Types d'exercices possibles a l'epreuve de competence linguistique S / ES

I- EXERCICES LACUNAIRES ( fill the gaps / complete / add the missing words )

- article ou non ....hope never failed him during ... war.
- quantificateurs The restaurant was empty, there were .... customers.
- right tense Don't forget to phone when you ..... in London. ( to be )
- some/any/no The Smiths are hospitable; you can drop in at .... time.
- prépositions It all depends .... you !
- modaux / conjonctions / adverbes / pronoms ( la liste en est donnée ou pas )


II- Q.C.M. ( Multiple Choice Questions )

( tick off the right answer / underline / cross out / delete )

- leaving/left/to leave/leave You had better .......... now!
- two years ago/when I came of age/for two years/long before you

I passed my driving test ............


III- TRANSFORMATION

- turn to reported/direct speech The lady said: "I'll take the children home."
- turn into the passive A lot of people have listened to his speech.
- ask a question It took them two hours to drive home.


IV- REFORMULATION ( rephrase / re-write / express differently / put it otherwise )

- re-write using: neither/nor either/or You won't enjoy your visit if you don't speak English or Spanish
- use opposite words He has a lot of clothes because of the cold.
- use a gerund You can't park here, it's forbidden.
- reformuler en fonction de l'amorce It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park

--> It is a .......
- connect the two sentences She goes to hospital every day / John's ill.


V- REMISE EN ORDRE

- forward/Italy/week/looking/spending/are/to/in/they/a


VI- MATCHING

He bought a luxurious car when he lives
She'll ring you up so that he was penniless
She always puts a note although she found out a solution
He won't accept the deal unless no-one would disturb her
He'll remain in his cottage as long as he is forced


VII - CLOSURE TEST ( completer à l'aide des mots proposés ou pas )

light/glad/phone/apologized/that/first/almost/at/to/time/book/cap/might/when

He .... met her on an early spring evening .... he was doing the night run from London to the West .... night. He was about halfway when he had some trouble with the engine of his truck. It was .....eleven o'clock by that .... and he pulled up ..... the first house he saw.. He was ..... to see a .... in her window. She came ... the door with a .... in her hand. He ............ and raised his .... to her, and asked if he ..... use the .......

VIII- TESTS NOTIONELS

- à partir des situations suivantes, exprimer la notion de préférence : to sunbathe / to do the housework
- suggérez à quelqu'un d'aller au restaurant avec vous ce soir

- regrettez de n'avoir pas vu le match à la télévision.

IX- EXERCICES DE DERIVATION

Compléter chaque phrase par un mot derivé du mot entre parenthèses.
I understand what such a nice ............. means to you. ( friend )
Her baby kept crying, so she spent another ...............night. ( sleep )


X- DIVERS

- ajouter un TAG He won't fall down, ............?
- trouver la coqulle ( misprint ) They've had their house insulted
- rajouter les mots de liaison whereas/although / since / etc ...
- écrire des dates ou nombres en lettres 1995 / 2 532 people / 25th
- adjectifs ou noms composés


XI- THEME OU VERSION Translate into English

- Tu n'as pas besoin d'attendre
- Il se pourrait qu'il y ait une grève très bientôt
- La voiture est devant la porte, il a dû rentrer


XII- PHONETIQUE

- sur chaque ligne, entourer le mot qui contient un son vocalique différent de celui des autres
- piece cheese seize hiss
- miss mice mill bill
- hot won't coat hole


UNDERSTAND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS !

Fill in the blanks/gaps
Quote from the text Justify give evidence
Pick out all the words expressing .... Find out ....
Connect the two sentences
Drawing on the text List List up
Match ... with ....
Tick off Underline Cross out Delete
Turn to direct/reported speech
Right or wrong True or false
Replace ... by Use the appropriate tense
Translate the words in brackets ( )
Choose words from the following list: