity/race_
He’s/she’s wearing (a/an) item of clothing.

13. Part 2: Map Directions Intersection to location, location to location
Method of transportation (walking, driving, subway, bus)
Time to destination

14. Part 3: Past Tense: The Autobiography Game
A true story about your own life
In groups of 3
Pick a card from the top of the pile
Read the question to person on your right.
Answer the question in the correct past tense.

15. Grade Breakdown Dr Seuss Sentence Patterns Directions
Autobiography Game
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Pronun
Fluency
approp
clarity
appro
Q-pronun
A-tense
A-appro 3 1 2