Trainer for the oral part of the exam in English.
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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 the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it Geography is the study of the Earth and its features, its inhabitants, and its phenomena. The word geography comes from Greek. It means “to write and draw about the Earth”. Geography studies continents, seas, rivers and mountains. It deals with all the people and animals that live on the Earth. It is interested in the things that happen on the Earth like tides, winds, and earthquakes. A person who is an expert in geography is a geographer. A geographer tries to understand the world and the things that are in it, how they started and how they have changed. Geographers need to know a lot about maps because maps are very important for understanding geography. Geography is divided into two main parts called physical geography and human geography. Physical geography studies the natural environment and human geography studies the human environment. Human geography studies include things such as the population in a country, a country’s economy and so on TASK #1. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 02:00 min. PREPARATION 1 _____________________________________ .
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Task 1. Read the text aloud TASK #1. ANSWER – 02:00 min. ANSWER 1 End answer Geography is the study of the Earth and its features, its inhabitants, and its phenomena. The word geography comes from Greek. It means “to write and draw about the Earth”. Geography studies continents, seas, rivers and mountains. It deals with all the people and animals that live on the Earth. It is interested in the things that happen on the Earth like tides, winds, and earthquakes. A person who is an expert in geography is a geographer. A geographer tries to understand the world and the things that are in it, how they started and how they have changed. Geographers need to know a lot about maps because maps are very important for understanding geography. Geography is divided into two main parts called physical geography and human geography. Physical geography studies the natural environment and human geography studies the human environment. Human geography studies include things such as the population in a country, a country’s economy and so on
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TASK #2. PREPARATION 2 Task 2. Study the advertisement Welcome to a new café! You are considering visiting the exhibition and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following: opening hours number of exhibits if one can take photos admission fee group discounts
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Question 1. Ask direct question 1) opening hours Student: ______________________________ Remember that you have 20 seconds to ask the question. TASK #2. ANSWER – 01 min. ANSWER End answer 2
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Question 2. Ask direct question 2) number of exhibits Student: ______________________________ Remember that you have 20 seconds to ask the question. TASK #2. ANSWER – 01 min. ANSWER End answer 2
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Question 3. Ask direct question 3) if one can take photos Student: ______________________________ Remember that you have 20 seconds to ask the question. TASK #2. ANSWER – 01 min. ANSWER End answer 2
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Question 4. Ask direct question 4) admission fee Student: ______________________________ Remember that you have 20 seconds to ask the question. TASK #2. ANSWER – 01 min. ANSWER End answer 2
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Question 5. Ask direct question 5) group discounts Student: ______________________________ Remember that you have 20 seconds to ask the question. TASK #2. ANSWER – 01 min. ANSWER End answer 2
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3 TASK #3. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 02:00 min. PREPARATION Task 3. These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your 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: when you took the photo what/who is in the photo what is happening why you took the photo why you decided to show the picture to your friend Don't forget to start with “I have chosen photo number….”
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Today I will share with you those well-known and most successful simulators that are available for preparing for the oral part of the Unified State Exam and the Unified State Exam.
Manuals with a ready-made electronic simulator
I would like to say that I myself oral part appeared in the exam not so long ago, but any interactive simulators for preparing for it were not developed as quickly as innovations in the exam. The pioneer in this direction was probably the manual by Pochepaeva/Nemykina with their simulator, which cannot be called completely ideal, but still at least some kind of imitation of the exam and an approximate vision of what to expect. Most teachers and tutors know about him and have dealt with him. 
But I liked the simulator from A.V. Mishina’s manual more. 
. A wonderful thing and an attractive price. Most a budget option, in my opinion, and worthy of your attention. Let's take a closer look at it. You can get it by downloading from the website "Education"
, but you can activate it only by purchasing the “Oral Part” manual, because it contains the treasured code.
Having entered the same code, we see the following: 
we need to set up the equipment, namely, connect headphones and a microphone to the computer or laptop (it’s good when they are 2 in 1). After this, a green check mark will light up when the connection is configured. Next we are presented with the main page 
with mode selection. First, we’ll read the instructions, then we’ll go through the training, and the last thing is a mode that simulates an exam in real time without any delays. First, let's go to the training mode (you can read the instructions if you wish, everything is clear and simple there). 
. Here we see that there are 5 options. We choose any one for training. 
. Each option consists of 4 oral tasks. We start training with the first one and, as we know, this is reading a passage of text. 
No more than 1.5 minutes are allotted for reading. As soon as we click the Your answer button, our voice will be recorded on the voice recorder. If we click on the sample answer button, we can hear the sample answer. And by clicking on the finish task button, we go to the reverse menu and select the next task. 
. What's great about this simulator is that there are sample oral answers and this is really a big plus. 
In the third task, out of the three proposed photos, we choose one and also describe it for the entry. In the fourth task you need to compare two pictures. 
. After training all the options, you can safely move on to the Exam mode, where you can already 
After counting down the time in the start mode, a simulation of a situation close to the real exam begins.
