This article provides sample examples of completing tasks. oral part (Speaking Part) of the Unified State Exam 2016 in English. The article was written taking into account the changes that occurred in the wording of task 3 (point 1 and point 4). I hope this material will help you in preparing for the exam.
Task 1
Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read this text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
Burney Crouss went to school to study the sounds of nature. For 20 years he has recorded the sounds animals make. He has recordings of animal sounds from all over the world.
Burney has made a record of animal songs. It all began when he took some of the sounds and put them together. Last year, he put together a song he called “Jungle Shoes.” It turned out great.
Burney makes the music by taking part of his animal noises and saving them on a computer. He makes each sound play when a key is pressed. Then he asks other musicians to play the keys into songs. Burney believes in working to save nature. He thinks that more people need to take care of our world. The sounds of nature are quickly disappearing.
When he recorded whales in Alaska, he could hear the sound of oil well drilling from fifteen to twenty miles away. It was very loud. He says his goal is to save nature sounds so his children will be able to hear them.
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Mind your pronunciation!
Cr ou ss, s ou nd, l ou d –
B ur ney, t ur n,w or ld – [ɜ:]
to th ink – [θ]
toge th er – [ð]
Vocabulary
nature [´neitʃə] – nature
musician – musician, composer
key – key (of a piano, organ, computer keyboard)
to record – record, register
record [´rekɔ:d] – record
to disappear [ˏdisə´piə] – to disappear
goal [ɡəul] – goal, task
whale - whale
— Listen to the audio file attached to the text several times, paying attention to the intonation and phonetic design of the text by a native speaker.
- Read the text, copying the intonation and pronunciation of words in English. Pay special attention lower intonation at the end of a sentence. From teaching experience, I know that many students do not indicate the end of a phrase with a descending tone, but, on the contrary, raise it, which significantly complicates the perception of the content.
— Don’t forget that prepositions and articles must be read together with verbs and nouns.
- Do not deafen voiced consonants at the end of a word, as this may change the lexical meaning of the word.
— In the process of preparing for the Unified State Exam, learn new words (spelling + lexical meaning).
Task 2
Study the advertisement.
You are considering booking a river trip and now you are calling to find out more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:
- Booking of the trip (order a walk along the river)
- Boarding time (time of boarding the ship)
- Kinds of amenities (types of amenities on the ship)
- Reductions for senior citizens (discounts for pensioners)
- If food and drinks available on board the yacht (possibility of ordering food and drinks on board the yacht)
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.
Sample answer
- How can I book the trip? / Can I book the trip on the phone? / I can book the trip on the phone, can't I? /Should I book the trip in advance? / Is there any possibility to book the trip online?
- What is the boarding time? / When does the boarding start (begin)?
- What amenities are there on board the yacht (the boat, the ship)?
- Are there any reductions (discounts) for senior citizens?
- Can we order (buy) any food and drinks on board the yacht?
amenities [ə´minətiz] – amenities
оn board the ship (on board the plane) – on board the ship (plane)
Since you need to ask 5 direct questions, you should know that interrogative structures in English use reverse word order. Not Maybe pose a question only by changing the intonation of the sentence, as we do in Russian.
For example:
In russian language
I can order food and drinks on board the yacht. (statement, falling intonation)
I can order food and drinks on board the yacht? (question, rising intonation)
In English
I can order some food and drinks on board the yacht. (statement, descending intonation, direct word order: subject + predicate)
General issues
Can I order any food and drinks on board the yacht? (question, rising intonation, reverse word order: auxiliary or modal verb + subject)
Special questions
How can I book the trip? (question, descending intonation, word order: question word + auxiliary verb + subject)
In this task you cannot ask indirect questions like Do you thinkI can book the trip on the phone or I wonder if I can book the trip on the phone.
Task 3
Imagine that these are photos from your photo album.
Choose one photo to present to your friend.
Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences).In your talk remember to speak about:
- where and when the photo was taken
- what/who is in the photo
- what is happening
- why you keep the photo in your album
- why did you decide to show the picture to your friend
You have to talk continuously, starting with:
“I"ve chosen photo number...”
Sample answer
I"ve chosen photo number 2. (Be sure to start your answer with this phrase, after selecting the photo number).
You know, every summer we go to the seaside to have a good rest. So, I took this photo two years ago when our family went to Egypt on summer holidays. It was our first trip abroad.
In the foreground of the photo you can see my little brother Dmitry. He is riding a camel on a sandy beach. He looks very happy because he has never done it before. The camel is covered with bright colorful blanket made of wool. It also has some funny pompons (decorations) on its head . The day is quite hot and sunny and there are no clouds in the sky. So, not to get sunburnt Dima is wearing a T-shirt.
The sea is very calm. You can notice several snow-white yachts (ships) against the skyline. Every day they take people for offshore excursions where one can watch dolphins and exotic species of fish.
As a rule, I always take a lot of pictures while traveling. I often show them to my friends and relatives to share the best and the most thrilling moments of our journeys. That's why I keep them in my album.
I was really astonished (impressed, struck) by a funny look of the camel. It seems to me that the animal has got a smiling face. I decided to show this picture to you because I think it might improve your mood. I hope you find it amazing, too.
That is all I wanted to say. (a mandatory phrase for the examiner indicating the completion of communication)
Task 4
Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:
- give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
- say what the pictures have in common
- say in what way the pictures are different
- say which of the activities presented in the pictures you'd prefer
- explain why
Now I am going to compare and contrast these two photos.
To start with I should admit that holidays are an integral part of our life no matter where we live. And these two photos are the evidence of what I have said.
Both pictures show people celebrating Christmas.
The first photo depicts a company of six young people who are enjoying a holiday season on a sandy beach. They are wearing swimming suits, sunglasses and Santa’s hats . I’m not sure but it seems to me that it is a team of life-guards. In the background of the picture you can see a decorated Christmas tree, a large inflatable snowman and Santa Claus.
As for the second picture it shows a young man and a young woman singing carols in the street which is beautifully decorated with lights. The weather is snowy and I suppose it’s pretty cold outside because they are wearing warm clothes, gloves and scarves. Even their dog has got a warm jacket and a scarf and that makes me think(I’ve got a feeling) that these people are very caring and love their pet very much.
As I have mentioned before the main similarity(the most obvious similarity) between these pictures is a festive atmosphere of Christmas. Also I get the impression that people in picture 1 and picture 2 are of the same age and look very joyful. Moreover, both pictures were taken outdoors (out-of-doors / in the open air).
Comparing these two pictures, I’d like to stress out that the most apparent (striking) difference between them is the season of the year. In the first photo the event might be taking place somewhere in Australia because Christmas Day usually falls in the middle of the summer in this country. In contrast, in the second picture you can see people in winter. I can only guess that they are probably British. Besides, picture No. 1 was taken during the daytime, while picture No. 2 was taken at night.
Have you ever tasted saltwater? I guess you have and if so, you will agree with me that it’s not very refreshing. In fact, drinking more than a few cups worth can kill you.
According to the United States Geological Survey, whose mission is to collect and disseminate reliable, impartial, and timely information that is needed to understand the nation’s water resources, about ninety-seven percent of the water on our planet is saltwater; the rest is stored in lakes, rivers, glaciers and aquifers underground. Moreover, only about one-third of the world’s potential fresh water can be used for human needs. As pollution increases, the amount of usable water decreases.
Water is the most precious and taken-for-granted resource we have on Earth. It is also one of the most threatened resources. Increased population and possible climate change will put more and more strain on supplies of this vital resource as time goes on. What could we do in this situation? Though it may seem like science fiction, the solution could lie in outer space.
I’m not saying we’re going to be teleporting to a spring on the other side of the galaxy or colonizing another planet just to have longer showers - it’s much more mundane than that. What we could achieve realistically in this century is the successful use of the solar system’s rare metals and water, barring the invention of the matrix.
