FILE TEST 1

WRITING

Write your profile for the College Connection website. Write about these things. (100–150 words)

• your personal details

•   your job / studies

•   your interests

FILE TEST 2

Write a short essay about a holiday you really enjoyed. Answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   Where did you go on holiday?

•   Who did you go with?

•   How did you travel?

•   What activities did you do?

•   What was the weather like?

FILE TEST 3

   Your pen friend emails you and asks about your plans to visit him / her. Write a letter and answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   How are you and your family?

•   What date are you coming to visit me?

•   Are you flying or coming by train?

•   What time are you arriving?

•   What do you want to do when you are here?

FILE TEST 4

Write about a time you went clothes shopping with a friend. Answer the questions. (100–150 words)

•   Which shop(s) did you go to?

•   What did you need to buy?

•   Did you try anything on? What?

•   Was your friend helpful?

•   Are you planning to go shopping with your friend again? 

FILE TEST 5

Write a short article about your lifestyle. Answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Why (not)?

•   Do you do enough sport / exercise? What do you do?

•   Do you eat enough healthy food? What do you eat?

•   Do you work too much / study too hard? How many hours a day do you spend working / studying?

FILE TEST 6

Your friend is feeling sad and depressed because she has just lost her job. Write her an email, giving some tips to make her feel more positive (100–150 words). Include the following information.

Paragraph one

Explain the reason for your email.

Paragraph two

Give her some tips to keep positive – ideas for things to do / not to do and why; give examples of things to say / not to say and why.

Paragraph three

Tell her when you’ll come and visit to cheer her up.

FILE TEST 7

Describe a time you visited a friend’s parents. Answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   Whose parents were they?

•   How did you feel about the visit?

•   What things did you do?

•   What things didn’t you do?

•   Do you think you made a good impression? Why (not)? 

FILE TEST 8

Write an email to a friend who wants to visit you. Answer your friend’s questions. (100–150 words)

•   When should I come and visit you?

•   What will the weather be like then?

•   What clothes should I bring?

•   How should I get there?

•   Is there anything I should do before I come?

FILE TEST 9

Write about animals in your country. Answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   What’s the most dangerous animal in your country?

•   Are you afraid of any animals or insects?

•   What would you do if an animal bit you?

•   What’s your favourite animal?

•   If you could be an animal, which one would it be?

FILE TEST 10

Write about an invention that has changed your life. Answer these questions. (100–150 words)

•   What is the invention?

•   Why has it changed your life? Give your reasons.

•   What did people use before it was invented?

•   How often do you use it?

•   Do you think there might be a better invention in the future?

FILE TEST 11

‘Bad losers should be disqualified.’ Do you agree? Write an opinion essay (100–150 words). Include the following information.

Paragraph one

Introduction – do you agree or not?

Paragraph two

Give two reasons

Paragraph three

Conclusion

FILE TEST 12

Describe a place you visited abroad. Answer the question. (100–150 words)

•   Where did you go?

•   Why did you decide to go there?

•   What did you do there?

•   Who did you go with?

•   Did anything strange or unusual happen? What?

End of Course Test