Exam Update:Final Exam: Explanation of Answers

Dear Guys and Gals, please find below an explanation of the answers in the exam. If you have any more questions please feel free to direct them to Ayana, Mubib and Hashim .

[just joking, direct them to me and I will try and answer them]

Link:
Final Exam Answers: Explanations

Exam Update:Final Exam: Questions & Answers

Dear Guys and Gals, Hope you are well and recovered from your exam today. Please find below a link to the exam paper today. I have marked the correct answers in yellow.

Please note that I have decided to accept both the answers for question 33 ['Ive got a bad cough'. 'You _______ smoke']. The answer is "shouldn't", but I can understand why some of you might think "mustn't" mght be the answer. All other answers are non-negotiable [including Question 2: sorry Sami...]

Please note that Ayana and I can not give the results for the final exams until the examination board of the College allows us to so please don't ask. We will post them as soon as we can.

[sorry, the two earlier version posted had a mistake. Question 10 the answer is 'C' and I will accept answers 'B' and 'D' for question 1 (even though 'B' is the answer for question 4)]

Links:
Final Exam: Questions and Answers

Exam Update:The Final Post: Modal Verbs

Guys and Gals, this is my final post tonight. I am about to turn off my computer and go to bed [please no more phone calls!!]. In response to the last panicky phone call, the only Modal verbs you will need to know for the exam are:

must, mustn't, has to, have to, don't have to, shouldn’t, should

For now, goodnight and good luck tomorrow.

Message From Simon:Lasange & Pappadams

Dear Guys and Gals, I am having lots of questions about Lasagne and Poppadoms [there are different spellings for the latter]. Both are types of food.

Lasagna (plural: Lasagne) is a very wide, flat pasta (sometimes with wavy edges ). It is typically served in alternating layers with cheese, a sauce, and often other ingredients such as ground beef, sausage, or spinach. Typical of the cuisine of Italy.

Papadum, also known as papad in Norther India , is a thin, crisp Indian preparation sometimes described as a cracker or flat bread. It is typically served as an accompaniment to a meal in India.

This might give you a hint about what the reading in the exam will be about....

Exam Update:Answers to the Sample Questions

Here are the answers to the sample questions I posted earlier this week:

A: Match the questions and answers.
1.Teacher, sorry I’m late. I got stuck in the traffic.
a. Me? Run? You must be joking.
b. It cost a fortune..
c. Mind your own business.
d. Never mind. You’re here now.

B: Put the words in the correct words in the correct order.
2. your forget textbook ? how you did
a. ? textbook your forget you did how
b. How did you forget your textbook?
c. Forget your textbook how did you?
d. Did you forget your textbook how?

C. Match the job names with what the people do.
3. A waiter
a. serves food
b. flies airplanes
c. kills badguys.
d. heals the sick

D: Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives.
4. She’s not careless In fact she's very ___ driver .
a. good
b. reckless
c. fat
d. funny

E: Complete the sentences with a positive or negative auxiliary verb.
5.How long_______ you got left in the country?
a. are
b. does
c. do
d. have

F: Present Simple or Continuous: Choose the correct answer.
6. _______ what I mean.
a. You’re knowing
b. You know

G: Choose the correct modal verb.
7. Did you _______ wake up so late today?
a. must
b. have to

H: Read the text. Are the statements true (T) or false (F).
8. The sun revolves around the earth.
a. True
b. False

Online Resources:Final Exam: Part 3

Find below links to exercises related to the final two sets of questions in the final exam:

Links:
Modal verbs:
englishpage.com learn-english-today.com
e-grammar.org
advanced-english-grammar.com
Reading:
usingenglish.com
esoeonline.org
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca

Online Resources:Final Exam: Part 2

Find below the second set of links to assist you in preparing for the final exam:

Links:
Complete the Sentences: Adjectives
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc 1
a4esl.org
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc 2
Positive and Negative Auxiliary Verbs
esl.about.com
esl-lounge.com
ego4u.com 2
ego4u.com 3
Simple Present or Continuous
englisch-hilfen.de
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca
englishpage.com
a4esl.org

Online Resources: Final Exam: Part 1

To prepare for the final exam check out the following online exercises.

Links:
Matching Exercises: Questions and Answers
a4esl.org
englishgrammarsecrets.com
englisch-hilfen.de
ecenglish.com
Putting Words in the Correct Order englishgrammarsecrets.com
crjg.vil.ee
english.specialist.hu
eslpartyland.com
Word / Definition Match Exercises
eslgamesworld.com
carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com
learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
learnenglish.de

Exam Update:Teacher, Teacher!! How will you do it?

Dear Gals and Guys, I have been having some expressions of confusion.:
- "Will there be an 'Adjective into Noun' question?" [no, there won't],
- "Will there be listening" [no there won't].
To make an easy exam even easier therefor find a link below to sample questions. These should answer all your questions.

For now, be good and happy and, don't worry!!!
Link:
Final Exam: Sample Questions

Exam Update:Key Words

Guys, Gals [and Abdul Rahman], find below a list of what I think are the words you might possibly not know. I can't give you the adjectives and nouns need to know because they are part of the exam. Anyway, here are the words:
absorb, berry, complicate, decorate, design, disguise, fancy, Fatima, firm [noun], incorporate, ingredient, interior, invasion, lasange, law, poison, poppadoms, representative, sauce, variety

If you don't know the other words in the exam, its time to throw away your books and give up medicine.