You may be surprised to learn that the metal in your keys, coins, cell phone, computer, car and everywhere else, originally came to this planet from space. When Earth formed, the heavy metals sank to the center and formed a solid core. The lighter elements formed the mantle and the crust we live on. Asteroids and comets that struck the Earth brought water and metals to the surface.
There are thousands of asteroids orbiting near Earth. Most asteroids are made of rock, but some are composed of metal, mostly nickel and iron. Probes could be sent out to these to identify useful ones. Then larger probes could push them towards the Earth where they can be handled in orbit.
In order to fuel ships and probes, we simply need to find a source of water, such as a comet or the surface of the moon. We collect the water and pass an electric current through it from a solar panel. The water separates into oxygen and hydrogen, which in liquid form is a powerful rocket fuel.
Is this really possible? We may soon find out. Private company SpaceX has already started delivering equipment to the International Space Station (ISS).
The ISS is proof that countries once at each other’s throats, like America and Russia, can work together and pull off multi-billion dollar projects.
Recently, a company called Planetary Resources Inc. made the news for getting big names like Google and Microsoft to invest in exploring asteroids for material gain. Although it will take many decades, it is wise to put the gears in motion now.
We’ve already landed probes on the surface of asteroids and taken samples from them. We can put something as large as the ISS, which weighs just short of 500 tons, according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in orbit.
We can make a half-million-mile round-trip to get rocks from the moon. We can do all of these things already. They just need to be applied and developed in a smart way.
The national exam in English is one of the options for a selective exam in a foreign language. Its structure, complexity and content are no different from German, French or Spanish, which you can also choose to play. It is worth noting the undoubted popularity of the English language - official statistics show that about 9% of graduates want to take it every year. A foreign language exam cannot be called simple. For example, we can cite the following fact: two years ago, approximately 70,000 students took the English language test, while only 11 students scored the maximum number of points (100)!
English remains the most popular elective language subject
Demo version of the Unified State Exam 2016
Unified State Examination dates in English
Early period
- April 8, 2016 (Fri) - Oral exam
- April 9, 2016 (Sat) - Written exam
- April 22, 2016 (Fri) - Written exam (reserve)
- April 23, 2016 (Sat) - Oral exam (reserve)
Main stage
- June 10, 2016 (Fri) - Oral exam
- June 11, 2016 (Sat) - Oral exam
- June 14, 2016 (Tue) - Written exam
- June 22, 2016 (Wed) - Written exam (reserve)
- June 23, 2016 (Thu) - Oral exam (reserve)
Changes to the exam
Let us remind you that since last year the foreign language exam has become much more difficult - in addition to the test part, which requires written answers, the Ministry of Education decided to introduce an additional oral part. The explanatory note from the Ministry says that the student is free to decide independently whether he will take the “speaking” test, but it is quite natural that without this component one cannot count on the maximum number of points. Written and oral tests in English are taken over two days.
The written part is allocated 80 points; for speaking you will get another 20 General information
The duration of the written examination in a foreign language is 180 minutes, during which the future applicant must have time to complete a significant number of tasks - 46. The examination ticket consists of four components:
- Listening, which contains 9 tasks (as practice shows, students should not be given more than 80-90 minutes of time for this part);
- Reading, within which the graduate is asked to complete 9 tasks. The first part, which includes 2 tasks, is quite simple - you need to be able to establish a correspondence. The second part (that is, 7 more tasks) involves choosing the correct answer. Students should not spend more than half an hour on this part of the ticket;
- The section on grammar and vocabulary includes the largest number of tasks - 20. The first part consists of 13 tasks, providing a short answer. The remaining 7 tasks require choosing and writing down the correct answer. It is optimal to invest 40 minutes of time in completing this section;
- A letter that consists of 2 tasks representing a short written work. The first task is to write a personal letter (100-140 words). The second involves a short written discussion on a specific topic and should consist of 200-250 words. It is not recommended to spend more than 70-80 minutes on this work. You can first complete this type of work as a draft, but do not get carried away with a lengthy presentation of your thoughts. If you do not have enough time to completely rewrite the assignments, your draft will not be graded.
