- •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
Block I-theoretical(20 questions time limit-20minutes)
1. Choose the right variant:
____ you from Italy?
a) am
b) is
c) are
d) the
2. Choose the right variant:
They’re students. __________ names are James and Marta.
a) my
b) your
c) it
d) their
3. Choose the right variant:
This is ______ international school
a) the
b) an
c) a
d) ----
4. Choose the right variant:
_____ students are Italian.
a) This
b) That
c) These
d) -----
5. Choose the correct plural form of “Woman”
a) womans
b) women
c) womens
6. Choose the right variant:
They _______________ (not have) children.
a) doesn’t have
b) don’t have
c) am not having
d) is not having
7. Choose the right possessive‘s in plural form:
These are my __________ sweets.
a) childrens’
b) the childrens’
c) children’s
d) an childrens’
8. Choose the right variant:
My sister’s son is my _____.
a) nephew
b) niece
c) cousin
d) aunt
9. Choose the right expression:
It's 45°C.
a) I am happy
b) I am cold
c) I am hungry
d) I am hot
10. Choose the right variant:
Julia Roberts played the main role in film “Pretty Woman”. It’s _________ film.
a) Kazakh
b) an American
c) Italian
d) Russian
11. Choose the right variant:
I usually _______ up very late on Sunday morning.
a) swim
b) wake
c) draw
d) have
12. 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
13. Choose the right variant:.
All my family go home____ Christmas.
on
in
At
For
14. Choose the right variant: There ___ any famous people at the party last week.
were
was
weren’t
wasn’t
15. Choose the right variant:.
What__you__ (buy) at the supermarket yesterday?
do __buy
did _ buy
did __bought
do __bought
16. Choose the right variant:
How many bedrooms ___ in your flat?
is there
are there
there are
there is
17.Choose the right variant: A. Oh, hi Dad. Where are you?
B. I’m in my hotel. ___ a drink I the bar.
a) I’m having
b)I have
c) I don’t have
d) I ‘s have
18. Choose the right variant:
She learn Spanish
a) ‘d like to
b) likes
c) like to
d) liking
19. Choose the right variant:
._____Paris or Rome?
a) have you been
b) have you been to
c) have you be to
d) has
20. Choose the right variant:
We____ to Italy last year.
a) go
b) have been
c) went
d) going
Speech activities |
Assignments on 4th level of English language proficiency |
time limit |
% |
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Listening |
1. Giving true/false answers |
4 |
3 |
||
2. Answering the questions according to the content of text |
3 |
2 |
|||
3.Retelling the text |
3 |
3 |
|||
Total |
10 min. |
8% |
|||
Speaking |
1. Speaking on the given topics |
5 |
2 |
||
2. Anwering the questions |
4 |
2 |
|||
3. Describing things (room or classroom) and people (parents or friend) |
1 |
2 |
|||
Total |
10 min. |
6% |
|||
Reading |
1. Read the text and retell the text |
6 |
2 |
||
2 .Make up your own questions according to the text |
3 |
1 |
|||
3. Read the poem. Good reading |
1 |
1 |
|||
Total |
10 min. |
4 % |
|||
Writing |
1. Order the words to make up sentences |
3 |
0,5 |
||
2. Write e-mail to your teacher about you and your study |
2 |
0,5 |
|||
3. Write a dictation |
5 |
1 |
|||
Total |
10 min. |
2% |
|||
Total |
40 min. |
20% |
|||
BLOCK I – PRACTICAL
I level
Total: 0 - 20%. Time limit – 40 min.
LISTENING
For listening you should get 8%. Time limit 10 min.