GUIDELINE TO SECOND YEAR ENGLISH EXAM STRUCTURE

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GUIDELINE TO SECOND YEAR ENGLISH EXAM STRUCTURE
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LISTENING PART

• You will hear an interview with a young TV soap
  opera star, Jack Benton.(example situation)
• Listen and answer the following questions.
  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES
• For questions marked ( T / F ), circle the
  word True or False after each statement
• (8 sentences)

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GRAMMAR TEST

• PART A Complete the blanks with a/an, the, or
  X if no article is needed. For example Dublin is
  1)______ largest city in 2)______ Irish
  Republic.
• (10 gaps)

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GRAMMAR TEST

• PART B Put each verb in brackets into an
  appropriate form any suitable tense, active or
  passive, infinitive (with or without to), present
  or past participle, etc., adjusting word order
  if necessary.
• Example It may be wrong to think that the sex
  scandal which 1) __________________________
  (currently shame) the Catholic Church 2)
  __________________________ (undermine) the
  popes legitimacy in future.
• (15 gaps)

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GRAMMAR TEST

• PART C Complete the second sentence so that it
  is similar in meaning to the first sentence.
  Your answer must include the word given in
  brackets after the first sentence. Do not change
  this word.
• Example When I was a teenager my parents always
  got angry if I came home late. (used)
• My parents _____________________________________
  _______________________ if I came home late.
• (9 sentences)

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GRAMMAR TEST

• PART D Put a suitable preposition into each gap.
  Example 1)___________ sailing 2)___________
  the Adriatic to Greece 3)____________ Brindisi,
  Byron went 4)_____________ the town of
  Missolongh.
• (11 gaps)

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GRAMMAR TEST

• PART E Complete the following sentences with the
  appropriate particle or preposition (or both)
  from the list below. Use each particle (or
  particle preposition) only once.
• down on forward into off
  through up to
• Ill come round to your place as soon as I get
  ___________________ work at 5 pm.
• (6 sentences)

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READING COMPREHENSION COMPOSITION

• You will read a page long text taken from a real
  source (such as The Economist, The Times etc.)
• You will have 3 hours.

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Reading Writing

• The following expressions have been removed from
  the text. On your answer sheet, show where you
  think they should go by matching the letters with
  the numbers e.g. a) 2 b) 3 etc.
• 2-6 Comprehension questions
• 7 short paragraph taken from the text to
  translate into Italian

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Reading Writing

1. For each of the following words, find a term or
   expression in the paragraph indicated which is an
   exact synonym
2. Which of the following statements are correct,
   and which are incorrect ? (On your answer sheet,
   simply write the letter of each statement,
   followed by True or False).

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Reading Writing

• Write a composition (about 250 words) on ONE of
  the following titles
• (The titles will be connected to the topic of
  the test).