The block called “speaking” consists of four components. Students will be asked to read a short passage of text, formulate interview questions, write a story based on the image, and make a comparative assessment of two events depicted in the photo.
How are points distributed?
When passing the written part of the exam, a student can score a maximum of 80 points. “Speaking” allows you to score up to 20 more maximum points. Let us also remind you that since 2015, the minimum score in this discipline has been increased and is 22 points.
On the Unified State Exam in English you will have to complete 46 tasks in 180 minutes How to prepare?
Take advantage of the opportunity we offer and download a demo version of the trial test in English (see the beginning of the article). This way you can get into the atmosphere of the exam, assess your current readiness and improve all your weak points in advance. Please note that some of the tasks are formulated in English, so translate them in advance so as not to fall into a stupor on the national exam.
Don’t forget about the importance of preparing for listening – perceiving information by ear is not as easy as it seems. Oral speech requires no less serious preparation, because you can write perfectly, but you will not speak well without carefully practicing your pronunciation. Download a few easy-to-understand TV series or movies in English.
First, you can look for the version with subtitles. Gradually make the task more difficult - start listening to audiobooks (or excerpts from them). Select pictures from the Internet on various topics and try to describe them. At first it will take you a long time to select words and look into the dictionary, but over time it will become easier for you to speak and understand foreign speech.
This page contains demo versions of the Unified State Examination in English for 2003 - 2019.
Since 2015, Unified State Examination in English comprises two parts: written and oral, including five sections: “listening”, “reading”, “grammar and vocabulary”, “writing” (written part) and “speaking” (oral part).
Answers to the tasks of the first three sections are given in demonstration versions, and evaluation criteria are given for the tasks of the fourth and fifth sections.
In comparison, the criteria for assessing the performance of task 40 of the “Writing” section in the written part of the exam, as well as the wording of task 40, in which the exam participant is offered a choice of two topics of a detailed written statement with elements of reasoning “My opinion,” have been clarified.
Demo versions of the Unified State Examination in English
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Changes in demo versions of the Unified State Exam in English
Demonstration versions of the Unified State Exam in English for grade 11 for 2004 - 2008 included five sections: “listening”, “reading”, “grammar and vocabulary”, “writing”, “speaking”. Answers were given to the tasks of the first three sections in demonstration versions, and evaluation criteria were given for the tasks of the fourth and fifth sections.
Demonstration versions of the Unified State Exam in English for grade 11 for 2009 - 2014 already consisted of four sections: “listening”, “reading”, “grammar and vocabulary”, “writing”. Answers were given to the tasks of the first three sections in demonstration versions, and evaluation criteria were given for the tasks of the fourth section.
Thus, from demo versions of the Unified State Exam 2009 - 2014 the “speaking” section was excluded.
IN 2015 Unified State Examination in English began to consist of two parts: written and oral. Demonstration version of the written part of the Unified State Exam 2015 in English Compared to the demo version of the Unified State Exam 2014, it had the following differences:
- Numbering there were assignments through throughout the entire version without letter designations A, B, C.
- Was The form of recording the answer in tasks with a choice of answers has been changed: The answer now needs to be written down in a number with the number of the correct answer (rather than marked with a cross).
- Listening tasks A1-A7 demo version of 2014 were transformed into task 2 written part of the 2015 demo.
IN 2015 V Unified State Examination in English again the “speaking” section is back, now in the form oral part of the Unified State Exam.
IN demo versions of the Unified State Exam 2016 - 2018 in English compared with demo version 2015 in Englishthere were no significant changes: The wording of the tasks for the oral part of the exam and the criteria for their evaluation were clarified.
