Programul Sectorial Leonardo da Vinci
Project LLP/LdV/VETPRO/2010/Ro/140
Curriculum for language preparation ,
evaluation form nr 1
Check if the answers in blue color are correct
A. Identify which of the following questions should be
answered by the applicant and which ones should be answered
by the interviewer.
1. Why do you want this job?
2. Who will report to me?
3. Who will I report to?
4. What can you contribute?
5. Can you work under pressure?
6. What training do you provide?
7. How much money do you expect?
8. What will be my salary?
9. What do you know about the company?
10. Is there a company canteen?
Questions to be asked by the applicant :
2. Who will report to me?
3.Who will I report to?
6. What training do you provide?
8. What will be my salary?
10. Is there a company canteen?
Questions to be asked by the interviewer :
1, Why do you want this job?
4. What can you contribute?
5. Can you work under pressure?
7. How much money do you expect?
9. What do you know about the company?
B. Read the following interview and underline the typical
questions that may be asked during an interview.
Interviewer: Good morning. What’s your name?
Applicant: Good morning. My name is Steve Jameson.
Interviewer: Sit down, Mr Jameson. How old are you?
Applicant: I am 34 years old.
Interviewer: Are you married, Mr. Jameson?
Applicant: Yes, I am. My wife’s name is Sandra and we have
three children: a girl and two boys.
Interviewer: What are the children’s names and ages?
Applicant: Helen is 3, and the twins are 5.
Interviewer: Why do you want this job, Mr. Jameson?
Applicant: I think my qualifications are appropriate for this
type of job.
Interviewer: What can you contribute?
Applicant: In my previous position I have coordinated the R
& D department .
Interviewer: Why do you want to work in this company?
Applicant: I have read a lot about your company and I know
that you pay much attention on the quality of your
personnel and of your services.
Interviewer: Any questions?
Applicant: Well, I have a few questions. First of all …………
If the interviewer does not have a CV from the applicant on his desk he can ask first about the name , age , marriage and kids of the applicant but this questions are not typical.
Curriculum for language preparation , evaluation form nr 2
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Here are the grammar exercises you must solve:
1 Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the preceding sentence.
1. I recommend seeing the new musical.
You should see the new musical.
2. If you don’t give me back my money, I’ll call the manager.
Give me back my money or I will call the manager !
3. Never put cash in your back pocket.
Make sure you never put cash in your back pocket .
4. Pour some oil in the pan, otherwise the mixture will stick.
If you do not put some oil in the pan the mixture will stick.
5. The number of people over the age of eighty has increased considerably.
There has considerable increased the number of people over the age of eighty.
6. Some people are complaining about the canteen food.
There have been some complains about the canteen food.
7. I won’t come if I don’t get paid.
Unless I get paid, I will not come.
8. He was stupid to leave without a map.
He shouldn’t leave without a map.
9. Had there not been a lifeguard on the beach, she might have drowned.
If a lifeguard was not there she might have drowned.
10. It was stupid of me not to listen to my mother’s advice.
I wish I’ve been listen to my mother’s advice.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1. The school won’t put up with her bad behavior any longer. BEHAVE
2. He made a remarkable recovery after his operation. REMARK
3. Unfortunately, his attempt to break the world record was successful . SUCCEED
4. The police have set up an inquiry into the bank fraud. INQUIRE
5. She didn’t pass her exam because her revision was so unorganized. ORGANISE
6. She developed an obsession about a young Hollywood actor. OBSESSIVE
7. We used to drop in and see her occasionally on our way home from school.
OCCASION
8. The children went to bed early but they were too excited to sleep. EXCITE
9. Unfortunately, students are often careful about their spelling in exams.
CARE
10. I chose the restaurant on the recommendation of friends. RECOMMEND
3 Circle A, B, or C to indicate the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. I’m going to ... a cake for tea.
A cook B roast C heat D bake .
2. The dog ... angrily and loudly when it saw the postman.
A barked B yelped C roared D howled
3. When I asked him who he’d been talking to, he just ... his shoulders.
A lifted B raised C shrugged D shook
A story B novel C book D literature
5. Someone is coming from the police tomorrow to … to us about crime prevention.
A talk B say C tell D announce
6. If you’re ill, I ... you see a doctor.
A advise B suggest C warn D tell
7. I was a bit nervous ... but I soon started to enjoy myself.
A firstly B at first C first D in the beginning
8. I waited half an hour for a bus but ... I took a taxi.
A in the end B at the end C finally D consequently
9. You won’t... very much money in that kind of job.
A win B gain C earn D receive
10. The company is not going to make much... in the first year.
A fee B reward C profit D expense
Mark scheme:
10 questions x 4 points = 40 points
10 questions x 3 points = 30 points
10 questions x 3 points = 30 points
Total = 100 points
Curriculum for language preparation , evaluation form nr 3
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A. True or false? Choose as appropriate.
(5 minutes: 10 points)
1) Nouns may be countable or uncountable. T/F T
2) Some concrete nouns are uncountable. T/F T
3) Both proper and common nouns start with a capital letter. T/F F
4) Derived nouns are formed by means of affixes. T/F T
5) Nouns in the plural always end in –s. T/F F
6) All nouns have singular and plural forms. T/F F
7) All nouns in the genitive case express possession. T/F F
8) The ‘s genitive is preferred for inanimate nouns. T/F F
9) Nouns denoting persons are either masculine or feminine. T/F F
10) All nouns get either prefixes or suffixes to express gender. T/F F
B. Underline the uncountable nouns in the following text and put them into one of the categories below:
(10 minutes: 26 points)
substances: coffee, food,
human qualities: Courage, patience
feelings: pride
activities: sleep, work
abstract ideas: luck
subjects of study: politics, athletics
sports events:
games: the checkers
illnesses: mumps
She left her coffee on the table, untouched. Courage had almost left her but her patience was over. A feeling of pride overwhelmed her. She had to try at least. Something had awoken her from her too long sleep and suddenly she knew that she had to leave that house and try her luck somewhere else. If everything went wrong she could still continue her career in politics, or she will find some work. She headed towards the pantry to pack some food and on the way she tripped over the checkers that Marty had left on the floor when she left for the athletics class. She was afraid the noise would wake Joe who was lying with mumps in the other room. But she didn’t stop. All she felt was a great feeling of relief now that she had made the decision.’
C. Rewrite the sentences using the correct possessive form of the nouns given in parenthesis:
(10 minutes: 7 points)
1) The shed’s roof was blown off by the storm last week.
2) Although Ann’s reply amazed her relatives, they didn’t show their feelings.
3) They were satisfied with that day’s work.
4) The chair’s legs were not very well glued, so Jim fell when he sat down.
5) She rubbed the kitchen’s floor clean and then continued with the sitting room’s. windows.
6) Jane was pleased with her two holiday’s weeks in the mountains.
7) The farmer bought the 20 Euros’ worth of of seeds.
D. Underline the nouns in the text below and write their plural form: (10 minutes: 34 points)
‘You have to be waiting for the guest if he has had a reservation. The table has to be ready with a sparkling tablecloth and a matching napkin for each person, and the cutlery will be on it: knife on the right, fork on the left, menu in the middle. No ashtray in this room. Smoking is forbidden. For a special event, there’ll be a spoon and a special knife for the fish but no teaspoon since people might prefer a piece of fruit instead of an ice cream or a cake. If you want to have some dessert, you bring in the trolley so they can choose. There’s always a flower or a bunch in a vase in the middle of the table. Have the bill ready when they ask for it but leave the table immediately: don’t worry, people will leave the money on the table with a tip.’
Rebecca Harding Davis, Life in the Iron-Mills
guests, tables, tablecloths, napkins, persons ,cutlery ( uncountable in the text but it can be countable with the sense of more than one set :cutleries ) ,knifes , menus , forks ,ashtrays, ,rooms, smoking( uncountable in the text ) , spoons, knifes, events, fish( uncountable in the text fishes ), teaspoons, people(uncountable),money(uncountable),tables ,tips , Rebecca(uncountable) Hardings ,Davises , lives , Iron –Mills (uncountable)
E. Read the following sentences. Identify the nouns belonging to the different categories a, b, c and give some more examples for each category: (10 minutes: 13 points)
a. Irregular nouns: child – children
child –children ,tooth- teeth, woman-women, man-men , knife –knives, leaf – leaves, hoof – hooves, elf-elves, goose –geese , foot-feet , louse-lice
b. Nouns with the same form for both singular and plural:
species, meat, sheep , series, bison ,deer ,moose ,swine
c. Nouns that refer to single items that have two linked parts:
scissors , pincers, glasses, jeans, knickers, pants, pyjamas, shorts, tights, trousers
binoculars, pliers, scales, shears, tweezers
1) During the three years he had spent in the jungle, Harris identified several new species of plants.
