- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Part I. Universal criteria of complex assessment of english language proficiency
- •Introduction
- •Block I-theoretical(20 questions time limit-20minutes)
- •Listen to the text. Give t (true) or f (false) answers - 3% (4 min.) (0.3% for right answer ).
- •2. Answer the questions according to the text – 2% (3 min.) (0.2% for right answer).
- •Speaking
- •II. For speaking you should get 6%. Time limit 10 min.
- •Reading
- •III. For reading you should get 4%. Time limit 10 min.
- •1. Read the text and retell– 2 % (6 min.). Famous people
- •Writing
- •IV. For writing you should get 2%. Time limit 10min.
- •3. Write a dictation-1 % (5 min.).
- •In the countryside
- •Part II Hand outs
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Speaking
- •Grammar. Verb to be, pronouns.
- •A) Present tense verb “to be”
- •B) Consolidation of grammar.
- •It’s nice to meet you.
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •5. Read and translate these proverbs
- •6. Put the phrases in order of importance and explain your choice.
- •7. Answer these questions:
- •What does Ellen think of her being friendless?
- •Is Joy happy with her only friend?
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •What’s the mystery word?
- •My classroom
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Typically British
- •What is typical English breakfast?
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Read the text and put the necessary words.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •Ali’s family
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Underline the adjectives in these sentences
- •She is pretty girl.
- •Listening and writing: Tapescript 3.2 [1.29]
- •"Description of a person and a place"
- •B)In pairs guess the meaning of the highlighted adjectives. Check with your dictionary.
- •Questions for a computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary “Telling the time”.
- •Glossary
- •My daily routine
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary
- •Questions for computer based tes
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •● Use in for parts of the day
- •In the morning/ in the afternoon/ in the evening
- •Choose the right preposition. Write at/on/in
- •Complete with in, on, or at and a time expression:
- •3.15 Listening. You’re going to listen to two other people talk about their favourite times. First listen to these sentences. What do the highlighted words mean?
- •Listening t.12 Listen to the interviews. Complete the chart.
- •Speaking
- •Glossary
- •Office Hours
- •References
- •Hobby rap
- •My hobby
- •Glossary
- •References
- •I also love____________ but my wife prefers ___________.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar Object pronouns: me, you, him, etc.
- •1.1 Correct these sentences.
- •1.2 Circle the correct option. Then check your answers in the audioscript on page 153.
- •1.3 Change the highlighted words to pronouns.
- •Write four names in each circle.
- •Famous actresses
- •Pop groups
- •I have… brothers/sisters/children
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Look at the photo of Mount Rushmore. Who are the men? Match their first names and surnames?
- •Listen to an American tour guide. Check your answers. [1.52] t.5.2
- •Listen complete with numbers and dates.
- •Read and role-play the dialogue
- •Read the text “The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” and underline the verbs in the Past Simple.
- •1. Look at the pictures. What do you know about these famous people? Work in pairs.
- •You are journalist and you work for a tabloid newspaper. You’re going to interview b, a well-known singer who doesn’t often give interviews.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Reading Two famous firsts
- •Glossary
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar: “Past Simple irregular verbs”
- •Writing: Write sentences with the following irregular verbs.
- •Office Hours
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary: houses and furniture
- •2. Prepositions of place:
- •Listening [6.1; 1]
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •Read this conversation between Brian and Sarah. Put the verbs into the correct form.
- •Read the text about neighbours. Answer the questions.
- •Love your neighbours? Sometimes it can be difficult!
- •Guess the meaning of the highlighted words or phrases.
- •Mark the sentences t or f.
- •1. Describe this picture. Do your love your neighbours?
- •2. Ask about neighbors.
- •3. Find Kazakh or Russian equivalents and express your opinion on the sayings. Make up dialogues, using these proverbs.
- •Questions for computer based test
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Cover the dialogues and listen. Where are Ivan and Eva ? Eva has a guide book, so she can tell Ivan about the attractions.
- •2. Listen again. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the present simple. What’s the difference between the two tenses?
