Structure of the written part of the exam in English. Unified State Exam in English

Running time four written sections exam paper– 180 minutes.

The oral part of the exam is carried out on a separate day, the task completion time, including preparation time, is 15 minutes.

Total time for completing all sections of the examination paper: 195 minutes.

“Listening” – 30 minutes;

“Reading” – 30 minutes;

“Grammar and vocabulary” – 40 minutes;

“Letter” – 80 minutes;

The oral part of the exam is 15 minutes.

Task 39, formerly C1– this is a basic level task, and for its completion the student can receive the maximum 6 points (20 min); task 40 (C2)– this is a high-level task, and for its completion the student can receive the maximum 14 points (60 min). Therefore, the Writing section as a whole is worth a maximum of 20 marks. Thus, specific gravity section “Writing” 25% of the maximum test score (100 points).

ü A peculiarity of the assessment of tasks 39 and 40 is that if the examinee receives 0 points according to the criterion “Solving a communicative problem”, the entire task is assessed at 0 points.

ü When assessing tasks in the “Writing” section (39, 40), you should take into account such a parameter as volume written text, expressed in number of words. Required volume for a personal letter in task 39 – 100–140 words; for a detailed written statement in task 40 – 200–250 words The permissible deviation from the specified volume is 10%. If completed task 39 contains less than 90 words or task 40 contains less than 180 words, then the task is not subject to verification and is scored 0 points. If the volume is exceeded by more than 10%, i.e. if completed task 39 contains more than 154 words or task 40 contains more than 275 words, only that part of the work that corresponds to the required volume is subject to verification. Thus, when checking task 39, 140 words are counted from the beginning of the work, task 40 - 250 words, and only this part of the work is assessed.

ü When assessing task 40, special attention is paid to the examinee’s ability to produce a detailed written statement. If more than 30% of the answer is unproductive (i.e. textually coincides with the published source), then 0 points are given according to the criterion “Solving a communicative problem”, and, accordingly, the entire task is scored 0 points.

ü In accordance with the Procedure for conducting state final certification for educational programs average general education(Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated December 26, 2013 No. 1400 was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 3, 2014 No. 31205)

"61. Based on the results of the first and second checks, experts independently assign points for each answer to the exam questions. Unified State Examination work with a detailed answer...

62. If there is a significant discrepancy in the scores given by two experts, a third check is assigned. A significant discrepancy in scores is defined in the assessment criteria for the relevant academic subject.

The expert carrying out the third check is provided with information about the scores assigned by the experts who previously checked the examination work.”

When assessing the completion of written part tasks, a third expert is appointed in the following cases.

1. If the discrepancy between the sums of points assigned by two experts for task 39 for all (three) assessment positions of this task is 3 or more points, then the third expert assigns points for all three assessment positions for task 39.

2. If the discrepancy between the sums of points assigned by two experts for task 40 for all (five) assessment positions of this task is 5 or more points, then the third expert assigns points for all five assessment positions for task 40.

STRATEGIES FOR COMPLETING TEST TASKS IN THE “WRITING” SECTION

Personal letter

· when reading the stimulus text, highlight the main questions that should be addressed in the response letter;

· create different types of questions to request information;

· outline a plan for your response letter;

· do not forget to write the address and date in the upper right corner of the letter;

· in the introductory part of the letter, express gratitude for the letter received and, possibly, an apology that the answer was not written immediately;

· in the main part of the letter, answer all the questions asked and ask the necessary questions to the pen pal;

· in the final part of the letter, mention future contacts and sign the letter;

· use language correctly;

· check

– compliance of the content of your response letter with the stimulus letter (set communicative tasks),

– correct organization and consistency of the text;

– correctness of the language format of the text.

A written statement with elements of reasoning;

general strategies:

· construct a statement in accordance with the proposed plan;

Administration should begin with general idea topics and sentences reflecting its problematic nature;

· in the introduction, paraphrase the topic/problem given in the assignment without repeating it verbatim;

· when planning a written statement, first think through the key phrases of each paragraph;

· divide the text into paragraphs that reflect the logical and meaningful structure of the text;

· each paragraph must be written accordingly (it is recommended that the first sentence of the paragraph express its main idea and further develop it, support it with examples and arguments, etc.);

· introduction and conclusion should be approximately the same in volume;

· in the main part there should be at least two paragraphs, approximately equal in size;

· the total volume of the main part should not be less than the total volume of the introduction and conclusion;

· pay special attention to the means of logical connection of the text, both within sentences and between sentences.

· use language correctly.

Unified State Examination English language in 2019 still remains an elective subject, but there is already a decision by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation that from 2022 the unified state exam in English will become mandatory along with the Russian language and mathematics.

Schools participating in the pilot project are even less fortunate: their graduates will be required to take English in 2020.

“Well, tests ain't fair. Those that study have an unfair advantage. It's always been that way.”

Well, exams aren't fair. Those who teach have an unfair advantage. And it has always been like this.

~ Allan Dare Pearce, Paris in April

Despite the growing popularity, Unified State Exam in English It is considered one of the most difficult exams for school graduates and university applicants. Even thorough preparation and Cambridge Exams certificates do not guarantee you high score on the Unified State Exam. “How can this be?” - you ask.

