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Cambridge English First Zusammenfassung

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Speaking 12 minutes per pair .......................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Task .......................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1.1 3 Parts .............................................................................................................................. 5

1.2 Part 1 Interview ....................................................................................................................... 5

1.2.1 Possible Questions ........................................................................................................... 5

1.3 2 Part Describing two pictures ................................................................................................ 6

1.3.1 Linking words ................................................................................................................... 6

1.4 3 Part discussing with your partner over a topi ...................................................................... 7

1.4.1 Useful expressions: .......................................................................................................... 7

2 Writing ............................................................................................................................................. 9

2.1 Task .......................................................................................................................................... 9

2.1.1 General Mistakes ............................................................................................................. 9

2.2 Essay ...................................................................................................................................... 10

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1 Important to know - Don`t use removable pen - Pen = Kugelschreiber - Pencil = Bleistift

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2 Countable & Uncountable Nouns Countable = Zählbar Uncountable = Unzählbar

Things we can count like apples. Thins we can`t count like rice.

Examples: Bananas, Bottles Examples: Water, sugar, music, work, money, information, advice, air, alcohol, art, beef, blood, butter, cheese, coffee, education, electricity, entertainment, experience, flour, food, furniture, gold, ground, homework, honey, knowledge, literature, love, luck, luggage, meat, milk, news, noise, oil, pepper, petrol, plastic, rain, rice, sadness, salt, sand, silver, snow, sugar, sunshine, tea, traffic, trousers, vinegar, water, weather, wine,

Use a or an Don`t use a or an

With an s at the end. Apples No s

Some and any - He does not have any friends - We ate some apples

Use some and any - He ate some food - Os there any milk left

A few and many - There are a few apples left - I have not seen him for many years

Use a little and much - They gave us a little information - We have too much homework

Use other words to refer to the quantity - A piece of advice - A small amount of money - A kilo of sugar

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3 Speaking 12 minutes per pair

3.1 Task

3.1.1 3 Parts 1. Interview section (talk about your life, your Job..), individual 2. Compare two pictures for 1min. The other person answers a question to the two pictures for

about 30 seconds. And then the two switch. 3. Talking together about 2 minutes. They have a topic and five things to talk about. Than the

examiner ask a questions which they have to discuss and give an answer.

3.2 Part 1 Interview

3.2.1 Possible Questions - Where do you work? - How long is a break in your company? - How many hours do you work each day? - Do you have a good team? - How much staff does your company have? - Do you like your work? - Do you work in an international company? - Would you like to stay in your company after you graduate? - Do you have an office for yourself? - Are you pleased with your salary? - What are you going to do after your apprenticeship? - Do you have any contact with customers? - Are you satisfied with your job? Why? (not)? - Do you wear a uniform?

- Do you think trainees should have more holidays? - Do you think that people who work in an office should have a larger weekend? - What do you expect from an ideal boss? - How big should an ideal team be? Why? - Are you thinking of opening an own business? Why (not)? - Should a trainee earn more money? Why (not)?

- What is your favorite hobby? Why did you choose it? - What are you doing in your holidays? - Do you spend your leisure time with your family? - What do you think about saving money every month? - How important is a good social network? - Do you feel anything about the financial crisis were in at the moment? - What are the advantages of holidays abroad? - Do you have a any passion? - Do you prefer the love in the city or in the countryside? Why? - What is your favorite food? - Are you a student or do you work? - How important is English in your job? - Do you think English will be important for you in the futute? - What do you like about your job?

