PGS English Language Exam Level II Specimen A. Understanding An article about airplane pilots and their salary and responsibility. 1. Vocabulary 2. Talking points 3. Writing points 4. Context questions 5. Summary work B. Revision-test 1. Join following sentences. Use Although, in spite of ... . a) John's intelligent. John's lazy. b) John lives five minutes away of his office. John never gets to work in time. c) John is paid a lot of money. John does no work. 2. Join following sentences using relative clauses a) The man was wearing small black hat. I saw him. b) The briefcase was black too. He was carrying it. c) A girl stopped to talk to him. Her face was very red. d) The conversation lasted for a long time. They had this conversation. 3. Write correct form of the words in brackets and complete the blanks. a) Surely it (is) a good idea if the government (ban) the sale of alcohol. b) It's time we (realize) that alcohol is very dangerous. c) ___ is alcohol ___ makes people behave so badly at football matches. d) The government ___ has the ___ to punish football hooligans severely. 4. Write three sentences suggesting what could be done to encourage people to stop eating too much. You should use : suggestion language, and food and health vocabulary C. Reaction 1. Below are words and phrases concerned with emotional reaction. Find out their meaning, using dictionary or any other source. a) amazement; surprise; astonishment b) horror; misery; disappointment c) to be appalled; to be astounded; to be disgusted d) ecstatic; overjoyed; thrilled e) to be put out; to be offended; to hurt someone's feelings f) furious; speechless with anger g) to be taken aback h) to be upset; to be dismayed; to be dishearten i) moving; touching j) to feel crushed; horror-sticken; 2. In the following sentences complete the blanks with words from 1 above a) Last night I went to see a romantic film witch was rather ___. b) As I came out of the cinema I saw John, who I had thought was in Australia. You can imagine my ___. c) I asked him how he was, and he said that he was ___. He had never felt so happy. d) He told me that he was going to marry Griselda, and I was completely ___. Only recently, he had told me she was horrible. e) When I expressed my ___ he was rather ___ because he thought I was being rude. f) This made me ___ because I am never rude. When he saw how angry I was, he apologized. D. Writing tasks 1. You part of a group of people preparing a guide book in English for tourists to your country. It is your job to write the General Introduction. Introduce the tourists to various aspects of life in your country, making generalizations about such things as the weather, different regions and habits and customs of the people in those regions. 2. Option box a) Letter to en English Speak ... describe country b) Impression from foreign country. c) Article for news about holiday habits of people from your country. Test Number 4 A. Understanding An article about middle and working class differences. 1. Vocabulary 2. Writing points 3. Context questions 4. Summary work 100 words mail to friend which discus the idea of article and results in opinion "We're all middle class now." B. Revision-test 1. Join the following pairs of sentences to make one sentence a) John will not stop working. He will have finished what he is doing. b) He will stop work. He will go and have a drink. c) He will feel a little drunk. He will have been drinking for a couple of hours. 2. Change each of the following sentences so that they starts with the phrase: a) Give up drinking' If I were you ... b) Stop smoking so many cigarettes' It would appear ... c) How can I stop smoking' Can you give me ... d) Eat sweets instead' In my opinion ... 3. Choose right answer A,B,C or D in the following questions a) When he got a job, he had no difficulty in __ his family. A buying B deserting C supporting D holding up b) When the factory closed down he was __. A sacked B made redundant C fired D given unemployment c) This was very serious because he had signed a __ agreement for a new car. A rent B hire-purchase C second-hand D shop-soiled 4. Write three sentences to someone whose son has run away from home, and has disappeared. You should use Advice language and Time clauses C. Writing tasks 1. Meaning of words b) to book ticket, to make a reservation e) to declare f) to smuggle i) resident and more words about border crossing, plane travelling and custom and tax 2. Write sentences about following using language from 1 above: a) Getting an airline ticket. b) Arriving at an English airport. c) Foreigners who live in England. d) What happened when your friend had more than the permitted number of cigarettes at customs. e) People in your country who are foreigners. f) The job of an immigrant office. 3. Write letter to the English embassy that you want job of guide of English tourists.