«Teaching Qualification Centre RU053/RU054

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Pre-Interview Task

Please complete the following task and return it with your application. An offer of an interview
will be based on your qualifications, your letter stating why you wish to be a teacher and the
successful completion of this task.

Name ………………………………………………………….
Course date applied for ………………………………………………….

Part 1 Language Awareness

a. Grammar

1. In each of the following sentences underline verbs, identify the tense used and explain
why this tense is used in this sentence.
e.g. I am reading a book at the moment. – Present Continuous, used to describe an action
happening now.

1. We never go to the theatre these days.

2. I was living in Italy in 1998.
3. I have lost my key.
4. I’ve been working for this company since 1988.
5. I think I’ll visit my parents this weekend.
6. I’m flying to Moscow on Wednesday.
7. I went to the cinema with my friends yesterday.
8. I am going to buy a new sofa for my living room.
9. I had finished my homework by the time mother came from work.
10. By the year 2015, I will have saved enough money for a new flat.

2. How would you explain the difference between these pairs of sentences:

1. a) I haven’t seen my boss this morning.

b) I didn’t see my boss this morning.

2. a) He didn’t need to call the doctor.

b) He needn’t have called the doctor.

3. a) He has been to Paris.

b) He has gone to Paris.

b. Vocabulary
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1. An elementary – low pre-intermediate student asks you to explain the difference between
the following pairs of words. How would you help him/her?

Lend / borrow
Economic / economical
Stop to do sth / stop doing something
Thin / skinny

2. Pronounce these words and underline the syllable which carries the main stress.
e.g. photograph

communicative present (n) present (v) hotel employee supermarket

important reference authorize grandparents politics politician

Part 2 Language in Context

1. Match the example language with the functions listed a-g

Example Language Functions

1. Could you carry these bags for me? a) Asking for opinion
2. I can play tennis but I’m terrible at golf. b) Suggesting
3. I’ll help you with your homework. c) Expressing obligation
4. You have to wear a uniform. d) Offering
5. Shall we go out tonight? e) Requesting
6. Would you like to come to dinner? f) Expressing ability
7. What do you think about this idea? g) inviting

Write your answers here.

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2. This is an informal conversation between two friends. Rewrite the conversation to make
it more formal (between the people who do not know each other, e.g. a customer and a
shop assistant).

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The Department Store

A: Hey Jack! What do you want?

B: I want a bigger one than this.
A: Oh yeah? This’ll fit.
B: Yeah, but I hate the colour.
A: That’s all they’ve got.
B: Forget it – I’m off.

Part 3 Approaches to Teaching and Learning

1. You are going to teach a class of mixed nationality complete beginners for the first time.
What would you hope to achieve in the first lesson, and how would you organise it?
Outline the stages of your lesson.

2. Think of your own experience as a learner of languages at school / university. Which

methods and approaches you think were effective and which ones were not and why?

Write a minimum of 150 words on a separate piece of paper in your own handwriting and
forward a scanned copy with this application.

«Teaching Qualification Centre RU053/RU054

Authorised by Cambridge Assessment English»
344006, Rostov-on-Don, Universitetskiy per., 79.
Tel +7 (863) 285-63-85
celtadelta.ru