Exam Format
How many papers are there in the exam and what are they called?
4: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening and Speaking
shy bossy selfish arrogant friendly caring
sensible sensitive easy-going honest , etc.
Provide four forms which can be used to
describe the future and say when
they are used.
Be going to: future intentions, predictions
Will: predictions, spontaneous decisions, promises
Present continuous: future plans/ arrangements
Present simple: timetabled events
Future Perfect Simple: actions/situations that will have finished before a specific time in the future
Future Perfect Continuous: actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future
What should you do if you don’t
understand the words in part 2
of the listening paper?
Think of the part of speech which is missing and insert an appropriate word, e.g. plural noun, positive adjective, etc.
Don’t leave any empty spaces.
Name 10 sports.
athletics baseball gymnastics surfing golf boxing football rugby diving cycling ,etc.
How many tasks do you have to do in the Writing
paper and what text types can you be asked to write?
Two
Part 1: essay
Part 2: formal/informal letter/e-mail, article, review, report
Name 10 different film genres.
action adventure animation comedy crime
disaster horror historical drama musical
romantic comedy science-fiction war western, etc.
Name the main past tenses and
describe when we use them.
Past simple: completed past actions, time is specified or understood
Present Perfect: recently finished/on-going/result in present
Past Continuous: continuous past actions
Past Perfect: an event which happened before another past event
What should you do if your
partner speaks too much or doesn’t
speak enough during the speaking exam?
Too much: interrupt politely, e.g. Can I say/add something?
Not enough: ask for his/her opinion, e.g. What do you think? Do you agree with me?
Complete the sentence with an appropriate verb form.
Last week I __________(see) my best friend for the first time in ages because she _______________ (just return) from Germany.
Last week I ___SAW_______(see) my best friend for the first time in ages because she __HAS/HAD JUST RETURNED___ (just return) from Germany.
How long does the speaking test take and how many parts are there?
14 minutes
4 parts
Name 10 features of different types of scenery.
dune mountain hedge coast hill
valley field forest jungle waterfall, etc.
Rewrite these sentences using another
grammatical structure without changing the meaning:
1. When I was a child, I used to play in the park after school.
2. It annoys me when you bite your nails!
3. I didn’t ask for her phone number and I regret it.
1. When I was a child, I would play in the park after school.
2. I wish you wouldn’t bite your nails!
3. I wish I had asked for her phone number.
What can help you identify the correct sentence to insert in Part 6 of the Reading & UOE Paper?
Look carefully at the sentences before and after the gap.
Try to find, synonyms, pronouns and linking expressions which help the text hang together.
Name 3 things you need to remember to take with you on the exam day.
Valid photographic ID, statement of entry, pen, pencil, rubber
What percentage of your exam mark does the Reading and Use of English paper represent?
40%
Transform these verbs into nouns and adjectives:
entertain relax care compete
entertainer/entertainment entertaining
relaxation relaxing
care/carer careful/careless
competitor/competition competitive
Rewrite these sentences using another
grammatical structure. Don’t change the meaning.
1. People say that he is guilty.
2. People believed that it was true.
3. People think he has left the country.
1. It is said that he is guilty./ He is said to be guilty.
2. It was believed that it was true./ It was believed to be true.
3. It is thought that he has left the country. He is thought to have left the country.
What should you include in your plan before you start writing in the Writing paper and how much time should you spend on this?
Layout, paragraphs, key points and supporting examples, useful linking expressions, impressive vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Not more than 10 minutes.
Make sure you don’t lift too much language from the exam question.
Where do you write your answers to the listening paper while you are listening?
On the question paper.
What are the names of the areas examiners assess when correcting the writing paper? What do they refer to?
Content, Communicative Achievement, Organisation and Language.
Content: all key points included, expanded and relevant.
Communicative Achievement: appropriate layout and register for task and text type.
Organisation: paragraphing, linking expressions, how the text flows and hangs together.
Language: range and variety of grammatical structures and lexis.
put up with look into talk into find out go up
Think of phrasal verbs you could
use to substitute the following:
tolerate investigate persuade
discover increase
Complete the sentences with an appropriate
modal/semi-modal and main verb:
1. Until the 1960s, men in Britain_____________ military service.
2. It ___________________ him but I’m not sure. (now)
3. He _________________ the crime yesterday. He’s such an honest person.
1. had to do
2. might/could be
3. can’t have committed
What do you need to remember when doing
Part 4 of Reading and UOE?
Don’t change the meaning of the original sentence.
Pay attention to the tense you use.
Use between two and five words (contractions count as two words).
Don’t change the word given.
Write something! There are two points available.
Name 4 features of formal writing.
Full forms passive forms latinate verbs indirect questions more complex sentences formal connecting words inversion , etc.