- •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
It’s nice to meet you.
Michael: Hi, My name is Michael Ota.
Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Miller.
Michael: It’s nice to meet you, Jennifer.
Jennifer: Nice to meet you, too.
Michael: I’m sorry. What’s your last name, again?
Jennifer: It’s Miller.
b) Spelling names. Read and practice with your own names. Make a list of your group-mates’ names.
A: What’s your name?
B: I’m Sarah Conner.
A: Is that S-A-R-A-H?
B: Yes, that’s right.
A: How do you spell your last name? C-O-N-N-O-R?
B: No, it’s C-O-N-N-E-R.
c) Complete the conversation with the correct words in parentheses. Then practice with a partner.
David: Hello, Jennifer. How …are…(is / are) you?
Jennifer: (She’s / I’m) fine, thanks.
…….. (I’m / It’s) sorry – what’s your name again?
David: (He’s / It’s) David – David Medina.
Jennifer: That’s right! David, this ……….. (is / am) Sarah Conner.
………… (She’s / He’s) in our math class.
David: Hi, Sarah. ………… (I’m / It’s) nice to meet you.
Sarah: Hi, David. I think ……….. (you’re / I’m) in my English class, too.
David: Oh, right! Yes, I ……… (are / am).
Listening
Listen to the dialogue: “Nice to meet you” (Active vocabulary) [1.1; 1]
numbers 1-20, days of the week.
1) Listen and read. Number the pictures 1-4 1 A Hi, I’m Tom. What’s your name? B Anna. A Sorry? B Anna! 2 A Hi, Dad. This is Dave. B Hello. Nice to meet you. C Nice to meet you. 3 A Good evening. What’s your name? B My name is Janet Leigh. C You’re in room 5. 4 A Hello, John. How are you? B I’m fine, thanks. And you? A very well, thank you. |
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2) Listen and repeat the numbers [1.6; 1]:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3) Practice these numbers.
3) Complete the days of the week with a CAPITAL letter. Listen and repeat [1.9; 1]:
W F S T M
M onday
__ ueasday
__ ednesday
__ hursday
__ riday
__ aturday
__ unday
Questions for computer based test
1. Choose the right answer.
Hello, I ____ Paola.
a) is
b) are
c) am
d) will
2. Choose the right answer.
My name _____ Peter.
a) are
b) is
c) am
d) will
3. Choose the right answer.
How old ______ you?
a) are
b) is
c) am
d) was
4. Choose the right answer.
Nice to meet _____ .
a) my
b) our
c) you
d) they
Home assignment
1. To learn by heart the days of the week, months.
2. Spell correctly the dates and year.
Glossary
English |
Russian |
Kazakh |
get up |
вставать |
тұру |
weekdays |
будние дни |
жұмыс күндері |
weekends |
выходные дни |
демалыс күндері |
fast |
быстро |
жылдам |
hour |
Час |
сағат |
gym |
тренажерный зал |
тренажер залы |
fortunately |
к счастью |
бақытына орай |
SIW
Complete the conversation and practice in groups.
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Nicole: Excuse me. …Are… you Steven Carson?
David: No, …… not, My name …… David Medina.
Steven ……… over there.
Nicole: Oh, sorry.
Nicole: ………….. you Steven Carson?
Steven: Yes, I ………
Nicole: Hi. …………… Nicole Johnson.
Steven: Oh, ……… in my math class, right?
Nicole: Yes, I ……
Steven: ………… nice to meet you.
Office hours
Introduce yourself to five other students, say what city or region are you from:
- Hello. My name is Antonio.
What’s your name?
Watching the video of “Headway” – “Nice to meet you!”
Discussing about the weekdays and weekends.