This section of the simulator takes place offline with a strictly allotted time of 15 minutes and with automatic transition from one part of the exam to another. This is a kind of good training for the student before the exam, so that he feels the time and can control himself.
The second simulator that has become available now and is very convenient is a simulator from the Macmillan publishing house. 
. The fact is that it was available only with the purchase of a certain benefit. And as I wrote in previous articles, if you remember, I was very pleased with the purchase of the new 2016 textbook “Listening and Speaking.” Using a special code on the flyleaf 
You can use a convenient simulator to prepare for the Unified State Exam. It is aimed at developing lexical and grammatical skills. But the downside was that there was no access to the oral part simulator. But around September of this year, the publishing house opened access, and now, it’s great...that you can use it.
So what does it look like: 
We are presented with an interface that describes how much time is given for training each part of the task. After this we open the first task and see 
small instructions. After which the text itself and the voice recorder icon at the bottom, when you press the record button, the recording begins and, accordingly, the time report. After reading the text, you can save the recording to your computer. 
. Everything is the same with other sample assignments. There are no standard answers (samples) in this simulator. 
. By the way, in your personal account on the MacMillan website, you can create a group of your students and check their oral answers, and then mark them as passed. You can find out how it works by watching video recording
Independent electronic trainers
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A simulator for preparing for the oral part of the OGE and the Unified State Exam is LOCATED. This is the site 
Oral response training station, also with timing. It is official, since it is from the fipi base. Here you can also practice for the OGE. As for the OGE...the previous simulators can only be used when completing the first task - reading text. But on the fipi website, what is not a simulator when performing a task - answers to questions from the answering machine. It’s also convenient and you don’t need to invent anything. It's simple. To practice the third task from the OGE (monologue statement), you can use your mobile phone with the same voice recorder. There is no separate simulator for the OGE yet.
That's probably all for today! I hope it was useful to you!
Sincerely, Nadezhda Bordacheva!
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Are you taking the Unified State Exam in English? This means that you need to master such a difficult section as speaking, or the oral part. These are tasks C3, C4, C5 and C6 in the Unified State Exam version. It is in these tasks that graduates make the most mistakes.
We have prepared for you two real Unified State Exam test in English and examples of performing these tests. Each of them contains 4 tasks. On this page - Test 1
Task C3 - reading.
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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 the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
Many lands that had once been swamps were drained or filled in. There are different reasons why people drained swamplands. Some were drained to fight diseases caused by insects that lived in them. Because swamps were considered unpleasant places in which to live and harmful to health, many people thought that unless they were drained the land was worthless.
Other swamps were drained to make new land. As the population grew and more land was needed, people drained swamps or filled them to make room for more farms and factories, more roads and airports.
Few people thought that it might be harmful to get rid of swamps. As swamps disappeared, other things happened. There were both more floods and more droughts than before. There were also more fires, for swamps had acted as firebreaks. Hunters noticed that there was less wild game. Wild life that once lived in the swamps was dying out, because it had no place to live.
Task C4 – make up questions.
Task 2. Study the advertisement.
You are going to visit Japan this summer and you’d like to have more information about the flights to Japan. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five questions to find out the following:
1) departure dates
2) travel time
3) return ticket price
4) discounts for students
5) buying the ticket online
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.
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Example of completing a task:
1. What are the days of departures? (What are departure dates?)
2. How long will it take to travel?
3. How much does the return ticket cost? (What is the price of the return ticket?,
How much is the return ticket?)
4. Do you offer any discounts for students? (Are there any discounts for students available?)
5. Is it possible to book the ticket online?
Task C5 – description of one picture.
Task 3. Imagine that you are showing pictures of your pets to your friend. Choose one photo to present to your friend. You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. In your talk remember to speak about:
when you took the photo
what/who is in the photo
what is happening
why you took the photo
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Don’t forget to start with “I have chosen photo number...”
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Example of completed task C5:
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I have chosen photo number 1.
To begin with, people keep pets for different reasons. They make our lives more exciting and become the members of our family. They can also be our closest friends forever.
I took this photo last summer in our country house. We have got several pets and this dog is among them. All our pets are friendly and cute creatures.
Let me tell you a few words about this photo. In the background you can see a wonderful Russian landscape. In the foreground there is a wonderful lawn framed with lovely birches and bushes. In the center you can see my elder sister Sveta and our dog Snowflake. We called him so because he is as white and fluffy as snow.
The weather is fine, sunny and warm. Snowflake likes to go for a walk very much. In the photo Sveta is telling him something to keep him calm. You can’t see me as I am taking the photo.
Taking this photo I wanted to start a collection of our pets’ pictures and to display it on the wall in our living room. Besides, the photos will always remind us of our pets.
I decided to show this picture to you because you told me a lot about your dog. Now it’s my turn to give you the first impression of my pet. Isn’t he friendly and cute?
I believe when you come to our place, Snowflake will accept you as his best friend.
