Preparing for the exam 8-1, 8-2 (2012/2013)

Topics (points to cover)

1. Family relations

- general information about your family
- about yourself and  your relations with other members of your family
- description of every member of your family in detail
- he way  you spend your free time and holidays

2. Describing appearance

- why appearance is important
- describe any of your friends
- what features of character are important and why
- what features of your character you’d like to change or have

3. Hobbies and Pastime

- why people should have a hobby

- general information about hobbies (types

- your hobby(hobbies)
- other ways of spending  free time

4. Reading books

- importance of reading
- the history of books and publishing
- the future of reading
- your preferences in reading

5. Shopping

- what is shopping
- types of shops
- other types of shopping (pluses and minuses)
- the way you and your family do the shopping

6. School life and Holidays

- about your school
- your favourite and least favourite subjects at school
- after classes activities

- the way you spend school holidays

7. Learning a foreign language

- importance of learning a foreign language
- the history of English
- English as an international language
- the way you learn a foreign language

8. The UK and London

- geographical outlook
- political outlook
- London
- places  you’d like to visit in the UK

9. The USA and Washington, DC

- geographical outlook
- political outlook
- Washington, DC
- places  you’d like to visit in the USA

10. The Russian Federation and Moscow

- geographical outlook
- political outlook
- Moscow
- places  you’d like to visit in Russia

11. Home town (Saint-Petersburg)

- geographical outlook
- Historical outlook
- places to visit and to spend a good time
- the place where you live

12. Holidays and Traditions

- holidays around the world

- British and American holidays and traditions
- Russian holidays and traditions
- Your favourite holidays and family traditions

13. Outstanding people

- what outstanding  people are
- outstanding people of Russia
- outstanding people of the UK/USA
- what features of character are necessary to become outstanding

14. Travelling

- why people travel
- ways of travelling
- how to be prepared for a trip
- your favourite way of travelling

15. Environment

- Ecological problems nowadays
- types of pollution
- Environmental organizations (Greenpeace and Wild World Fund)
- what we should do to protect our planet

Внеклассное чтение

Book review

1. The book  - title, author

2.Genre. What type of book is this? ( adventure, fantasy, horror ...)

3.Narrative.  Who is telling the story? How is the story told? ( first / third person narrative, diary ...)

4. Setting  When and where is the story set?

5. The plot . Retell the plot. 

6. Characters. Who are the main characters of the story? Which character do you like the most and why? Which character do you find least likeable? 

7. Theme.  What is the theme of the book? 

8. personal evaluation. Do you like/ not like the story? 

Word Formation

Word formation

   MORE WORD FORMATION
1. Form the right form of the word.
1. It was raining so ............. that we spent the evening at home (HEAVY).
2. The ............... of the new art gallery is tomorrow (OPEN).
3. You should .............. this skirt; it’s too old-fashioned like that (SHORT).
4. Everybody appreciated his ............... in a series of NGOs (INVOLVE).
5. Teenagers don’t buy CDs nowadays; they usually ............. them from the Internet (LOAD).
6. The Smiths ............... their son to get a university degree (COURAGE).
7. Madonna’s fans didn’t like her last CD. In fact, it was a complete............... (FAIL).
8. The ........... of the congress want to thanks both the ................ and the ........... (ORGANIZE/ SPEAK/ PARTICIPATE).
9. Most parents don’t understand why their children do such ............... things (FOOL).
10. Can you ............... what you’ve said, please? (REPETITION).
11. Peter is really cruel; he lacks ............... (SENSIBLE).
12. What I’ve just told you is........................ important; don’t forget it (EXTREME).
13. Passengers have to wait in the .......................... lounge (DEPART).
14. What a........................ party you’ve had! (LOVE).
15. The ......................... didn’t accept the company’s offer (EMPLOY).
16. I don’t like the new TV .......................... (PRESENT).
17. What do you think of Pete’s .................................... to work with us? (REFUSE).
18. It’s ............................... to book a table; it’s a popular restaurant (ADVISE).
19. Come here ..............................., Mrs Jones! (IMMEDIATE).
   2. Choose the right option.
1. Daniel sings opera so beauty/beautifully/ beautiful!
2. Lawyers have to defend/defence/defendable criminals.
3. Go to bed, Tom; you look really tired/ tiring/ tiredness.
4. Tony’s stamp collected/ collecting/ collection is £10 million worth.
5. The residentents/ residents/ residentials redecorated the entrance hall; so the building looks fantastically/fantastic/fantastical now.
6. Tony isn’t reliably/reliable/ realiabled at all. You’d better not trust him.
7. It’s the most incredibly/ incredible/increable message I’ve ever received.
8. There’s a huge statute/ statutory/ statue of the Queen in the park.
9. Mary has got the highest intelligent/ intelligence/ intellectual quotient in my class.
10. Mrs Jones, you have to get some stationery/
stationary/ stationeries for the office.
11. The teachers at my school fill in a diary/ daily/ dairy attend/attendence/ attendance report.
12. We have to doubled/ duplicate/ duplicated next year’s profitable/ profit/ profitably.
13. Market surveys are carried out regularly/ regular/ regularity.
14. The employee/ employer/employment decided to close down the factory.
15. Come here quick/quickly/ quicky; I need your help, Sam.
16. The students were impatient/ impatiently/ inpatient to know the exam results.
17. He’s so greed/ greedily/ greedy, he could eat sweets all day long.
18. We have to write a letter of complain/ complaining/ complaint to the manufacturer.

Word formation

WORD FORMATION: Derivatives from the word USE.

Haven't you got another dictionary? This one is absolutely  ____________________________ !
The old railway station fell into _______________________ after the new one had been built.
When we asked him to leave at once he became _____________________ .
I'm ______________ at sewing. (= very bad at it)
The computer disks got wet so they were no longer ______________________ .
The stolen car was eventually found in a _____________________ quarry.
Another word for an incorrect use or an ill-treatment is a ______________________ .
Many people think the system has outlived its _____________________ . (=is no longer useful)
Before buying a ___________________ car, it's a good idea to have it checked by a mechanic.
Her book is a ___________________ cotribution to our understanding of how people _______________ to live in the Middle Ages.
Several female students have made allegations of _________________ against him.
This ______________ was first recorded in the 1960s.
Pedestrians, like all road ____________________  must obey all traffic signs.
I think your time could be more ______________________ spent than reading comics all day.
It's _____________________ trying to persuade him to listen to you because he never does.
The RSPCA protects animals against physical ____________________ and neglect.
_________________ of the photocopier are kindly requested to report any breakdown to the secretary.
The name you use to operate a computer programme is your __________________ .
He's a second-hand cars salesman. He _____ cars.
I am constantly _______________ this expression: Instead of saying imminent danger I keep on saying eminent danger..
secretary.
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Variant 2

The history of English