2) Joe put the meat on the scales before cutting it up into small pieces.
3) She taught the children to take good care of their teeth.
4) Women are as efficient in managerial jobs as men.
5) The sheep were grazing in the field when he came to gather them.
6) The astronaut wrote two series of numbers on the board.
7) Jamie put down the scissors in front of the mirror next to the pincers.
8) Tom had left his glasses on the shelf and now he couldn’t see the trout because of the sun glistening in the water.
F. Fill in the blank space with a suitable word. Choose from the list below. Some of the nouns may not be useful.
(5 minutes: 10 points)
cars, chicken, chickens, children, coffee, experience, fish, fish, furniture, help, housework, luggage, money, news, things, time, times, wine
1) ‘How many chickens do they have?’ Six. But they don't lay eggs.’
2) ‘How much news have you received from your friend?’ ‘I haven't heard from him lately.’
3) ‘How much fish would you like with your rice?’ ‘Just a little, please.’
4) He does not eat much chicken. He likes only carp.
5) How much time have we got to finish the project?
6) I do not have to do much housework. I only do the washing up.
7) I have got so many experience to tell you.
8) I won't take too much luggage with me, only a suitcase and a handbag.
9) They have not caught many fish from the river.
10) We do not need as much help as last time. We will basically manage alone.
Send the answers to these questions to your tutor.
Total points for SAA 2: 93
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A. True or false? (5 minutes: 12 x2=24 points)
1) English has two articles, definite and indefinite. T
Sometimes nouns can be used with no (zero ) article .
2) We don’t use the definite article with geographical names. F
3) a/an can be used with all count nouns. T
4) The shows definite meaning with all common nouns. T
5) Determiners usually follow adjectives. F
6) Determiners can stand in random order. F
7) The count/noncountable distinction affects the choice of determiners. T
8) Post-determiners stand after their noun. T
9) Demonstratives have the same form if they appear as pronouns or as determiners. F
10) Possessives have the same form if they appear as pronouns and determiners. F
11) Who, whom and whose normally refer to people. T
12) Which always refers to things and or events. T
B. Fill in the necessary articles:
(15 minutes: 26 points)
When the morning sun clears the Amazon tree line in southeastern Peru
The steep bank has become a pulsing, 130-foot-high palette of red, blue, and green as more than a thousand parrots squabble over choice perches to grab some beakful of clay, a vital but mysterious part of their diet. More than a dozen parrot species will visit the clay lick throughout the day, but this midmorning crush belongs to giants of the parrot world, the macaws. Hidden by a blind a hundred feet away, I watch the congregation. Flying on wings of royal blue with a hint of green, the husky red-and-green macaw is the largest, weighting more than three pounds and measuring more than three feet from head to tail. The slightly slimmer scarlet macaw unfurls darker blue wings with brilliant yellow shoulders. The blue-and-yellow macaw flasher feathers more turquoise and gold. All three shake tails as long as their bodies and boast probably the most powerful bites in the bird world.
Macaws seem to mate for life, so most arrive at the lick in pairs. Some are shepherding offspring. The juveniles are perfectly capable of biting at their own clay, but they're spoiled. Bleating relentlessly as their parents regurgitate clay in their mouths, pampering them as they have since the day they were hatched.
Excerpt from National Geographic Magazine, January 1994.
C. Put in a, an, the or some where necessary:
(10 minutes: 27 points)
1) Please put a fruit on the table.
2) He leaves the home at 8 o’clock and arrives at some at 8.30.
3) I never have a coffee after the dinner.
4) I’d like some tea. Would you please make some ?
5) I don’t like to see a house without some books.
6) ... Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
7) Most people eat (zero ) bread with their meals.
8)The fishmonger at the corner of the street always has some (or zero article) fresh fish.
9) Which is a more nutritious fruit: the apples or the oranges?
10) I went to (zero)London
D. Complete each sentence with the most suitable word or
phrase. (5 minutes: 5x 2=10 points)
1) What would you like to do this morning?
a) someone b) one c) yourself d) you
2) Did you enjoy the party?
a) at the party b)the party c) yourself at the party d) with yourself at the party
3) One prefers to shop at Harrods, doesn’t one?
a) doesn’t one b) isn’t it c) don’t you d) isn’t one
4) Please invite anyone you like to the reception.
a) one b) anyone c) ones d) all
E. From the set of options given in parentheses, select the correct word or word group to write in the blank.
(10 minutes: 15 points)
1) Some of these opinions about child-raising are completely new to John and her.
