Tesztek/Könyvek

Kedvenc angol könyveim

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Try this test just for fun. Firstly, it will give an idea about your level, secondly you may gain some useful knowledge from it. Hope to work with you soon! Tips: You can record the speaking tasks on your cellphone. If you need help, get in touch!

Pre-Intermediate Test

1. Fill in the gaps
I work … a hospital
I work … most nights.
I work … an IT company.
I am working … a project
I run … own company.

2. Talk about your job and workplace using the words below. Record yourself using your cellphone. Listen to it, correct your mistakes and record a second time!
VOCAB to help you: train staff/ apply for/ negotiate a contract/ fixed salary/ competitive area/ work experience/ collect some more words using a dictionary and start…

3. Read the text:
A sales manager runs a sales team, so needs to get on with different personalities. They organize training courses, motivate the team to do well, and work with the marketing department and try to give customers what they want.

COVER the original text and fill in the gaps:
A sales manager …. a sales …., so needs … get on … different personalities. They organize training courses ….the team to do ……, and work with the marketing ….. and try …. give customers …… they want.
NOW Re-tell the text!

Mini grammar:
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Seven years ago, while she 1 (work) part-time in a hospital, Emily 2 (become) interested in medicine. However, she 3 (not want) to be a doctor, so she 4 (decide) to study Pharmacy at Liverpool University. She 5 (leave) university three years ago and now she 6 (have) a job with a large pharmaceutical company in Germany. At the moment, she 7 (do) research into pain-killing drugs. Next month, she 8 (go) to Paris to present her research findings at an important conference. She 9 (never /speak) at a major conference before, so she is nervous and excited. She 10 (need) to do a lot of preparation for her talk.

Intermediate Test

1. Do the Quiz and choose the correct option:

a.) Which/ What language does use/ uses the Cyrillic alphabet?
Polish/ Russian/ French

b.) How many/ much living languages exist/ do exist in the world today?
About 6000/ 600/ 60

c.) What/ How do you write/ writing Hebrew and Arabic?
From left to right/ right to left/top to bottom.

d.) When/ Where does the word ‘alphabet” originally comes/ come from?
– Egyptian hieroglyphics
– The name of the first printed alphabet book
– The first two letters of the Greek alphabet

e.) What/ How percentage of the Internet is/ are in English?
56%/ 86%/ 99%

f.) What/ Who did create/ created the first computer programming language?
An American businessman/ German engineer/ British academic

Check the answers on Wikipedia!

2. Talk about your languge learning experiences. Talk for a minute and record yourself, correct your mistakes and re-record. Here are some words to help you:
attend/ be into/ patient/ weakness/ accent/ accurate/ ambition/ basics/ efficient/ lack/ give up/ master (verb)/ pick up/ motivate

3. Read the text
Picture this: You want to apply for a dream assignment abroad. There’s just one problem. You need foreign language skills that you don’t have — and time is not on your side.
It might sound like an impossible task, but according to language experts, you can learn basic communication skills in weeks and master the basics of a foreign language in several months. While you might not quickly reach the fluency that allows you to understand great foreign literature classics, you can, though, quickly hone in on phrases and technical language specific to your needs whether you are working with the diplomatic service or a blue chip multinational.

4. Look at the text for 15 seconds. Cover it and try to summarize it.

5. Now fill in the gaps without looking at the text:
Picture this: You want to … for a dream assignment abroad. There’s just one problem. You … foreign language skills that you don’t have – and time is not on your …
It … sound like an impossible …, but according to language experts, you … learn basic communication skills in weeks and master the basics of a foreign language in …. months. While you might not quickly reach ….. that allows you to understand great foreign literature classics, though, quickly hone in on phrases and technical language specific to your needs, whether you are working with the diplomatic service or a blue … multinational.
Can you guess the meanign of hone in? What is a dream assignment?

6. Mini grammar:
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My brother Jon 1 (love) travelling for aslong as I can remember. He 2 (go) to India when he 3 (be) only seventeen, all on his own! For the past three months, he 4 (travel) across Australia with some friends. We 5 (hardly ever / hear) from him, and when we do, on Skype, he is usually sitting on a train or in the back of a lorry! In contrast, I 6 (see) any exciting places – ever! While Jon 7 (explore) India, I 8 (do) my exams at school. Jon thinks it’s crazy that I’m always at home. That’s why, next summer, we 9 (spend) a month in Thailand together. I can’t wait. I’m sure it 10 (be) a great trip, especially with my expert brother in charge of the planning

Megoldások / Key

Pre Intermediate Test

in / late / for /on / my

Mini grammar:

1. was working
2. became
3. didn’t want
4. decided
5. left
6. has
7. is doing
8. is going
9. has never spoken
10. needs

Intermediate Test

1. Quiz
a.) Russian
b.) 6000
c.) right to left
d.) Greek alphabet
e.) 56%
f.) German engineer

Mini grammar:

1. has loved
2. went
3. was
4. has been travelling
5. hardly ever hear
6.haven’t seen
7.was exploring
8.was doing
9. are spending or going to spend
10. will be