Sunday, June 1, 2014

FINAL EXAM CONTENT - Friday 13th June

Final Exam Content



Reading (Criteria B)

Revise by reading as much as you can in English (Library books, news websites – BBC, The Guardian, The Times, Football blogs, Roald Dahl short stories). The more exposed you are to vocab, structures, English in general the more your English will gradually improve.

Useful phrases for reading comprehension TO LEARN

In the story/text, (character name) is presented as ...
Throughout the story/text, it seems that ....
In the quote, the writer suggests ... which implies that ...
The word/phrase "..." is used so as to draw attention to ...
This quote implies that ... which could suggest that ...
At first/At the beginning, (character´s name) is presented as ...
The use of this writing technique makes the reader …
The writer creates a feeling of …
However, gradually this impression begins to change when ...
Due to the lack of ..., the writer implies …
Despite the fact that ..., it seems that …
In my opinion/personally …

Writing (Criteria C)

Vocab
100 words from throughout the year 
Vocab

Grammar
1)      Reported speech 
Questions 
Mixed tenses
Mixed tenses 2
Yes/no questions

2)      Passive voice 
Exercises

3)      Gerund/Infinitve 
Exercise 1 
Exercise 2
Gerund/Infinitive

4)      Sentence transformations
Sentence Transformation
Sentence Transformation 2


Styles of Writing to revise
1)      An article (CAE Student Book p. 166 and 167)
2)      A review
3)      A formal letter (CAE Student Book p. 173 and 174))
4)      An essay (CAE Student Book p. 166 and 167)