IEC Final Exam Preparation

IMPORTANT: to see the answer key to the workbook exercises, click on the blog entry entitled:
IEC WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY (prep for the test)


****DAY CLASS ONLY ! ! !
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***The week of the written exam and the week of the oral exam, you don't have a class on Wednesdays, only exams on Mondays*****


FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (units 6-9)

Four parts:

LISTENING
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR

1. LISTENING

a) listening to the unfamiliar text; however, the text is related to the units we covered - multiple choice (circle a. b. or c.)
b) listening to the familiar text - answering in incomplete sentences (one or two word answers)

VOCABULARY

(all vocabulary we learned from the book plus the "occupation" handout
Possible ways of testing - as represented in the workbook.
Examples:
* fill out the blanks: "He wasn't just bad, he was ______________________. (awful)
*list 5 three/four/five things that you can
1. spend ________________________ (money, time, energy)
2. pay ________________________________(bills, check, tutition fee, fare, etc.)
3. take _______________________________(time, money, message, etc.)
*opposites
fancy _______________ (casual)
sweet_______________ (salty)
4. list a number of adjectives that describe the atmosphere in a restaurant /taste of food (cosy, romantic, elegant, casual, noisy ----/ salty, sweet, spicy, etc.)
*match categories (as on page 38 in your workbooks)
*replace "normal words" with phrasal words (p. 40)
My wife and I were in Chicago last weekend. Our friend Maya let us stay at her appartment.
Our friend Maya put us up
4. definitions
plumber _______________________(someone who fixes toilets/pipes)

GRAMMAR

1. use of intensifiers: very or really (absolutely, etc).
The movie was _______ good. The movie was _______fantastic.

2. use of Past Simple and Past Continuous. Filling out the blanks in a story (as on p. 28 in student book, p.30 in your workbooks).
He (wash dishes) ______________ when the phone (ring).
He was washing the dishes when the phone rang.

3. use of enough and too with nouns and adjectives
unscrambling sentences:
wasn't/ to/ safe / drink / cold/ the/enough/ milk.
The milk wasn't safe enough to drink.
too/me/ is/ for/ coffee/ strong/ for / the / drink / to
The coffee is too strong for me to drink.

4. use of must/have to/ don't have to/ can't to express obligation, the lack of obligation and prohibition .

* You (be) _____________, to be happy. (You don't have to be rich to be happy)
*Can't you see the sign? You (swim) _____________ here! There are lots of sharks.
*list 8 things that you have to/ don't have to/ must / can't do to be a successful English learner

5. Future tense expressed by Present Tense and Present Continuous
*The train (leave) ___________ at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. The train leaves at 5 pm tomorrow.
*Tonight I (cook) ___________spaghetti. Tonight I am cooking spaghetti.

ORAL EXAM:
1. prepare a one page script, type it and give it to me before your skit
*use 10 expressions learned in class, plus at least three times the grammar learned in classs. Underline, boldface or highlight them!
*learn the lines and act them out as best as you can
*use of props, costumes, music, special effects, etc. can help you to get a better grade.
*if you need more help, please, contact me.