- •Imagine you are in London and you get lost. Ask for directions ho w to get to:
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary:
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar
- •Intention We use the special going to construction when we have the intention to do something before we speak. We have already made a decision before speaking. Look at these examples:
- •Glossary
- •II. Write the comparative and superlatives:
- •In pairs, look at the sentences from The True False Show. Write t (true or f (false).
- •IV. Read the text “The coldest and the highest place in the world” and complete each heading with a phrase
- •1. Complete the questions with superlative adjectives.
- •A Beijing b Bangkok c New Delhi
- •2. Two people are discussing commuting. Complete their conversation with comparative or superlative adjectives using the words in brackets.
- •3. Roleplay the dialogue and answer the questions below.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar – Explanation of “Would like to/like”
- •Would like to
- •A. Write sentences and questions with would like.
- •Reading “Are you looking for a really special present?”
- •A Do you like singing in the shower? Would you like to be a pop star? Now you can record the song of your dreams at a real recording studio? Price £ 249.99
- •IV. Home assignment
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Niagara Falls
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Five-year-old banned from bungee jumping
- •Glossary
- •References
- •1. Choose the correct variant in the Past to give.
- •Glossary
- •Our academy
- •Glossary
- •Vocabulary
- •Invitations
- •My impression about my studies
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Part III Collection of tests and lexical materials Block I- Theory
- •Block II - Practice
- •1. Speak on the given topics:
- •2. Answer the following questions on given themes
- •Introducing yourself
- •People and countries
- •Hobbies and leisure
- •About myself
- •My House
- •Asking for medicine
- •Sport activities
- •Is Joy happy with her only friend?
- •Marat and Laura
- •My classroom
- •What is typical English breakfast?
- •"Description of a person and a place"
- •Ali’s family
- •The mystery of Okinawa
- •My hobby
- •Shakespeare’s tragic families
- •The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- •George Washington (1732 – 1799)
- •Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )
- •Two Special Houses in the American Southwest
- •Love your neighbours? Sometimes it can be difficult!
- •The Tower of London
- •“Are you looking for a really special present?”
- •A Do you like singing in the shower? Would you like to be a pop star? Now you can record the song of your dreams at a real recording studio? Price £ 249.99
- •Niagara Falls
- •Our academy
- •What are you going to do on your birthday?
- •My impression about my studies
- •Writing
- •Writing a postcard: Imagine you are on holiday. Send your friend a postcard. Write (40 - 50 words):
- •5. Write a letter to the animal home asking for a job.
- •6. Writing an invitation letter: Write an invitation letter, use the model.
- •In the countryside
- •English proverbs and sayings
- •American English-British guide
References
Main literature
1. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing . New English File. Elementary. Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2010.
2. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File. Elementary. Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Additional literature
3. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary. Student’s book. Oxford University Press.
4. Audio cassettes of New Headway. Elementary.
5.Internet resources.
Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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Hand out |
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English as a foreign language |
Department of General Humanitarian Training |
Elementary level |
Academic year 2012-2013 |
2credits |
The 1st term |
Practical lesson № 10 |
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Lexical theme “Daily routine. Telling the time.” Grammar “Present simple tense” |
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Assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna |
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Warming up
What day is it today?
What’s the weather like today?
Do you like this weather?
What season is it now?
Do you like Autumn? Why?
What’s the weather like in Autumn?
Pupils: It often rains in autumn.
It’s usually cold and windy in autumn.
It’s seldom snowing in autumn.
T: It often rains in autumn. It’s usually cold and windy in autumn. It’s seldom snowy in autumn.
What Grammar tense is it?
Pupils: Present Simple.
T: It’s right. We use the present simple for repeated actions.
Grammar
Present Simple
When do we use the Present Simple
We use the Present Simple for:
daily routines He does his homework in the evening
repeated actions She goes to the gym every Wednesday
habits He always takes the train to work.
timetables The play starts at 8:00.
permanent states He studies English.
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Affirmative Negative
I like / go I don’t like
He likes / goes He doesn’t like
She likes / goes She doesn’t like
It likes / goes It doesn’t like
We like / go We don’t like
You like / go You don’t like
Vocabulary “Telling the time”.
