Exam practice (error correction)

There will be two groups for the lesson today


Everybody should do section A

For people doing the reading and writing exams do section B

For people doing Speaking and Listening Exam for the first time do section C


SECTION A

Find and mark the mistakes in the following short biography.

Jack Friedhamm was born to New York in October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six and continued until he was 18 years. He then went to New York University to learn Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While he was to University he met his wife Cindy. Cindy was a beautiful woman with hair long black. They went along for yeers before they decided getting married. Jack began to work like a doctor as soon as he graduated to Medical School. They had two children named Jackie and Peter, and have lived in Queens since the past two years. Jack is very interested painting and likes to paint portraits of his sun Peter.




SECTION B



1. Read the paragraphs from the report and put them in the correct order.(see handout)

2. Write a paragraph heading above each paragraph. There is one heading extra.

3. Use your imagination to complete the header of the report.

4. Find the synonyms of the following words in the above text.



Your task is to write a world cup match report before it happens ( if you don't want to do football write a review of your favourite television programme, or
film, or a BIG BROTHER REPORT, or an ESOL EXAM REPORT)...

CHOOSE A GAME.


You need to do two things. One, imagine how the game will end up. Two, write about
it.

Start by looking at some match reports – on the internet. Try and see how a report is written. Work together in pairs to identify what a journalist will put at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
Now work on your fantasy match report.

Think of facts first. Facts you need to make up the match report.

Such as:.
Who played?
Who scored?
Was anyone booked or sent off?
Were there substitutes?
Were there any other incidents like disallowed goals or penalties – or did the keeper
make a disastrous mistakes?

Once you have your facts, you can write your report.
These key pointers might help:
• start with an introduction, maybe saying how the game ended, whether it was
good or bad
• write a short paragraph about each goal scored
• add a made-up quote from the manager or a player
• end with a summary, looking forward to the next game





SECTION C

1.

Go to this site

http://www.elllo.org/video/index.htm

and choose the videos from the index answer the questions


2.

Go to these sites and follow the instructions

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_customer1.htm


3.

Go to this site: http://www.esl-lab.com/

choose any subject from the Medium Section.... complete the exercises

Use the websites at home for practice