Match the features (1-6) on each letter with the features (A-F) below.
| A | The receiver’s address | |
| B | The receiver’s name | |
| C | The sender’s address | |
| D | The sender’s phone number | |
| E | The sender’s name | |
| F | The date |
Read the messages (a-l). Are they formal (f) or informal (i)?
| a | Please contact me to arrange another appointment. | |
| b | I’ll show you round … | |
| c | Call me and we’ll fix a time to meet | |
| d | I regret to inform you that your application has not been successful. | |
| e | Please supply additional information about your experience | |
| f | cu@10 | |
| g | Tell me more about what you did. | |
| h | I’d like to introduce you to … | |
| i | There will be an opportunity to visit … | |
| j | Bad luck about the job. | |
| k | Your interview has been arranged for ten o’clock | |
| l | This is … |
Match the formal and informal messages with the same general meaning (from ex.3).
Rewrite the following formal phrases in informal English.
Example: We’d be delighted if you could join us for drinks.
Let’s go and drink together
| 1. | In response to your recent enquiry … |
| 2. | The receptionist will direct you to the correct room. |
| 3. | I look forward to hearing from you. |
| 4. | I hope that will be acceptable. |
SECTION B
Read the curriculum vitae (CV) quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below it.
| NAME | Gavin H Alvarez |
| ADDRESS | 26 Dryfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 2DC |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER | 01223 3268452 |
| E-MAIL ADDRESS | gavinhalvarez@btinternet.com |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14 June 1984 |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1995-2000 | Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue, Cambridge CB 4RG |
| 2000-2002 | Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road, Cambridge CB6 7YT |
| QUALIFICATIONS | |
| 2000 | GCSEs: English, Maths, General Science, Design and Technology, French, Spain, Art, and History |
| 2001 | Level 1 Engineering and Technology foundation course |
| 2002 | Level 2 Computing course specializing in software development |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2000 | Temporary job as IT assistant at Norris’s Aeronautics, Cambridge. |
| OCTOBER 2000 - JUNE 2007 | Saturday and holiday job testing computer games at Silicompany, Cambridge. |
| OTHER INFORMATION | Bi-lingual in Spanish and English; Clean driving licence |
| INTERESTS | Developing computer games, member of college football team, photography, and playing the guitar |
| REFEREE | Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor) Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road, Cambridge CB6 7YT |
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| 1. | What is a CV? | |
| a | A description of someone’s family, education, likes and dislikes. | |
| b | A description of someone’s education, work experience, and skills. | |
| 2. | How is a CV arranged? | |
| a | under headings | |
| b | like a letter | |
Read the CV again and decide if the sentences (1-7) below are true (T) or false (F).
| 1 | Gavin Alvarez lives in Cambridge. | T | F |
| 2 | He is a student at Cam College. | T | F |
| 3 | He passed his GCSEs in 2001. | T | F |
| 4 | He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000. | T | F |
| 5 | He left Cam College in 2000. | T | F |
| 6 | He is quite good at languages. | T | F |
| 7 | He isn’t interested in technology. | T | F |
Read the following advertisements. Which job is the best for Gavin?
| a) GAMES4U WANTS YOUNG, DYNAMIC PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. FOREIGN LANGUAGES AN ADVANTAGE. SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … | b) BOOKS FOR STUDENTS NEED TWO PEOPLE AGED 18 – 20 TO WORK IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. TO APPLY, SEND CV AND COVERING LETTER TO … |
4. Read these phrases from the CV and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
| 1. | … a covering letter … | |||
| a) | a letter to give more information | |||
| b) | a letter to hide a CV | |||
| 2. | foreign languages an advantage …
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| a) | it will help if you can speak a foreign language | |||
| b) | It is essential that you can speak a foreign language | |||
| 3. | a clean driving license | |||
| a) | Your license isn’t dirty | |||
| b) | You haven’t done anything illegal in a car | |||
Write your own CV in English. Use Garvin’s CV as a model for your writing.
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
TEST 1
(modules 1 – 5)
I. Change the words in italics so that the sentence has a similar meaning; write the answer on the right:
| 1 | Engineers solve problems in a “step-by-step” way. | |||
| 2 | If you want to make your project better you should work harder. | |||
| 3 | You can finish your work in the office. | |||
| 4 | Engineering can be classified into 3 main areas. | |||
| 5 | People can give and get information to each other in different ways. | |||
| 6 | You can talk to each other out of the office. | |||
| 7 | At the beginning all students take a beginner course where they study general subjects. | |||
| 8 | After finishing the beginner course students focus on one type of engineering. | |||
| 9 | ‘What sort of knowledge and skills do you need for the job?’ | |||
| 10 | First of all you should get basic skills. | |||
| 11 | How is your knowledge evaluated at the University? | |||
| 12 | Do you work all the day long? | |||
| 13 | I’m a new trainee. Who is my instructor? | |||
| 14 | Have you got good mark on your exam? | |||
| 15 | Please, Jane, ask a new trainee some questions to evaluate his knowledge. | |||
| 16 | Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc. | |||
| 17 | Usually implants are pressed and put into the patient’s body. | |||
| 18 | Glass is a clear light material. | |||
| 19 | Copper conducts electricity well. | |||
| 20 | What was your first plan? | |||
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II. Guess the words from their explanations and write them on the right:
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| 1 | A person who designs, builds, maintains engines, machines, etc… . |
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| 2 | Characteristic of a person; ‘a sort of a person’. You must think of this before choosing your profession. |
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| 3 | A document that you get after you pass all exams and graduate from the University. |
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| 4 | A period of time (usually half a year) when students study before they take exams. |
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| 5 | A lesson of discussion and practical work, when people communicate and show their knowledge. |
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| 6 | A person who works for low pay as an assistant of an experienced person in order to learn the skills for a particular job. |
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| 7 | A person who trains (teaches) people for some particular job. |
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| 8 | A degree, a diploma, a certificate; theoretical and practical knowledge; you need this to get a job. |
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| 9 | A type of job when you work for 8 hours a day and 5 days in a week. It is opposite to a ‘part-time’ job. |
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| 10 | The process of getting marks for each project you do during the term. |
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| 11 | A room or a building (especially in the Scientific Institutions) that is used for scientific experiments or testing. |
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| 12 | The most important things to learn; basic knowledge of any subject that you need for your future study. |
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| 13 | To focus on one small part of a subject and to study it in details. |
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| 14 | To take an exam and to get a good mark. |
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| 15 | Process of asking-answering questions in order to get information about a person and his/her qualification. |
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| 16 | Ability of our brain to remember different things. |
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| 17 | Something medical that is put inside the patient’s body. |
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| 18 | Mixture of two metals that is also known as ‘smart material’. |
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| 19 | Ability of a person to create different pictures in mind. |
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| 20 | To make something smaller; to become smaller (ex. - about an implant) |
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III. Give your own explanations to the following words:
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| 1 | manufacturer |
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| 2 | to design |
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| 3 | building site |
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| 4 | engineering |
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| 5 | part-time job/course |
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| 6 | to specialize |
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| 7 | applicant |
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| 8 | environment |
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| 9 | plastic |
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| 10 | brass |
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IV Match the words:
| electricity, exam, way, into, a problem, for, shape, a technique, alloys, at, in, job (activity), body, form, solution, course, imagination, fibre, price, system
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