TEST 47
Questions 1-7. Match the following headings (A-H) to the texts (Q1-Q7).
HEADINGS:
A) Learning takes time
B) Use of a tense
C) Opinion essay
D) Punctuation
E) Ear training
F) Public speaking
G) Listening for note-making
H) Applying for a job
Q1.
They help the reader to make good of what is being read. The comma is second in importance to the full
stop. The full stop marks a break between sentences, and the comma marks a
slightly smaller or shorter
break in the sentence. It tells the reader to pause slightly within the sentence. There are also particular cases
where commas are always used, for example, marking off the items in a list.
Q2.
Choose a topic of interest to the class as a whole. In preparing your speech remember
that it is a speech and
not an essay. When you give a speech, it should not sound as though it is being read. Some people make
notes and then address the audience using their notes. Others, though, write out
the whole speech but then
read it “dramatically”. In general, the sentences in a speech are shorter than they are in an essay.
Q3.
The use of the present perfect and the past simple can be one of the most difficult things to learn in
English, particularly for Russian speakers. It won’t be possible for you to learn it very quickly. Don’t
worry. Practice the tenses as much as possible whenever you can and little by little you will learn how to
use them properly.
Q4.
The present perfect links the past and the present. It is often used with “just” to describe an action in the
recent past. It is also used for recent actions in the
past with a present result, when the evidence is in the
present. It also denotes actions which began in the past and still take place or are happening now. Finally,
we use the present perfect tense to relate experience from the past until now.