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- What job would you like to do in the future? - What do you like doing in your spare time? - How do you get to Work or School in the morning? - Do you speak any other languages? - Describe briefly the members of your family. - What kind of things do you talk about with your friends? - What influence have your family and friends had on you? - What interests do your family and friends have? - What would you buy if you suddenly had a lot of money? Why? - Do you want to be richer than you are now? Why (not)? - What do people of your age generally want to buy? (Why?) - What are your favorite possessions? Why? - What do you usually have for breakfast? - What is you favorite evening meal? - What dish(es) are you good at cooking? - Do you have a healthy diet? - Where do you life? - How long have you been living there? - What kind of building do you live in? - What do you like/dislike about the town /village/district where you live? - Have you been to many other countries? (Which ones?) - Would you like to travel more? (Where?) - What is the best country / city/ region that you have visited? - Which country / city/ region would you most like to visit? (Why?) - What is/was your favorite school subject? (Why?) - Describe one of your school friends. - Which school subject(s) do / did you most dislike? (Why?) - Describe a teacher at your school. - Where are you from? - What do you do? - How long have you been studying English? - What made you decide to study English? - What do you most enjoy about learning English? - Is there anything new you would particularly like to learn? - What changes would you make to your daily life if you could? - What have you done recently that you ha e found particularly interesting? - What do you most enjoy doing in your free time? - What would be the perfect weekend for you? - What has been your most memorable travel experience? - Where would you particularly like to go in the future? - What do you think we can learn from visiting other countries? - Would you consider living in another country?

3.3 2 Part Describing two pictures

3.3.1 Linking words - Because - Whereas - Which is why - On one hand/on the other hand - Actually - Basically

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- In fact - Moreover - However - Both pictures show… - Neither picture shows… - There are…. in both pictures - The one in the right…whereas the one on the left… - The main difference is… - The main similarity… - Some kind of… - It looks as… - It looks as if - Looks like - Seems - Might - Could - May be - Perhaps - I would imagine that… - If I had to choose I would - It is hard to say but… - Personally, I would… - I would rather… - I think I would prefer to… -

3.4 3 Part discussing with your partner over a topi

3.4.1 Useful expressions: - Shall we start? - Let`s begin: - What do you think? - What is your opinion? - What would you say? - Do you agree? - I agree / I can`t agree.. - I think that`s… - You`re right / wrong… - That`s a good point / idea - Exactly! - In my opinion, we should… - Do you think so? - I don’t think so! - I don`t agree. - I agree. - Yes, but.. - What about… - We could / should / need to… - Couldn`t we try to…? - The first point… - The most important thing is… - Another important point is…

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- The second point is… - Then, …. - Moreover…. (ausserdem) - The least (wehnigst) / last (letze) important point is.. - Las but not least,… - The third point… - Another point,…. - In conclusion… - Finally… - To sum up…

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4 Writing

4.1 Task - 120 minutes - Writing 2 Texts one essay and one text we can choose from three options. (Formal letter,

informal letter (mail), report, article or review) - Each text 140 – 190 words. -

4.1.1 General Mistakes - A university - There are many people who are interested in fashion. - Is this the person which you asked? - That`s the girl whose brother sits next to me at school. - Spending money on - Even though - Another - I immer gross - Which not witch= Hexe - Around nu rein r - They sie /They`re sie sind / their ihr, ihres, ihrem - Further - Live life - A commercial clerk in an IT-company - Information immer ohne s (uncountable) - Our unser unsere - Can be used as - Pay attention to - Positive (ohne s) - Young (ohne h) - Adult (not Adoult) - Imagine - Barbeque ( not grilling) - Coast (for a river not beach) - This can causes problem s - Lose (one o) - Alone (one l) - Different - Interesting

4.2 Linking expressions - For instance zum Beispiel - Too auch - Nevertheless dennoch, trotzdem - Although obwohl - Furthermore ausserdem, zudem - Secondly zweitens - While während - Due to aufgrund (immer am Anfang des Satztes) - Despite the fact Abgesehen davon - In my opinion

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4.3 Essay Introduction 3 Pharagraphes Conclution