Exam Update:The Answers

Gals and Guy, I've changed my mind about giving you the answers as well. The answers to the first 20 questions are:
1.A; 2.C; 3.D; 4.A; 5.D; 6.A; 7.B; 8.A; 9.A; 10.D; 11.C; 12.D; 13.X; 14.B; 15.A; 16.C; 17.A; 18.C; 19. D; 20.A

[just joking...]

Exam Update:Question Types

To help you focus your study and to stop you asking me every 5 minutes which book to look at, find below the types of questions that will be asked in the exam:

A: Match the questions and answers.
B: Put the words in the correct words in the correct order.
C. Match the job names with what the people do.
D: Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives.
E: Complete the sentences with a positive or negative auxiliary verb.
F: Present Simple or Continuous: Choose the correct answer.
G: Choose the correct modal verb.
H: Read the text. Are the statements true (T) or false (F).

Exam Update:Good News [Hopefully]

Dear Guys and Gals, I have [hopefully] some good news for your. I know that many of you would only be happy if I not only gave you the questions in the exam but the answers also, the best I can do is tell you that:

- there are now only 40 questions
- 25 will be M/C with a choice of 4 options
- 10 will be M/C with a choice of 2 options
- 5 will be T/F

There will be no listening or writing but there will be a Reading passage. You will have an hour and half to finish the exam.

Stay tuned [a phrasal verb] for more details.

Exam Update:Final Written Exam

Dear Guys and Gals, i am just writing to let you know that the final written exam will be on the the 6th of June [I think]. It will consist of a total of 60 questions: including 10 listening questions. All questions will be either Multiple Choice or True/False and will cover the first 7 Units of the book.

I will provide examples of the questions you might expect to receive in the couple of days along with key words. If you have any questions please let me know by email.

For now, good luck with your exams next week and especially Chemistry tomorrow.

Work Book Extra:Powerpoint PDF's: Work Book Units 6-8

Please find below links to pdf versions of Unit 6 to 8 of the Workbook Powerpoints. I posted the audio about a week ago here.

Links:
Powerpoint pdf: Work Book Unit 6
Powerpoint pdf: Work Book Unit 7
Powerpoint pdf: Work Book Unit 8

Course Book Extra:Audio: Course Book Units 6-8

Please find below links to the Audio for the Course Book for Units 6 to 8.

Links:
Audio: Course Book Unit 6
Audio: Course Book Unit 7
Audio: Course Book Unit 8

Course Book Extra:Powerpoints: Course Book Units 6-8

Guys and Gals, find below links to pdf's of the Powerpoints for Units 6 to 8 of the Course Book. I'll be posting them in the usual way over the next coupe of days so those of you who like working through the Powerpoints Step by Step can do that. I will be outing up the audio files in the next post.

By the way, during the break, I plan to post the Powerpoints for all the remaining units of the New Headway Intermediate Books so that those of you who are interested cab continue to work through them.

Links:
Powerpoint pdf: Course Book Unit 6
Powerpoint pdf: Course Book Unit 7
Powerpoint pdf: Course Book Unit 8

Final Practical Exam:Class Powerpoint

Guys and Gals, find below a link to the Powerpoint I presented on class last week argumentative speeches. I have included a pdf version of the Powerpoint as well.

Good luck!!

Links:
Final Practical Exam: Argumentative Speeches [Powerpoint]
Final Practical Exam: Argumentative Speeches [Pdf]

Practical ExamMake Your Propositions Strong

Just a reminder that when preparing your speeches for next week that it is essential to make sure that the propositions you are arguing are STRONG.
For example, take the following topics suggested on the suite101.com website posted earlier this week:

Do schools have the right to search students’ lockers?

Should children be given sex education in schools?

Should the state fund schools run by particular faiths?

Should schools require their students to wear a school uniform?

Are beauty contests harmful?

In order to make these effective propositions, you need to replace the question words "do", "Should" and "Are" with the word "That":

That schools should / should not have the right to search students’ lockers!!

That children should / should not be given sex education in schools!!

That the state should fund schools run by particular faiths!!

That should require their students to wear a school uniform!!

That beauty contests are/are not harmful!!

Remember you will be trying to convinve your audience that a particular proposition is true. In order to do this you will need to make sure it is strong.

Online Resouces: Persuasive Speaking Tips: Tracey Goodwin

Find below links to a series of talks on Youtube on the issue of Persuasive Speeches. The short videos are presented by Tracy Goodwin — who has a Masters in Corporate Communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking — on behalf of Expert Village.

The first link is to the expertvillage website page, the remainder to individual videos on Youtube.

Links:
- Tracy Goodwin on Expert Village
1. Introduction Examples for Persuasive Speeches
2. How to Write a Conclusion for Persuasive Speeches
3. Logos, Pathos, & Ethos Appeals in Persuasive Speaking
4. Credibility in Persuasive Speaking
5. Understanding the Audience in Persuasive

. Using Evidence in Persuasive Speeches