2) Don’t be offended, but I think that you and me should probably leave separately.
3) Neither of the men wants to take his tools all the way to the blacksmith. (his, their)
4) The rain did not bother the students because most of them have their own umbrellas. (his or her, their)
5) Their father has taught his wife and them most of the accounting and management details. (they, them)
6) When she is worried about something, the little ginger cat prefers Tom and her to you. (her, she)
7) Our school board plans their programs for big merged schools where the teachers and principals were responsible for the curriculum. (its, their)
8) Everybody I know around here walks around with their headphones on all the time. (his or her, their)
9) People ought to realize that they might need to hear the sounds of traffic sometimes. (he or she, they)
10) A farmer in this area doesn’t have to worry about the rain spoiling his hay. (his or her, their)
11) In any boy’s life, a time comes when he must make a difficult choice. (he, they)
12) Living on a small dairy farm, one can’t avoid his basic responsibilities. (his or her, their)
13) The police say that Mazie and them can find the tools that were scattered by the vandals. (they, them)
14) Nothing will ever come between us old friends now that we’ve learned how to laugh. (we, us)
15) People say that we young people are better educated than our parents are. (we, us)
Send the answers to these questions to your tutor.
Total points 102
Curriculum for language preparation , evaluation form nr 6
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A. True or False?
10 minutes: 8x2=16 points)
1) Auxiliary verbs form tenses and express modality. A
2) We invert the subject and the auxiliary to form several kinds of questions. A
3) Linking verbs are also called copulative verbs. A
4) Linking verbs connect their subject to the predicative. A
5) Most multi-word verbs are idiomatic: their meaning cannot always be clear from the meaning of their parts. A
6) There are three main types of multi-word verb: phrasal, prepositional and prepositional-phrasal. F
There are four types of multiword verb : phrasal , prepositional , prepositional-phrasal and idioms .
7) Phrasal verbs may be transitive or intransitive. A
8) Prepositional verbs are never transitive. A
B. Classify the verbs in the sentences below as follows:
a) transitive phrasal; b) intransitive phrasal; c) prepositional d) prepositional-phrasal (15 minutes: 10 points)
1) They rushed him off to hospital. b
2) We’ll drive over some time tomorrow. c
3) His vocation urged him on. a
4) She accidentally knocked a book off the bedside table. a
5) He got on c his bike and rode off. b
7) The orders were sent out yesterday. b
8) He gulped down his beer. a
9) He raced back home. d
10) Several trees were blown down. a
C. Decide whether in the following clauses the verbs be, have, do are used as: a. lexical verbs, b. auxiliary verbs
(10 minutes: 12 points)
1) Fred was in Italy
2) Actually John is a good farmer. b
3) He is being rude. b for is and a for being
4) They are graduates of Portland University
5) There are red roses in the garden. a
6) He had a new car and a boat. a
7) He has already had dinner . b for has a for had
8) She had a red jacket on. a
9) We will do what we can to help. a
10) He doesn’t like hamburgers. b
11) She doesn’t (b)do (a )her duty.
12) The ham had a smoky flavor. a
D. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
(20 minutes: 45 points)
1) hide; hid , hidden
2) weave; wove / weaved ,woven / weaved
3) come; came ,come
4) write; wrote ,written
5) hit; hit ,hit
6) stick; stuck , stuck
7) bear; bore, born / borne
8) shrink; shrank / shrunk ,shrunk
9) seek; sought ,sought
10) weep; wept, wept
11) sow; sowed , sown / sowed
12) ring; rang , rung
13) arise; arose, arisen
14) tear; tore ,torn
15) buy; bought, bought
16) eat; ate, eaten
17) sew; sewed, sewn / sewed
18) bring; brought, brought
19) meet; met ,met
20) go; went, gone
21) speed; sped / speeded ,sped / speeded
22) cut; cut ,cut
23) draw; drew ,drawn
24) be; was, were, been
25) do; did, done
26) fight; fought, fought
27) grind; ground, ground
28) teach; taught, taught
29) speak; spoke, spoken
30) ride; rode, ridden
31) dig; dug, dug
32) grow; grew, grown
33) see; saw ,seen
34) tread; trod ,trodden / trod
35) drink; drank, drunk
36) wind; wound, wound
37) freeze; froze ,frozen
38) breed; bred ,bred
39) weep; wept ,wept
40) tell; told ,told
41) swear; swore , sworn
42) bleed; bled ,bled
43) lie; lay ,lain
44) burst; burst , burst
45) swing, swung, swung.
