Preparing for B2 First Exam: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, Guide, Progetti e Ricerche di Inglese

Scarica Preparing for B2 First Exam: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking e più Guide, Progetti e Ricerche in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! HOME, BUT NOT ALONE Support learning towards B2 First (for Schools) E: Cambridge Assessment <&&D English Reading & Use of English 75 mins It’s been over six months since I last saw Dan. SEEN I HAVE NOT SEEN DAN for over six months. FE: Cambridge Assessment D English Reading and Use of English e Part 4 For questions 25 — 30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: O Prizes are given out when the school year finishes. PLACE PrÎZE GIVINQ LL. end of each school year. The gap can be filled by the words ‘takes place at the‘, so you write: Example: [o] TAKES PLACE AT THE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. A good reader can… work out meanings of unknown words ignore unknown words if not important to main message recognise PARAPHRASING (saying the same thing using different words) Which person says… Their favourite time was when the band was first together? Correct Match Enjoy the days when you’re starting out – they’re the best! Multiple Matching Read the instructions. Find evidence in the text for your answer (and against the other options) Skim texts first. Find key words in questions. If gaps: check before and after the gap. Cambridge Assessment i, English Writing 80 mins Essential things to remember about THE ESSAY It should… …be written in a SEMI-FORMAL REGISTER throughout (the intended reader is always a teacher) Essential things to remember about THE ESSAY It should… …be WELL- ORGANISED INTRODUCTION CONCLUSION It is often said that young people nowadays would not be able to live without their mobile phones. To some extent, I would agree with this point of view. Conclusion To sum up, these days young people clearly need their mobile phones for numerous reasons. Consequently, to my mind, they would certainly have some difficulties managing without them. Introduction People say the youth of today are dependent on their mobile phones. What do you think? do Cambridge Assessment English Listening » 40 min Cambridge Assessment a, " D English 40 min Number of | Number of Part eesrorsii [mata Task types | Focus Format The focus is on genre A series of short unrelated extracts, Multi identifying speaker feeling, of approximately 30 seconds each, ultiple attitude. topic. opinion from monologues or exchanges 1 8 8 choice pu "top vana bei between interacting speakers. There pose, ag! — is one multiple-choice question per speakers, gist and detail. text, each with three options. The focus is on detail, A monologue lasting 3-4 minutes. 2 1 0 1 0 Sentence identifying specific Candidates are required to completion | information and stated complete the sentences with opinion. information heard on the recording. Five short related monologues of Multiple The focus is on identifying approximately 30 seconds each. 3 5 5 atei speaker feeling, attitude, There are five questions which ing detail, gist and opinion. require the selection of the correct option from a list of eight. The focus is on identifying An interview or exchange between 4 7 7 Multiple opinion, attitude, detail, two speakers and lasting 3-4 choice gist, main idea and specific minutes. There are seven 3-option Total 30 |30 information. multiple-choice questions. ID ppt Accepted ‘worldwide  Cambridge Assessment English 2 Part1 You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1 — 8, choose the best answer (A. BorC). 1. Youheara message on a telephone answering machine Why is the speaker calling? A to confirm some arrangements B toissue an invitation (to persuade someone to do something 2. Youheartwo people talking about a waler-sports centre. The man says the centre should A pay more attention to safety. B offeractivities for small children. C provide all the equipment needed. 3. Youheara professional tennis player talking about her career. What annoys her most about interviewers? A their belief that she leads a giamorous life B their assumption that she's motivated by money their tendency to disturb her while she's travelling 4 Youheara poet talking about his work. What is he doing? A giving his reasons for starting to visit schools B justifying the childiike nature of some of his recent poems Cexplaining that his poems appeal to people of different ages Underline the KEY words in the question! 3 You hear two peopie talking about a programme they saw on TV. The woman thinks the programme was A iritating B sad © uninformative. You hear two people talking about an ice-hockey game they ve just seen How does the giri feel about it? A pleasedto have had the experience B relieved that she'd dressed appropriately © impressed by the performance of the team You overhear two friends talking about a restaurant. What do they both like about it? A the presentation of the food B the atmosphere of the piace © the originality of the cooking You hear a man talking on the radio. What type of information is he giving? A atravel announcement Baweather forecast © anaccident report • Listen to the end before choosing your answer If short extracts, • Write exactly the words you hear; no long answers! If you need to fill in gaps, • Read the questions and predict! • Don’t panic if you didn’t catch an answer. Try to guess, if nothing else helps. Throughout: Speaking 14 min EE Cambridge Assessment D English Speaking tasks 14 min The Speaking test contains four parts. There are two candidates and two examiners. One examiner acts as both interlocutor ‘and assessor and manages the interaction either by asking questions or providing cues for the candidates. The other acts as assessor and does not join in the conversation. (spoken questions). Part Timing Task type and interaction Focus A conversation between the 1 2 minutes interlocutor and each candidate The took son general interactional and social language. A 1-minute 'long tum' for each candidate, plus a 2 30-second response from the second candidate. The total time for Part 2 is 4 minutes. An individual ‘long turn' for each candidate with a response from the second candidate. In turn, the candidates are given a pair of photographs to talk about. The focus is on organising a larger unit of discourse; comparing, describing and expressing opinions. A 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute 3 decision-making task. The total time for Part 3 is 4 minutes. A two-way conversation between the candidates. The candidates are given spoken instructions with written stimuli, which are used in discussion and decision- making tasks. The focus is on sustaining an interaction; exchanging ideas, ‘expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc 4 4 minutes A discussion on topics related to the collaborative task (spoken questions). The focus is on expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing and speculating ID ppt Accepted ‘worldwide Both pictures show people trying to win in a sport competition, but in the first picture we can see a tennis player, while in the second one there are runners. I think playing tennis is not as tough as running, but a tennis game takes much longer than running, or sprinting. So for tennis you don‘t need to push yourself to the extreme, as you do when you sprint, but you have to keep up your strength over one or two hours. Also, you play tennis against an opponent, so you have to be quick reacting, and to keep your cool. On the whole, I guess it‘s more difficult to win in tennis. Expressing opinions Show a range Use natural fillers and discourse markers do Cambridge Assessment English basically, actually, but of course, ‘tnough, especially, like, kind of, è whether, obviously, arguably, right? 7 it might be the case that, Il suppose, and so, and so on, really, don't you think? What you can do to prepare: Do practice tests Improve your English where needed Get info about exam day Test yourself. With an authentic practice test! And see where you still need to improve. 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Options A, B, C and Dare are frequently tested and so are words followed by always the same kind of word (e.g. verbs). a preposition (e.g. aware of). * Part 1 mainly tests vocabulary but you may also need to understand grammatical links between words, or the text as a whole. Useful language: collocations 1 Matcheach nounin the box with the verbs below. (Some nouns go with more Tip! Prepare for this . task by keeping than one verb.) Then think of more nouns to add to each column. a record of words a break a job amistake a noise a party a photo a shower go — _ Lu. _ n. together (e.g. ride friends fun notes progress riding shopping skiing a bike, loud noîse) some homework sports swimming the bus the dishes time make have go take do a mistake If you need more language practice, … Use learning resources •From our website Cambridge Assessment D English Home Whychooseus? v Examsandtestsv LearningEnglish v —TeachingEnglish v Blog News Cambridge English > Learni... > Activities for = — Learning English Skill IREIVISI] ?. 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