IN demo version of the 2019 Unified State Examination in English compared with demo version 2018 in English The criteria for assessing the performance of task 40 of the “Writing” section in the written part of the exam were clarified, as well as the wording of task 40, in which the exam participant was offered a choice of two topics for a detailed written statement with elements of reasoning “My opinion”.
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Dear Colleagues!
And at the same time I’ll tell you their “case history” - how it all began and where we came, including an analysis of the mistakes made in the exam. I hope my experience will help you in your preparation!
This year, I had two girls take the Unified State Exam in English – Anastasia and Irina.
Anastasia
Anastasia came to me a year and a half before the exam with a confident level Intermediate. She had been studying with English tutors since elementary school, and came to me because she did not feel any progress in her classes with the previous teacher.
Anastasia pleased me with the ease of understanding the language, quickly memorizing new structures and words, but frustrated me with Elementary-level mistakes. Moreover, it would be nice if they were fossilized, that is, permanent. But these same errors behaved like at a resort - they appeared once and disappeared without a trace...
Trial version The student wrote about 75 points, excellent for someone unfamiliar with the exam format. Therefore, the purpose of the preparation was to teach the girl how to squeeze her good English into the exam format.
And after a year of studying, Anastasia changed her decision about choosing a university and said that now she needed the Unified State Exam in literature, and not in English. But we decided to take the exam anyway, since we had already put in so much effort.
Anastasia wrote the last pre-exam samples for about 90 points, and this was the result that we were waiting for in the exam.
Before the exam, she said, she was not at all worried and was confident in her answers. But, having received the results, both were disappointed - 78 points!
The table clearly shows how the student wrote the samples and what happened in the exam. The columns indicate minus how many points the student received.
It’s especially offensive about the grammar with vocabulary and essays. Let's take a look at mistakes in essay according to the Unified State Examination criteria in English:
The theme of the Moscow region this year: “The best holidays and festivals are those with specific traditions for celebrating.” Yes, tricky. I would be interested to see how the person who invented it would describe it with 14 points; I am especially concerned about solving the communicative problem - none of my students received the maximum for this point.
For the decision communicative task(KZ) Anastasia has 2 points out of 3. This means: “some aspects specified in the task are not fully disclosed; There are individual violations of the stylistic design of speech.” Since the style is fine (no abbreviations or informal language), some aspect is not disclosed.
In my opinion, Anastasia distorted the topic. In the introduction we see a contrast between “old traditions and specific traditions,” which is not entirely true. It should rather sound like this: “no particular traditions – specific traditions”, for example March 8/February 23 – Halloween/New Year. This incorrect contrast is repeated throughout the essay and will result in a point being deducted.
Behind text organization(OT) we have 2 points out of 3: “the statement is mostly logical, there are some deviations from the plan in the structure of the statement; there are some disadvantages when using logical communication means; There are some shortcomings when dividing the text into paragraphs.” I didn’t notice any shortcomings when using communication tools; the division into paragraphs is correct, which means we are dealing with a violation of the logic of the statement.
In the 2nd paragraph, where the student’s opinion is indicated, the first and second arguments are similar - 1) old traditions are boring; 2) they cannot surprise tourists.
In the 3rd paragraph, where we need to express the opposite point of view, we read about the old traditions of the countries, which show the ancient culture of the country. The counterargument in the 4th paragraph states that in such countries it will be more interesting for tourists to participate in specific celebrations in order to understand the uniqueness of the country. It is illogical, because ancient traditions also distinguish one country from another.
Here they could also put a minus for this link in the 2nd paragraph: “Personally, in my opinion, …” Although I personally don’t see any crime in it.
