Reading and Use of English | Part 2 1 Work in pairs. You will read an article about housework. Before you read, match the verbs (1-8) with the nouns (ah) to make phrases for common household chores. 1 do a the beds 2 do b the dinner ready 3 dust ¢ the floor 4 get d the furniture 5 hang @ the ironing 6 lay ¥ thetable 7 make g the washing out to dry 8 sweep hh the washing-up 4 Complete the text by writing one word in each gap. ‘Make sure that you spell the word correctly. Doing the chores Accorcing to a recent studly of teenagers. most of them do not do housework just (0) fot... pocket money. While mony do household chores because: they $09 It (1) neneneae way Of getting ready for dul Ife, otners fea! they hove c duty fo help their parents because iti fair. especially If their parents work More than two-thirds of the young people who were surveyed clean floors (2) least once o week and more than 60% regularly set the table for meas or (8) the washing UP. Girls cre more likely than boys to wash (4) ‘own clothes, () eve snnnnes OF@, NOWENEF,@ few leans whe only do the housework because they are made (6) . by their parents. Thay argue tnat they should ” be expected to help out at home because in their view, their teenage years are o petiod which should be enjoyed (8) than inforrupted with household responsibilities. 5 Now check or complete your answers by using these cues. 1 This preposition is used with see to mean believe it is that thing). Other vorbs which are followed by this preposition are consider and regard 2 Incother wards, they clean floors @ minimum of ence a 3 Which verb do we use with washing-up? 4 Whose clothes de they wash? 5 This word is often used to introduce a sentence before the verb be. 6 Their parents make them do the housework = They ere MAKE wn a.u do the housework by their parents, 7 Do you understand that a minority of teens mentioned in this paragraph believe they should help? 8 This word is part of a two-word phrase which means instead of In Reading and Use of English Part 2, you read @ text of 150-140 words with eight gaps where words have been removed. You write one word in each gap. You are given an example (0). This part tests your knowledge of grammar, ¢.g. articles (2, the, an), prepositions (to, with, by, ete), modal verbs (can, must, should, etc.) auxiliary verbs (do, did, have, etc), pronouns it, them, which, ete), conjunctions (and, although, but, etc), quantifiers (much, few, a litle, ec.) 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Speaking | Part 1 In Speaking Part 1, the examiner asks you questions about yourself, These may include questions about your Ife, your work or studies, your plans for the future, your ferily and your interests, etc This partis intended to break the ice and tests your ability to interact with the examiner and use general social language.1 Look at these two questions, which the examiner may ask you in Speaking Part 1 © Where are you from? ‘© What do you like about the place where you live? 1+ Which question asks you to give your personal opinion? Which asks you for personal information? 2 Which question can be answered with quite a short phrase? Which question needs a longer answer? 1 How do youusuay max when jou haere ie? 2 iat do you do when you san redo you go when you goo? 8 Doyuebengina lage grou 5 002 Listen tothe students answers and complete the gaps 1 um fi 2 itnaio 3 relming butt depends o ‘6 gpod fn, 4 hats me to etch ot S Weed aio ie 6 19004 .nowardagain Writing | Part 1 An essay In Waiting Part 1, you: * write an essay in which you discuss a question or topic, Ater the essay ttle, there are some notes which you must use. = must also include your own ideas. © must write betwwoen 140 and 190 wards. ‘This part tests your ability to develop an argument or discussion on a topic, express your apinion on the topic clearly and support your ideas with reasons and examples. 1 Read this writing task and underline the points you must deal with. In your English class, you have been talking about haw much teenagers and young people should help with the housework Now your English teacher has asked you to write an. essay. Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view. Essay question ‘Teenagers and young people should share housework equally with their parents. Do you agree? Notes Write about: 1. who has more time for housework 2. who does housework better 3. sno (yur own idea) ‘Write your essay. 3 Read Violetta’s answer to the task, ignoring the gaps. Which of her ideas do you agree with and which ¢o vou disagree with? (1) sesosnn it is fashionable to say that everyone should share the housework equally, in many homes parents do most of it. (2)... | believe people of all ages should do their fair share [cs true that young peaple spend mast of the day at school or college and they also have large amounts of homework to do when they come home. (3) « Parents go out to work and come home tired. In my view, family life is more pleasant when everyone shares the responsibility for cleaning and tidying because It takes less time. People often argue that parents do the cooking and ironing better. (4) in my opinion, young people should learn to do them as reparation for the future. Finally, housework is boring if you do it alone (5)... when families do it together, it gives parents and children a chance to talk to each other about the things that matter to them. This greatly, ‘Improves family life and makes young people more cooperative and responsible. For all these reasons, | think that family life Is more pleasant when everyone shares the chores. Complete this plan for Violetta’s essay by matching ‘the notes (2-e) with the paragraphs (1-5) Para. 1: intro: Para, Para. Para. 4: Para. 5: conclusion: ‘a life more enjoyable doing things together b time: young people studying, parents working, chores finished more quickly © get practice ~ you improve sharing work together ~ better family life e parents do mast of it + my opinion 6 When you write an essay, you should try to present contrasting points of view. Complete Violetta’s essay dy writing although, however, om the other hand or whereas in each of the gaps 1-5. Then check your answers by reading the Language reference. 7 Complete these sentences by writing aithough, ‘however, on the other hand or whereas in the gaps. In ‘some cases, more than one answer may be possible, 1. Adults tond to worry more about their health young peaple are more concemed about money. 2 an. am happy to do some of the cooking, | don’t want to do ital 3. My mum and dad have similar tastes. mine are completely cfferent. 4 cms My parents give me a lot of freedom, | would prefer to have even more independence. 5. Young people often spend many hours a week an thelr social life. 6 | enjoy making beds. ...,'mnot at all keen on doing the ironing, , older people are often too busy.