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Total points : 83
Curriculum for language preparation , evaluation form nr 5
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A. True or false?
(15 minutes: 18x2=36 points)
1) All verb forms are marked for tense and aspect. T/F F
2) The present tenses are marked by the third person singular –s inflection. T/F T Only for the simple present tense.
3) The past tenses are marked by -ed. T/F T (for regular verbs )
4) The past tenses refer only to past time. T/F T
5) Sometimes we can use both the past tense or the past perfect with the same time reference. T/F T
6) Progressive tenses are often used as background for simple present or past actions. T/F T
7) The present tense may refer to past, present or future time. T/F T
8) We rarely use verbs with stative meaning in the present progressive tense. T/F F We never use verbs with stative meaning in the present progressive tense .
9) The present perfect tense is incompatible with ‘past’ adverbs like yesterday. T/F T
10) English has no future tense. T/F F ( It may be true if we consider that English future is not a tense because is formed with will or shell that are modal verbs )
11) Shall and will are used for pure future of prediction. T/F T
12) Modals form questions by inversion with the subject. T/F T
13) Modals form their negatives with not. T/F T
14) Modals are used to express attitude. T/F F
15) Can and could usually have the modal meanings of ability, permission, opportunity and theoretical possibility. T/F T
16) May and might are used to refer to possibility and permission. T/F T
17) Will and would have the modal meanings of volition. T/F T
B. Put the verbs in parenthesis into the correct form:
(10 minutes: 16 points)
George (returned ) from England
C. Use can, may, must to replace the words underlined in the sentences below. Make other changes if necessary:
(10 minutes: 10 points)
1) You must leave your shoes outside when you enter a mosque.
2) If I come earlier, may I choose my seat?
3)Can you install Windows XP for me?
4) You may leave earlier today.
5) May I prepare dinner for the next family reunion?
6) We must speak to the neighbors before pulling down that common wall.
7) Can you keep a secret?
8) He may try again.
9) He must be at home now; he left a long time ago.
10)May I borrow several books at the same time?
D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses: (10 minutes: 10 points)
1) It is important that he (tries ) to study often
2) Donna requested that Frank (should be) at the party.
3) It is necessary that a life guard (is monitoring ) the swimming pool while the children are taking their swimming lessons.
4) I suggest that you (should not take) the job without renegotiating the salary.
5) Jake recommended that Susan (should be hired) immediately.
6) I propose that we all (should be waiting) in Tim's apartment when he gets home.
7) Judy asked that we (should attend) her graduation ceremony next week.
8) The monk insisted that the tourists (should not had entered ) the temple until they had removed their shoes.
9) John insists that Sarah (should be invited) to the wedding; otherwise he will not attend.
10) She says that the government (is regulating ) the airline industry. I don't know if that is true.
E. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form in the gaps. Where no verb is given, put one of the following linking words into the gaps.
(15 minutes: 20 points)
while, finally, and, although, however ,as soon as, but, then, before, when
The Unlucky Burglar
One evening Paul (watch) was watching the television while (eat) he was eating his supper when the door suddenly (open) had been opened and a burglar (come) came in. He (wear) was wearing a mask and (carry) caring a sack. Before doing anything else he (tie) tied Paul to the chair. Finally he went upstairs to look for money. Although he (not find) did not find any money he (find) found a lot of jewelry, which he (put) put into his sack. In his rush to get downstairs he (not see) did not seen the dog (lie) lying at the bottom of the stairs, and he (fall) fell over it, losing his glasses. When the burglar (look for) was looking for them, Paul (try) tried to free himself. However Paul (manage)managed to escape and he (phone) phoned the police. As soon as the burglar (find) found his glasses he (run) ran out of the house. But unfortunately for him, the police (wait) was waiting for him at the end of the garden.
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Total points for : 92
Exercitiile utilizate ca baza pentru crearea acestor fise de evaluare fac parte din :
MORPHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
Autori Remus BEJAN, Camelia BEJAN, manual elaborat în cadrul "Proiectului pentru Învăţământul Rural", proiect co-finanţat de către Banca Mondială, Guvernul României şi comunităţile locale
ENGLISH PRACTICAL COURSE ON ORAL COMMUNICATION
Autor :Diana IONIŢĂ, manual elaborat în cadrul "Proiectului pentru Învăţământul Rural", proiect co-finanţat de către Banca Mondială, Guvernul României şi comunităţile locale
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