Practice Makes Perfect

svētdiena, 2011. gada 27. marts

Practising on MULTIPLE CHOICE exercises for the language use part of the test

Spring break is over , welcome back to school!

First of all - study the strategies
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/p3pt1a.htm
Then practise the tasks. Here are the links
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/mchtst3.htm
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/mchtst2.htm
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/mchtst1.htm

Doing these exercises you will need a pencil and a paper
http://www.englishspeaker.com/examinations/FCE/usage/FCE%20use%2001-01.html (exercise answers find below)
http://www.englishspeaker.com/examinations/FCE/usage/FCE%20use%2001-02.html
http://www.englishspeaker.com/examinations/FCE/usage/FCE%20use%2001-03.html (if the link doesn't work, copy the address and paste it in the address box)
http://www.englishspeaker.com/examinations/FCE/usage/FCE%20use%2001-04.html (if the link doesn't work, copy the address and paste it in the address box)

svētdiena, 2011. gada 13. februāris

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

English rose

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZY8coaWMg

David Gilmour sings Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Osse7w9fs

Rufus Wainwright sings Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYd2KlRX4Vs&feature=related
Images from Pride and Prejudice (based on Jane Austin's novel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6FFtq5CEoM

Witing a job application letter

There is a good link where you can practice writing job application letter. Note that there 4 parts !
http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/exercises/application_c.html

svētdiena, 2011. gada 6. februāris

Unit 7 (WORK) vocabulary issues

freelancer - līgumdarba veicējs
work freelance - veikt līgumdarbu
odd jobs - dīvaini darbi
skilled / unskilled jobs - kvalificēti/ nekvalificēti darbi
be on call - ierasties darbā pēc izsaukuma
clock on/ clock off - piereģistrēt ierašanās laiku/ piereģistrēt aiziešanas laiku
fill in for somebody - aizstāt kādu darbā
fill in a form - aizpildīt anketu
give sb a hand - palīdzēt kādam (sniegt roku)
make a loss/ make a profit - radīt zaudējumus/ nest peļņu
maternity cover - bērna kopšanas pabalsts
on duty/ off duty - dežūrēt/ ārpus darba
be made redundant - atlaist ("padarīt lieku")
fire sb/ give sb the sack / sack sb /make sb redundent - atlaist no darba
knock off - beigt darbu
sabbatical - svētdienas, atpūtas
personnel / staff - personāls, štata darbinieki
line manager - ražošanas vadītājs
estate agent - nekustamā īpašuma tirdzniecības aģents
executive - izpilddirektors
interpreter / translater - tulks