BEC-Summer, Exam Preparation

Your exams will take place on the following dates:

1. Written exam (regular classroom, regular time - 1,5 hours) Monday July 3rd
3. Oral exam (at the time you sign up for, in my office; you don't have to come at any other time!), Tuesday, July 4th.

If you need help with the Oral Exam Preparation, I will be in my office Friday, 2:00 -3:00, and Monday 12:15- 1:30

Written Exam Preparation:

The exam has three parts:

Listening Comprehension
Vocabulary testing
Grammar Testing.

Part One: Listening Comprehension.

You will be given a set of 10 questions that you will answer in the full sentence form, not in incomplete answers and one-word answers.
Example:
You hear: He and his wife go camping each weekend.

Question: How do they spend their weekend?
Incorrect: camping
Incorrect: go camping.
Correct: They go camping.

Only perfectly correct answers score full points. Grammar and spelling mistakes will cost you points. You have the scripts, you have the CD, you have no valid excuse to do poorly on the listening part.

Part Two: Vocabulary.

The way I would possibly test vocabulary:
Any form of testing in your workbook (each chapter has a vocabulary testing part – do it!)
Or:

You may be asked to list:

a) weekend and leisure activities (Unit 1) [approx. 10].
b) Sicknesses and injuries (Unit 2)
c) important events in an ordinary person’s life (being born, starting school, etc.)
d) things you can do while traveling around the world: Canada, Australia, India, etc. (unit 4)
e) 10 things you should or shouldn’t do in either business/studying English/ cultural differences.
E.g. "Usually in many Islamic countries you ______________________"
"When you visit a place of worship you __________________________"

What kind of parties are there: birthday, housewarming, farewell, welcome, retirement, anniversary, office, theme, costume/fancy-dress party, etc.
f) provide the approprite expression for the given clues:
when you have a cold your throat is ____________, and your nose is ________, you feel hot, you might have a ___________

Part Three: Grammar

To study, look at the grammar pages in your workbook.

a) Describe your ordinary week using all the adverbs of frequency you’ve learned (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never).

b) Decide whether to use and, but or so

c) Make questions based on the text. E.g.
"Shakespeare is a famous English playwright. He was born in England in the 16ht century. He wrote many plays. He married Anne Hathaway...."
E.g. Who is Shakespeare?
Where was he born?
When was he born?
What did he write?
Who did he marry?
Who married Anne Hathaway?
OR: Make questions based on the jigsaw text (the activity similar to the "John Lennon one" we did in class.

d) Express future with ‘going to’ (prediction and plan/intention)

E.g. Seoul in July - What are you going to do?

"Seoul is very rainy in the summer so I am not going to bring any warm clothes. I am going to bring a big umbrella and a rain coat. I am going to spend a lot of time indoors. I am going to visit galleries. I am also going to eat in good restaurants. I am not going to go hiking because the weather is going to be bad.

e) Making suggestions with: let’s (not), how about, why don’t, maybe …. could/should
E.g. It’s not raining anymore. Let’s go for a walk. /Why don't you go for a walk? How about going for a walk?