That is all I wanted to tell you about this photo.
Task C6 – comparing and contrasting two photographs.
Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:
Give a brief description (action, location)
say what the pictures have in common
say in what way the pictures are different
say which kind of life you’d prefer
explain why
You will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously.
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In our modern world some jobs are very important for our society.
Here are two pictures to compare and contrast on the topic. This is a photo of a man doing his job outside and that is a photo of a policeman standing on the side of the road.
These two pictures show jobs and this is the first similarity. The people in both pictures are wearing uniforms, and that is also what these pictures have in common. The weather is rather warm.
However, the pictures are somehow different. The main difference is that in picture one we can see a worker, while in picture two there is a traffic policeman. Also, their actions are different: the worker is paving a sidewalk and the policeman is on duty watching the traffic on the road.
As far as I am concerned, the job of a traffic policeman (cop) is more important for the society because people of this profession are responsible for our safety and order on the roads. Besides, they control all drivers to keep and obey traffic rules. It is very important for all drivers and passengers’ lives.
I’ve come to the end of my speaking. Thank you for listening.
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Knyazkova I.V. English teacher, MAOU "Gymnasium No. 26 of Chelyabinsk" Trainer for preparing for the Unified State Exam in English Oral part
TASK #1. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 01:30 min. PREPARATION 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 the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it. Many lands that had once been swamps were drained or filled in. There are different reasons why people drained swamplands. Some were drained to fight diseases caused by insects that lived in them. Because swamps were considered unpleasant places in which to live and harmful to health, many people thought that unless they were drained the land was worthless. Other swamps were drained to make new land. As the population grew and more land was needed, people drained swamps or filled them to make room for more farms and factories, more roads and airports. Few people thought that it might be harmful to get rid of swamps. As swamps disappeared, other things happened. There were both more floods and more droughts than before. There were also more fires, for swamps had acted as firebreaks. Hunters noticed that there was less wild game. Wild life that once lived in the swamps was dying out, because it had no place to live.
Task 1. Read the text aloud TASK #1. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 01:30 min. ANSWER 1 End answer Many lands that had once been swamps were drained or filled in. There are different reasons why people drained swamplands. Some were drained to fight diseases caused by insects that lived in them. Because swamps were considered unpleasant places in which to live and harmful to health, many people thought that unless they were drained the land was worthless. Other swamps were drained to make new land. As the population grew and more land was needed, people drained swamps or filled them to make room for more farms and factories, more roads and airports. Few people thought that it might be harmful to get rid of swamps. As swamps disappeared, other things happened. There were both more floods and more droughts than before. There were also more fires, for swamps had acted as firebreaks. Hunters noticed that there was less wild game. Wild life that once lived in the swamps was dying out, because it had no place to live.
Task 2. Study the advertisement. You have 20 seconds to ask each question. TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 01:40 min. PREPARATION 2 You are going to visit Japan this summer and you"d like to have more information about the flights to Japan. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five questions to find out the following: 1) departure dates 2) travel time 3) return ticket price 4) discounts for students 5) buying the ticket online
Task 2. A sk five direct questions to find out the following: You have 20 seconds . 2 TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 1: 4 0 min. ANSWER End answer 1) departure dates
Task 2. A sk five direct questions to find out the following: You have 20 seconds . 2 TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 1: 4 0 min. ANSWER End answer 2) travel time
Task 2. A sk five direct questions to find out the following: You have 20 seconds . 2 TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 1: 4 0 min. ANSWER End answer 3) return ticket price
Task 2. A sk five direct questions to find out the following: You have 20 seconds . 2 TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 1: 4 0 min. ANSWER End answer 4) discounts for students
Task 2. A sk five direct questions to find out the following: You have 20 seconds . 2 TASK #2. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 1: 4 0 min. ANSWER End answer 5) buying the ticket online
Task 3. Imagine that while traveling during your holidays you took some photos. Choose one photo to present to your friend. You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. In your talk remember to speak about: You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes. In your talk remember to speak about: when you took the photo what/who is in the photo what is happening why you took the photo why you decided to show the picture to your friend You have to talk continuously, starting with I've chosen photo number... TASK #3. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 02:00 min. PREPARATION 1 2 3
Choose the photo Choose the photo 3 TASK #3. PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 02:00 min. PREPARATION 1 2 3
Task 3. Start speaking and speak for not more than 2 minutes In your talk remember to speak about: when you took the photo what/who is in the photo what is happening why you took the photo why you decided to show the picture to your friend You have to talk continuously, starting with I've chosen photo number … 3 TASK # 3 . PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 2:00 min. ANSWER End answer 1 2 3
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 concerts presented in the pictures you' d prefer explain why You will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. 4 1. 2. TASK #4 . PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 02:00 min. PREPARATION
Task 4. C ompare 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 concerts presented in the pictures you'd prefer explain why You will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. 4 1. 2. TASK #4 . PREPARATION – 01:30 min. ANSWER – 0 2:00 min. ANSWER End answer