Inglese B2

Descrizione e contenuti della prova

The computer test is written, and divided into the following parts:

PART 1:
READING COMPREHENSION & VOCABULARY:

Part 1a) – Reading comprehension/related vocabulary – The student will read a text in English, and then answer a set of multiple-choice and/or ‘matching’ questions testing: comprehension skills, referents, and key vocabulary from the text.

Part 1b) – General vocabulary & phrasal verbs – A small set of questions (multiple choice, or gap fill) relating to English vocabulary in general (not necessarily from the text), especially: synonyms; word formation; conjunctions & linkers; common phrasal verbs.

PART 2:

GRAMMAR:

Part 2) – Grammar – A longer set of questions relating to various aspects of English grammar. The questions will be mostly multiple choice (or gap fill).
Here is a list of the main grammar topics that may be included on the test:

• Action/non-action verbs;
• The present simple - various uses (also including 'timetable future'; future time clauses with 'when', 'before', 'as soon as', etc.);
• The present continuous - various uses;
• The past continuous (e.g. I was watching TV...) - with various uses;
• The past simple of regular & irregular verbs - various uses;
• The past continuous - various uses;
• The past perfect (simple & continuous) - various uses;
• 'used to';
• The future forms: 'be going to' for intentions and predictions, etc.; present continuous for future arrangements, etc.; will/won't/shall for predictions, promises, offers, requests, spontaneous decisions, etc.; present simple for timetable future;
• The future continuous;
• The future perfect;
• The present perfect simple - various uses;
• The present perfect continuous - various uses;
• The passive form (all tenses);
• Conditionals (with 'if', 'unless', etc.) - 1st, 2nd and 3rd;
• 'Wish' structures - wish + past simple; wish + past perfect; wish + would;
• Indirect questions;
• Gerunds & infinitives;
• Reported speech;
• Question tags;
• Modals - can, could, be able to (ability & possibility); must/have to/had to (obligation); may, might (possibility); should/shouldn't/ought to (advice); must, may, might, might not, can't (deduction); deduction (past) - e.g. must have moved, may have done, can't have gone, etc.; deduction (present moment) – e.g. may be sleeping, can't be working, etc.;
• Relative clauses (defining & non-defining) – with 'who', 'whose', 'which', 'where', 'that';
• Comparatives & superlatives - adjectives & adverbs;
• Use of articles (various rules): definite, indefinite & zero article;
• Prepositions - various uses (e.g. time & place; movement; with nouns, adjectives & verbs);
• Quantifiers & countable/uncountable nouns;

You will find these grammar points in a good reference book of an appropriate level, such as: “Oxford Grammar 360°” (published by Oxford University Press, 2019); or "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy (published by Cambridge)

N.B.: Students will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis ('idoneo'/'non idoneo'). An overall score equivalent to at least 18/30, or 60%, on the computer test is necessary to pass the test. The length of the test, & the time allowed to complete the test, may vary depending on possible changes to classroom regulations.