Listen and repeat:

• Nice to meet you!
• What a great concert!
• Yes, it’s terrific!
• Do you enjoy yourself?
• I’m having a great time!

Marking scheme: 2 points for each line pronounced correctly. Total=10 points.

Speaking

In pairs, imagine you are at a Lala Band concert and you meet each other for the first time. Use the following expressions to make a dialogue: Nice to meet you! What a great concert!
Yes, it’s terrific! Do you enjoy yourself? I’m having a great time!

Marking scheme: 2 points for using the expressions correctly, 2 points for correct pronunciation, 1 point for creativity, 3 points for ask questions and answer to them correctly, 2 points for correct grammar use. Total = 10 points

A. Hi! My name is Alex, nice to meet you!
B. Hello! I’m Jane, nice to meet you, too!
A. What a great concert! I love Lala Band’s music!
B. Yes! It’s terrific, I know all their songs, I love them.
A. I’m having a great time! Do you enjoy yourself?
B. Yes, it’s so much fun!

You’ve just read an advertisement for a summer camp job in a local newspaper. Write a letter of application, bearing in mind the following details:

Summer camp trainer
for children aged 9-12
needed.

Period: July 1-August 30 2012
Setting: Woohoo Camp, Sherwood Forest, Westminster, UK
Conditions: Good social skills
English knowledge
Prior experience in working with children

Marking scheme: 3 points for a correct writing of an application letter, 3 points for correct use of appropriate vocabulary, 2 points for correct grammar, 2 points for using the details in the ad. Total: 3x2p + 2x2p=10 points

Reading

Read the following texts and match the missing sentences with the texts:

Your Letters (source: http://www.flojoe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/1part3.htm)

This month we feature your early driving experiences.

A
I'd been taking lessons for a year before I passed my driving test at the age of eighteen, but my dad never gave me any help. Even after I'd passed he never let me use the car. So I used to take my dad's keys before leaving the apartment block where we lived and would run round to the car park at the back where my father left the car at night.............................................................. I used to go and see my girlfriend or just drive around and then come back and leave the car in exactly the same place. One night though, I got back at around ten thirty only to find there were no parking spaces left. I suppose because I went in and told my dad the truth straight away he was quite good about it.Although he did stop my allowance for four weeks.
Terry
B
My most unfortunate driving experience happened ages ago, before I'd actually passed my driving test. My girlfriend's father used to let her borrow his car whenever we were going to the cinema or something. Anyway, I'd been thinking about learning to drive and I persuaded her to let me have a go. We took the car down to the beach on the sand where no one could see us and she let me take the wheel. We were having such fun that we didn't notice the tide was coming in until the car was actually swimming in the water. We had to leave the car where it was and catch the bus back to tell her dad. By the time the three of us returned, the car was almost covered in water. Needless to say, her father wasn't too pleased.....................................................................................................................
Carl

C
I was teaching my mum to drive and we were coming down a rather narrow road which had cars parked on both sides.........................................................Mum slammed the brakes on but she crashed into us, landed on the car and then rolled off. My mother and I both jumped out of the car to see if he was all right. Fortunately, he stood up and said he was OK, just a little shaken. My mum offered to give him some money for the repair of the bike, and then an old lady came along. When she saw what had happened, she began shouting at my mother, saying she must have been driving too fast and that it was a bad example to set her young daughter. Poor old mum didn't say a word and I had to explain that she was still learning to drive.
Sarah
D
............................................................................It's a guaranteed way to spoil a good relationship. Every Sunday, when the traffic was quieter, my father would pick me up and take me for a drive along the streets of our hometown and give me a lecture on how to drive, explaining everything he was doing and why. Eventually it was my turn to have a go. My dad was so nervous that he panicked before I'd even started up the engine. He used to shout at the slightest mistake, and when the lesson was finally over he'd come home and have a large glass of whisky to calm down.
Karen
E
I didn't start learning to drive until I was twenty one. I'd spent lots of money on lessons but I was a terrible driver, I must admit. The first time I took my driving test nobody expected me to pass. But after failing another four times the pressure was really on. I took my test for a sixth time and failed yet again, but I was too embarrassed to admit it to my family, so I just pretended that I'd passed after all............................................................. I didn't know what to do so I just got in and drove. I continued to drive - illegally - for three months. Fortunately I was never stopped by the police and the next time I took my driving test I passed.
Mike

1. The funny thing is her dad ended up selling me the car after I passed my test.
2. My family were delighted and my mother went out and bought me a car the next day.
3. He hardly ever used the car after getting in from work.
4. My advice about learning to drive would be to have proper lessons from a qualified instructor and never to let a friend or family member try to teach you.
5. Suddenly, from nowhere there was a young man on a bike coming towards us.

Marking scheme: A-3 –2 p, B-1-2 p, C-5 -2p, D-4-2p, E-2-2p. Total: 5x2=10p

Listening

You are going to listen, twice, to a woman talking about her visit to an interesting place in England. Listen carefully and decide whether the statements below are true or false.

1. The woman presumes that the listeners know where the Leads Castle is.
2. She encourages listeners to visit the castle.
3. She does not give any details concerning the appearance of the castle and its surroundings.
4. She considers the interior astonishing.
5. She explains what a charitable fond is.

