IEC-Summer, June 30th Exam Preparation

Intermediate English Conversation

Mid-Session preparation help.

Your exam has three components

Part One: Listening Comprehension

Part Two: Vocabulary

Part Three: Grammar.

What should you prepare: Units 1-6, plus vocabulary/grammar included in the handouts I gave you:

Listening Comprehension

You’ll listen to the text three times and you will answer questions relating to that text IN THE FULL SENTENCE FORM. One –word answers and incomplete answers will not be accepted.
E.g. You hear: Jessica Alba is going to marry her fiancé.
Question: What is Jessica Alba going to do?
INCORRECT: marry
INCOREECT: marry fiancé
CORRECT: She is going to marry her fiancé.


PART TWO: Vocabulary

Study all the vocabulary [summary starts on page 151] from the book, plus the handouts

Vocabulary might be tested:

- in any form that appears in your workbooks (each unit has a sections entitled vocabulary

- you will be asked to provide the appropriate expression for the definitions provided And an example sentence that will prove you know how to use this expression.
E.g. 1.
Someone who is not willing to spend his or her money is ________________________
Sentence: My uncle never gives me any presents, not even on my birthday: he is a very stingy person.
If you just say: “My uncle is stingy” – your answer will not be accepted. This sentence does not prove that you know how to use the word.
E.g. 2
Someone who rules over other people is _________________________

Sentence: In the marriage of my parents, my mother is a dominant partner.

- you will be asked to make lists of vocabulary. E.g. what makes a hotel a luxury hotel (what does a hotel need to have to be a luxury hotel (unit 3) OR what are appropriate topics for a small talk (unit 1)
- provide the antonyms (the opposites): stingy ______________,
- provide the synonyms: very hot _______________/ very cold _______________


PART THREE: Grammar
All the grammar we covered so far: summary starts on page 143

a) Present Continuous or Present Simple?
My father (work) _______________ in a hospital. He is a paramedic. These days he is very tired and he (think) ________________about retiring.

b) Comparison of adjectives: more…… than/ less……than/ as…… as/ not as ….. as.
2. Mary works every day from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm.
Peter works from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.


Peter is __________________________________________________
Peter is__________________________________________________
Mary is __________________________________________________

Peter doesn't like to talk. He barely says a word.
Mary never stops talking.
Peter is__________________________.
Mary is__________________________
Peter is__________________________

c) Jigsaw puzzle questions (an activity similar to ‘the bouncer’ activity) to check your knowledge of making wh- and yes/no questions; subject and object questions.

d) Use the appropriate intensifier (each time use a different one)
The movie was ____________________awesome.
The dinner was __________________ good.
e) Is it past simple or past continuous:
When I (enter) _________________the classroom, my students (drink) ________________soju and (sing) __________________ songs. Shocking!
f) -ed vs. -ing adjectives
I saw a dead rat in the park near my house. I was (use any adjective that you know that would describe how you felt) ___________. It was ______________.