Behind vocabulary 1 point deducted. “The vocabulary used corresponds to the communicative task, however, there are some inaccuracies in the use of words (2-3 words), or the vocabulary is limited, but the vocabulary is used correctly.” I don't know where the vocabulary could have gone wrong in this topic, so points were probably deducted for incorrect use of vocabulary:
celebrate with old traditions/ … are celebrated by old traditions… 1,2 paragraphs our world does not stand on one place, 5 paragraph
On grammar also minus 1 point – “there are a number of errors that do not make it difficult to understand the text (no more than 4).”
the old traditions, paragraph 2 (no clarification as to which ones)
… are popular with tourists who want to visit a country again and again, paragraph 2 (about a certain country)
tradition make any country is different..., paragraph 4
… the best holidays and festivals are not those which are celebrated ordinary..., paragraph 5 (wrong part of speech)
Behind spelling and punctuation also deducted a point. “There are a number of spelling and/or punctuation errors, including some that make the test slightly more difficult to understand (no more than 4).”
Spelling: “they long to try something” knew“, paragraph 2
Punctuation:
The others have an opposite opinion …__ and I can understand this point of view, 1 paragraph (compound sentence without a comma before the conjunction)
… they sing their national songs, do not dance as usual , but make cool tricks... paragraph 2 (homogeneous terms, no comma needed)
As a result, events, which make people surprised… , are the best, paragraph 4 (clause clause, not separated by commas)
… events, which are celebrated by specific traditions, paragraph 4 (clause clause, not separated by commas)
This is how the essay and its analysis turned out. If you disagree with me in assessing the essay or anything else, write in the comments!
Irina
Now I’ll tell you about Irina. We studied with her exactly a year before the exam; she also came to me from another tutor, from whom she did not see any benefit. Before that, I had not studied the language with teachers; the Unified State Exam in English was needed for admission to a university. Language level – beginning Intermediate, sampler wrote for 67 points. Gaps in basic things kept popping up, like: Are there a vegetarian menu? But unlike Anastasia, these mistakes were already deposited in the subcortex.
During the year, we practically did not touch the vocabulary, the stock of which was enough to write an essay, but we improved our grammar and pored over the exam format. A school teacher, an Unified State Exam expert, made a great contribution to the preparation; she shared materials for preparation and suggested points that I did not know. Many thanks to her for this!
Before the Unified State Exam itself, the test samples showed 85 points, so Irina passed - to the expected 85 points. I was especially pleased with the essay with a difficult topic, which she was able to describe and speak without errors.
Comparison table:
Let's also analyze her essay according to the criteria:
In this work, 1 point is lost per short circuit And grammar. I will only pay attention to them; I will not touch upon errors in other parameters that did not affect the loss of points.
So, short circuit. For me personally, the topic is covered, the only place where I don’t see the logic in adding an example to my statement is the 3rd paragraph with a counterargument: “They consider that unusual celebrations can be dangerous because people do not know what they should do there.” For me, the word dangerous does not mean “people don’t know what they should do there.”
Grammar, found 4 errors:
… because ___ unusual way of spending your free time …, paragraph 2 (no article)
Moreover, you can go with your friend which was there earlier …, paragraph 4 (which instead of who, was instead of has been)
In conclusion, I would state that specific festivals are __ very exciting way of spending your free time, paragraph 5 (no article).
Results
Which ones have I made for myself? conclusions?
WITH Anastasia I didn’t study the psychology of passing the Unified State Exam - I had to repeat many times before the exam that she should not relax and be attentive so as not to make mistakes. Perhaps it was her self-confidence that let her down.
This is an example of the fact that a person with a good knowledge of the language (by the end of our classes Anastasia had a confident Upper-Intermediate) cannot always adapt it to the exam format. And the Unified State Exam is a lottery, this year with unpredictable texts, sometimes higher than the required level, and a tricky essay topic.
WITH Irina everything is logical, she wrote as much as she deserved. Of course, I would like her to get about 90, but given the difficult listening (2nd task), reading (3rd task) and essay topic, it could be worse. So we were pleased here.
Here I concluded that the Intermediate level is sufficient to successfully pass the exam; the main thing is to master the format and strategies for solving tasks where there is not enough knowledge to fully understand the text.
This concludes my reflection on the work done. It will be great if you share the results of the Unified State Exam 2016!
Have a nice holiday everyone!