Match the pictures to the times.
It’s ten past eight;
It’s twenty to six;
It’s quarter past one;
It’s ten to eleven;
It’s twelve o’clock;
It’s five past two;
It’s twenty five to one;
It’s quarter to seven;
It’s half past four;
It’s nine o’clock;
It’s five to eight.
Speaking
Daily activities
Routines Do you…? get up early on weekdays have (a big) breakfast/lunch/dinner catch the bus to school/work go to bed late do homework work out in the gym
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Free time Do you …? read newspapers/magazines/books go to the zoo listen to music play sports meet friends watch dvds go jogging
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Chores Do you …? vacuum the floor make the beds mow the lawn walk the dog take out the rubbish iron the clothes do the shopping do the washing up dust the furniture
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Which of the activities above do you rarely /often/sometimes/usully/always do? Which do you every day/morning/afternoon? once/twice a wek/? at weekends?
Student 1: I never read books.
I seldom do me homework.
Every morning I watch TV.
I visit my granny every weekend.
Listening[1, p.31
You are going to listen to Simon talking to Professor Parker. Listen to things Simon says and answer the questions.
How many children does Simon have?
What time does he get up?
Why doesn’t he have breakfast?
What time does he start work?
How many cuos of coffee does he drink?
What does he have for lunch?
What time does he finish work?
Why doesn’t he have dinner with his family?
What time does he get home?
What does he do after dinne?
Reading
Read the text.
Ann's dау
Ann usually gets uр at half past seven in the morning. She goes to the bathroom, cleans her teeth and washes her hands and face. Then she does her morning exercises. She has breakfast at eight о'clock. For breakfast she usually has an egg, а sandwich and а cup of coffee. She thanks her mother for her breakfast and goes to school.
Ann lives near her school. She likes to 1earn. She always gets goоd marks. Ann usually has five or six lessons. She comes home at two о'clock, has her dinner and goes for а walk with her dog Spot. At half past three Ann has her music lesson. She plays the violin. Ann does her homework from five о ‘clock to seven о’ clocks. In the evening Ann's parents and grandparents have supper. After supper Ann helps her mother to wash the dishes. Then she watches television or reads а book or а magazine. At ten о'clock Ann goes to bed.
Answer the questions
When does Ann usually get up in the morning?
When does she have her breakfast?
How many lessons does she usually have?
When does she go to bed?
Speaking
In pairs, interview your partner about his/her typical day.
What time …? |
wake up get up go to academy start classes have lunch finish classes go home have dinner go to bed |
(It depends.) At about eight o’clock.
Tell us what do you do every day.
S 1: First I get up. Then I wash my face, brush my teeth. After that I have breakfast. Then I brush my hair. I say ‘Goodbye’ and go to academy.
S 2: …
S3: …
Writing
Write an article for a magazine: My favorite day.
Write four paragraphs. Answer the questions
What’s your favourite day of the week? Why?
What do you usually do in the morning?
Where do you have lunch? What do you usually do after lunch?
What do usually do in the evening?
Find pictures of you/your family doing some activities. Write a short description of each. Write: who they are where they are what they are doing/ wearing how often they do so
Everyday English
Requests
Making requests -Can you please…? Could you …? -Would you mind (verb+ing)…? |
Responding -Yes, of course. -Sorry, I can’t. I’m … -No problem. I/m … -I’m afraid not. I’m… |
A: Can you please take out the rubbish?
B: Yes, of course.
Questions for computer based test
1. Choose the right variant:
I usually _______ up very late on Sunday morning.
a) swim
b) wake
c) draw
d) have
2. Choose the right variant:
I always _______ breakfast before I go to work.
a) run
b) go
c) have
d) drive
3. Choose the right variant:
It is 7.45
a) it is quartet to eight
b) it is half past seven
c) it is seven
d) it is quarter past seven
4. Choose the right variant:
I open the wardrobe, choose the clothes and ___________ .
a) have breakfast
b) get dressed
c) wake up