Use Don`t use

A slightly A bit

A large amount of Much

4.4 Letter / EMAIL (Formal) Greeting (1)Dear Sir / Madam (2)Dear Mr / Ms/ Miss Name Beginning I am writting to inform you… Middle Include all the points from the task End Summary of reason and what you want / expext the other person to do. Closing

expressions. Signing off (1) Yours faithfully (2) Yours sincerely Kind regards Referring to a letter Thank you for your letter of (date) in which you… I received your letter in which you.. Informing I am writing to confirm my booking / reservation for… I am thinking of/ considering… Confirming details I am writing to confirm my booking / reservation for.. I would like to confirm my booking for… Asking for something I am writing to request/ask for (more information… I would be grateful if you would / could I would appreciate if you would/ could Would you kindly send me….? Conclusions / summaries/ needs Once again, tank you…

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Thank you in advance for dealing with this matter promptly. Thank you in advance for your efforts. Endings I look forward to hearing from you. I look forward to your reply

4.5 Letter/ Mail (informal) Greet Dear Sally Intro Thanks very much for your letter. It`s great to heat from you. How are things? I`m writing to tell you about… Para Including all the points from the task. End Anyway… Sign off Take care, Love, All the best, Best regards Annie Starting Thanks for your letter. It was wonderful to hear from you again. How have you been? How are things with your family? Thank-you letter I just had to write to thank you for… Thanks very much for… It was so kind of you… Giving good news Guess what! By the way, did you know that… You`ll never guess what happened. Giving bad news I`m sorry to tell you that.. Bad news, I`m afraid… Asking for help I hope it`s not too much to ask, but I wonder if I could ask you a favour. Could you…

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Apologising I`m writing to say sorry for… I want to apologise for.. Finish a letter Well, that`s all for now. I`ll tell you more when I see you… Thanks again for… I`m really looking forward to seeing you again. Signing off Give my regards to.. Best wishes Take care

4.6 Report Title of report ………………………………………………………………… Introduction The aim of this report is to…. Paragraph 2 One of the main problems concerning …. Is Paragraph 3 Another effect of…… is Paragraph 4 It was found that… Always a heading Conclusion To summarise I would recommend that (not bringing new ideas)

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Useful Expressions for Reports Ways to start a report

- The aim of this report is to…. - The purpose of this Report is to…

Starting the Problem - One of the main problems considering…. is - There has been a lot of discussion recently about the issue of… - Recently / During the last few years…

Reporting an observation - It was found that… - It seems / appears that… - It felt that… - One (obvious) example of…. is - Another example is…

Quoting - According to… - As… said

Speculating and arguments - Some people would say that… - One effect of… would be that - It may /could/ might be that… - Nevertheless,... - If…. this would mean that… - …. Can result in… - Although…

Generalising - In general… - On the whole…

Commenting - Interestingly,… - Strangely,… - It is interesting that… - Curiously,… - Surprisingly,… - Unfortunately,… - Oddy,…

Summing up - To sum up,… - To summarise, - In short,….

Making a recommendation - I suggest that… - I recommend that… - I suggest + -ing verb - I would recommend + -ing verb - It would be a good idea… -

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5 Use of English

5.1 Preposition Appologise for Accustomed to Approve of Accused of Ashamed of Aware of Attitude to / towards Advantage of Believe in Congratulation on Capable of Crazy about Concentrate on Consists of Choose between Doubtful about Excuse me for Fed up with Frightened of Good at Know a lot about Bomb went off Plane takes off Music puts me off Meeting was called off Music / TV turn / switch it off Turn on the light Get on well Keep on studying (Train) got on (exercise) move on Throw out Go out Found out Make out Figure out Turned out Pick up Look up Put up Make it up Stay up late

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Call back Give it back Take it back Bring it back Pay me back Put back Handed in Gave in Fill in Get in (without reservation) Gives in Take in (much information at one time) Went over (the homework in class) Getting over (a bad cold) Turn over (the page) Come over Look it over carefully Get by (He earns enough money to get by) Time went by But by the money (Geld auf die Seite legen) Passing by But it by (for me) auf die Seite legen Announce announcement Develop development Obey obeisance Perform performance Complain complaint Permit permission Embarrass embarrassment Lose loss Cancel Cancelation Succeed success Treat treatment Complete completion Behave behaviour Prove proof Compare comparison Believe belief Laugh laughter Expect expectation Sign signature Survive survival approve