Speaking Pretest

Pre_test <Speaking Class>
A.
Basic grammar: Fill in the gaps with am/ is/ are, was /were, do/
does/ did, and have/ has/ had to complete the passage.
I (1) .. Stephanie. I (2) .. born in Chicago, thirty nine
years ago. When I (3) .. still a newborn baby, I lived with my
parents, of course. I lived with them until I went to the university when
I (4) .. eighteen. I started to live apart from my parents since then.
When I (5) .. at university, I stayed in an apartment. But I lived
there alone because I (6) .. not have a friend to live with.
As a girl, I had some love stories, of course. Most of them (7)
.. nice and romantic, and some others (8) .. not. The last guy I
dated (9) .. a British man, named Eric Walker. He (10) .. from
Cardiff, the capital of Wales. In 2001, we got married. A year later, I
gave birth to our first baby.
My husband (11) .. a big lawyer at times when we (12) ..
going through our first years of the marriage. But, in the middle of
December 2004, something happened to his company and he (12)
.. forced to leave his position at the company.
During those times, everything started to get harder. My job as a
script-writer for drama films (13) .. not help a lot. We (14) .. to
earn more for living. In February 2005, my husband finally got a job in
a small firm. Then, our finance began to get better. We raised our son
and went through hard days together.
In 2007, we finally bought our own house and we started to live
happily since then. Now, my husband and I (15) .. got one more
son and one daughter. So, there (16) .. five people in our house. My
daughter (17) .. got a cat. A fluffy cat, actually. But her second
brother, Gary, (18) ..
like furry things. So, they usually fight
because of the cat and make a mess. My husband hates messy rooms,
so he (19) .. often angry with the children if they start to fight at
home. But I always say that he (20) .. to know that it sometimes
needs a mess to make a happy house.
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B.
Write a short paragraph telling about Carls daily activities on Sunday.

Be careful with the verbs!
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C.
(a)
Listening
Listen to the controversial Linguistics expert Professor McKenzie giving
a lecture on the future of the English language. Then, decide whether
these statements are true or false according to the Professor.
Statements
True or False?
1. If you do not know English you can be at a

disadvantage.
2. English will soon be spoken by everybody
in the world.
3. By 2010 half the population of the world
will speak English.

4. Competitors of the Eurovision Song Contest
will never be unanimous in choosing to sing
in English.
5. Native English and Majority English will
become the two predominant types of
English.
(b)
Listen to a pop song by an Irish singer. What does the singer want to
convey through the song? Write your answer below in a short
paragraph. Dont forget to write in a spoken style like using
contractions (m/s/re) or just write a word/phrase to tell your opinion
(This song is good. Just easy-listening, but not too delicate).
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D.
(a)
1.
Dialogues
Make best responses to all these questions.
A
: Whats your nationality?
B :
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: Where do you work?
B :
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3. A:
Where is it?
B :
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: What time is it already?
B :
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: Have you got a pet?
B :
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: Why are they laughing?
B :
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7.
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: Did you sleep early yesterday?
B :
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8.
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: Why wont you phone her?
B :
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: Do you feel hungry? How about having a big meal?
B :
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: What do you think about the weather these days?
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(b)
1.
Make questions to all these responses.

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2.
B : Its only $5.50, Madam.

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3.
B : I dont know. Maybe its lost.

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4.
B : Thats a great idea.

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B : Yes. Shes got some of them. But I dont know how
5.
many.
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B : Theyre in London.
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7.
B : Yes. But he never came back.

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8.
B : No. Its not frightening at all.

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9.
B : It depends. Not many restaurants open at midnight.

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10.
B : Its on Southlands road. Do you want to come?

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B : How could I possibly know? Just go ask him.
(c)
Write a short dialogue that might happen in the following places and
1.
situations!
You are in a street market and walk with your boyfriend/girlfriend.
Then, you meet someone by chance who is an old friend of yours.
Write a happy chat among you three.
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2.
You are at home alone and you dont feel good about it. Your sister at
work phones you and says shes coming home in a minute. But it takes
longer than you thought. So, you decide to phone her again and ask
her to get home earlier. Write down your phone conversation.
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E.
(a)
Speak out your ideas!

Give your response to these topics. Write down your opinion in a very
short paragraph consists of three or four statements.
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1.
Which is the best having a job with high salary even if you dont like
it or having a job that you really love to work on, but with less salary
than you expect? Why?
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2.
People in modern era tend to forget the history of their own country.
What do you think about that? Do we need to find a way to solve it or
just to let it be that way?
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(b)
Which one will be your choice? Tell your reasons!
(c)
Do you agree to these quotes? Speak up and say your opinion to your
teacher.
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like furry things. So, they usually fight

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Write a short paragraph telling about Carls daily activities on Sunday.

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Make questions to all these responses.

B : Its only $5.50, Madam.

B : I dont know. Maybe its lost.

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B : Yes. But he never came back.

B : No. Its not frightening at all.

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B : Its on Southlands road. Do you want to come?

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Which one will be your choice? Tell your reasons!

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