Marking scheme: 1-F-2p; 2-T-2p; 3-F-2p; 4-T-2p; 5-T-2p. Total: 2x5=10 p

Tapescript

A day out in England
(source: http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/leedscastle/menu.php)

Last weekend I went to the Leads Castle. Now, I’m sure you don’t know where that is, so I’ll tell you. It’s in Kent. Kent is the extreme south-east of England, the part nearest France. I’ve been past this place many times, when I’ve been travelling between England and France, but this was the first time I’d visited it.
It was well worth the trip. Not only because we were meeting up with some friends we don’t see very often, but because the place is very beautiful. Imagine a medieval castle with ramparts and moat set in beautiful English countryside. The architecture is stunning, but it’s so much more. There is also a perfect English country garden which, at this time of the year was full of flowers. There is a maze in the garden. More than 2400 trees were planted to make the hedges of the complex path that is difficult to find your way through. But for me it was the interior that was the best surprise because the castle was lived in until 1974. There are rooms which represent how it looked when medieval queens owned the castle and modern rooms that were decorated in the 1920s.
Today the castle is owned by a charitable trust which is a non-profit organisation, whose objective is to maintain the castle for the public. It can be used for conferences, wedding and banquets. It organises lots of different exhibitions and events with some very big music concerts in the summer. When we were there, there was a day of English food and wine. Lots of stalls where you could taste and buy different produce from the region.
If you would like to see more information and some photos, go to their website: www.leeds-castle.com And if you’re in England, it really is worth a visit.

Decide, in pairs, what is your town famous for? Think about its history, personalities, buildings, traditions, people, etc. Then report to the class.

Marking scheme: 2 points for correct pronunciation, history / personalities / buildings /traditions/people description– 1 point each, 1,5 points for correct questions and 1,5 points for correct answers. Total: 2p+1x5p+1,5 px2=10 points.

Reading

Read the following lines of a dialogue between two colleagues and put the lines into the correct order:

The Meeting
(Two workers in an office)
Source: http://esl.about.com/od/beginningreadingskills/a/d_meeting.htm
a. James: Which meeting?! The meeting with the boss!
Alice: Are you sure there is a meeting today?
b. James: It's quarter past eleven.
Alice: It's time for lunch!
c. James: You're funny Alice. This is an office.
Alice: I'm hungry ... it's just a snack ...
d. James: Hi Alice. How are you today?
Alice: Hi James. I'm fine, and you?
e. James: Alice, Alice, every month there is a meeting with the boss. This month that meeting is this afternoon.
Alice: Calm down. OK, there's a meeting this afternoon. What time is it?
f. James: Alice, this is important. The meeting is at three o'clock sharp!
Alice: Thank you James... By the way, what time is it now?
g. James: Great, thank you. Remember, the meeting is at 3 o'clock.
Alice: Excuse me, which meeting?
h. James: Lunch, now? Lunch time is at twelve.
Alice: Well, I'm hungry now.
Marking scheme: 1-d- 1p, 2-g-1p, 3-a-1p, 4-d-1p, 5-f-1p, 6-b-1p, 7-h-1p, 8-c-1p
Total: 1x8p+2p=10points

Writing

Write a description of your favourite film, in about 80-100 words. Make sure you include the following:

• Name & type of the film
• Main actors
• The subject
• The reason you like it
• Your favourite scene
(Source: Reward text book)
Marking scheme: correct writing of the words – 2 points, correct grammar use – 2 points, 1 point for each of the following: name & type, main actors, subject, reason for liking it, favourite scene description. Total: 2p+2p+1x5p+1 p=10 points
My favourite film is “Prometheus”. It is a horror and SF film. The main actors are: Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron. The film describes an Earth crew which travels to another planet in search of the people’s alien ancestors. They are asleep for more than 2 years, because of the long distance and they are awaken by the robot which takes care of the ship, when they arrive to destination.
I like this movie because it combines horror and SF scenes and elements and because it has an original plot and location.
My favourite scene is the one at the end, when the female protagonist saves the Earth, by stopping the aliens’ attack.

Listening:
Listen to the following song twice. Then fill in the gaps, choosing the correct lines.
Cockles and Mussels, or Molly Malone
In Dublin's Fair City
Where the girls are so pretty
1. ......................................................
As she wheel'd her wheel barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Chorus
Alive, alive o!, alive, alive o!
2. ........................................................
She was a fishmonger
But sure 'twas no wonder
3....................................................................
And they each wheel'd their barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Chorus
4. ....................................................................
And no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
But her ghost wheels her barrow
5..........................................................................
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Chorus
http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/irhismys/mollylyrics.htm
1. a) I first put my eyes on sweet Molly Malone. b) I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone.
c) I first put my eyes on Molly Malone

2. a) Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! b) Crying mussels and cockles alive, alive, o!
c) Yelling cockles and mussels, alive, alive o!

3. a) For so were her father and mother before. b) For so were her sister and mother before.
c) For so were her mother and father before.
4. a) On streets broad and narrow b)Through streets broad and narrow c) Through paths broad and narrow
5. a)She cried of fever. b) She died of measles. c)She died of a fever.

Marking scheme: 1-b-2p; 2-a-2p; 3-c-2p; 4-b-2p; 5-a-2p. Total: 2x5=10 p