- •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
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- •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
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- •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
Write four names in each circle.
TV programmes
____________________________________________________________
Famous actors
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Famous actresses
________________________________________________________
Pop groups
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Useful language
b) In group ask and answer.
What do you think of? Iike him.
I don’t like her He’s OK/great/terrible.
(Russell Crowe) love it.
hate them. I don’t know him/her/them/it.
Writing
1 Write a short text (two or three sentences) about your family. Use the useful phrases to help you.
Useful phrases
My family is from…
My mother’s/father’s name is…
My parents are from…
I have… brothers/sisters/children
2 Work in pairs. Exchange texts and write one question about your parent’s family.
What are your children’s name?
Where are your grandparent’s from?
3 Give your paper back to your partner. Rewrite your text including the answer to the question.
Questions for computer based test
1. Choose the right variant
That’s ___ car.
a) my
b) mine
c) him
d) ours
2. Choose the right variant
I’m Irish. __ family is from Dublin.
a) her
b) my
c) his
d) its
3. Choose the right variant
What’s __ name?
a) you
b) your
c) yours
d) your’s
4. Choose the right variant
I like you. Do you like __ ?
a) I
b) me
c) mine
d) your
Glossary
English |
Russian |
Kazakh |
revenge |
месть |
өш |
enemy |
враг |
жау |
jealous |
ревность |
қызғаныш |
relationship |
отношение |
қарым-қатынас |
companions |
сотрудник |
серіктес |
power |
власть |
билік |
Carry |
носить |
тасу |
marry |
женится |
үйлену |
Home assignment
Ex. 4,5[2, p.8-9]
SIW
Write a short story (eight to ten sentences) about your family using object and possessive pronouns.
Make presentation in Power point «My favourite heroes from films».
Translate the text. Man’s best friend?
The relationship between dogs and humans is more than 12,000 years old. People use dogs for defence, for carrying things, for transport and even for food. In many parts of the world, people use dogs as companions and pets in the home. The care of dogs in the United States and Britain is a multi-billion dollar business.
Office hours
CD “New English File” 7 C (grammar, video, vocabulary).
Discussing about “Shakespeare’s tragic families”.
References
Main literature
1. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary. Student’s book Oxford University Press, 2010.
2. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary. Workbook Oxford University, 2010.
Additional literature
John and Liz Soars, New Headway, Oxford University Press, Workbook, 2009
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 |
2 credits |
The 1st term |
Practical lesson № 16 |
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Lexical theme “Famous people” Grammar “Past Simple of be: was/ were” |
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Assistant professor Karybayeva Adina Seilgazyevna |
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Grammar Past Simple Use was/were to talk about the past. [2]
Past simple of be; was, were
Positive |
Negative |
Question |
Short answers |
I was |
I wasn’t |
Was I? |
Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. |
You were |
You weren’t |
Were you? |
Yes, you were. No, you weren’t. |
He/she/it was |
He/she/it wasn’t |
Was he/she/it? |
Yes, he/she/it was. No, he/she/it wasn’t/ |
We were |
We weren’t |
Were we? |
Yes, we were. No we weren’t. |
They were |
They weren’t |
Were they? |
Yes, they were. No, they weren’t. |
Exercise 1 Choose the correct verb forms.
My family and I….. (was/were) all born in Korea-we….. (wasn’t/weren’t) born in the U.S. I….(was/were) born in the city of Inchon, and my brother…..(was/were)born there, too. My parents …..(wasn’t/weren’t) born in Inchon.
Exercise 2 Complete these questions with was or were.
……you born in this city?
When…..you born?
Where …….your parents born?
When ……...your mother born?
When………your father born?
…….you and your family in city last year?
……..you at this school last year?
Who…..your first English teacher?
What nationality ………your first English teacher
What ……..he or she like?
Listening[1.52] T.5.1.