The thing is, just like anyone else international exam(FCE, KET, IELTS, etc.), the Unified State Exam in English has its own structure, typical tasks and assessment criteria, which directly affect your result.

Today we will try to tell you what exactly everyone who plans to pass the Unified State Exam in English in 2019-2020.

Unified State Examination in English:

The Unified State Exam in English is taken in 11th grade and is the final exam for graduates Russian schools.

Unified State Exam (USE) is the state final certification of eleventh grade students in Russian schools. Unified State Exam results give the opportunity, during the year when the exam was taken, and the next 4 years, to choose and enroll in a secondary specialized or higher educational institution.

Unified State Examination in English is divided into two parts: written and oral. The written part of the Unified State Exam lasts 3 hours (180 minutes), and oral only 15 minutes including preparation time.

On the Unified State Examination in English, graduates are asked to complete 44 tasks, namely:

● 38 closed tasks in which you only need to choose the correct answer

● 6 tasks with a detailed answer, where you need to write or tell it yourself.

Maximum points, which can be scored for all tasks (oral and written) on the Unified State Exam in English - 100 points(80 points for written and 20 points for oral).

The speaking part is optional, but you can only get 100 points if you took the speaking test on a separate day.

In 2018 year of the Unified State Exam 72,500 people took the English test, 15 people passed with 100 points. This represents 0.02% of the total number of participants and is the lowest figure for elective subjects.

Passing score when the English exam is considered "passed", in 2018 was 22 points, but for admission to good university or on profile specialty this, of course, is not enough. The principle here is: “the higher the score, the better.” Universities change their passing score every year from 60-80 points, and by what more prestigious university- the higher the score.

It is already known that in 2019 the Unified State Exam in English will be held on the following days:

Early period: March 27, 2019 (oral part) and 04/01/2019 (written part)
Main period: June 5, 2019 (written), June 7-8 (oral)

Among the people who can take the exam earlier than the main period: graduates of previous years, participants in olympiads/competitions, schoolchildren who are going to serve in the army or planning to study abroad, and many others.

In case of force majeure, there are also reserve days when the exam can be held.

What level of English is needed to pass the Unified State Exam?

If you want to get a high score on the Unified State Exam in English, your level must be not lower than Upper-Intermediate level according to the CEFR scale, but this does not at all mean that students with a lower level will have nothing to gain in the exam.

According to regulatory documents, Unified State Examination tasks in English vary in complexity from basic (A2/A2+) to high (B2) and, accordingly, includes three levels:

base: Elementary (A2) and Pre-Intermediate (A2+)
elevated: Intermediate (B1), can be skipped
high: Upper-Intermediate (B2)

However, in reality this is not always the case. For example, in 2018, the first listening task contained materials at the A2 difficulty level, and the reading text in task 3 was at the Advanced (C1) level. Therefore, the majority of applicants, even with level B2, were unable to achieve a high score on this task.

Sometimes the compilers Unified State Exam in English include tasks of basic and high levels in one block, leaving them behind increased level(B1). The sudden transition from simple to super-complex can confuse anyone and affect their ability to comprehend more complex material.

CEFR scale of English language levels for passing the Unified State Exam

● degrees of comparison of adjectives

● ordinal numbers

According to vocabulary, participants incorrectly used ambiguous words in context, did not know synonyms and antonyms, confused suffixes and prefixes when forming new words. And, of course, they made spelling mistakes!

Section "Letter" As expected, it turned out to be the most difficult test for those taking the 2018 Extension Test in English.

In the “Writing” task, participants lost points for:

incorrect or inaccurate answers to questions
combining answers to two questions into one
rhetorical questions to a friend

In the “Essay” task, for many, the loss of points was associated not with the required volume, but with the following:

failure to follow the plan
inability to open up the topic
undisclosed topics
violation of the logic of the statement
a large number of grammatical, lexical and spelling errors.

Well oral part of the exam, which was passed with an “excellent” 65%, was not without some unpleasant errors. In task No. 1, the examiners noted incorrect stress and incorrect logical intonation, in task No. 2 - grammatical errors in constructing questions.

Task No. 3 from the “Speaking” section showed that the majority simply memorize school topics, and accordingly there is no spontaneity of speech. In task No. 4, participants often gave incomplete answers and did not carefully read the task.

Unified State Exam 2019 assignments in English with answers

Of course assignments for the upcoming Unified State Exam 2019 in English may not be freely available. Disclosure of such confidential information may result in criminal liability.

But, if you already know what to expect in the exam, have been trained in English and know how to fill out the forms correctly, then half the battle is already done. The rest depends only on your ability to concentrate stressful situation and have minimal knowledge of time management in order to properly allocate time.

We hope that the following videos will be useful to you in preparing for the Unified State Exam 2019 in English.

Demo version of the Unified State Exam (download)

To get to know more fully Unified State Exam assignments in English, you can download the demo version and then print it.

Unified State Exam rules and procedures (video)

How to correctly fill out forms for the Unified State Exam (video)

And we will tell you about preparing for the Unified State Exam 2019 in English, what to pay attention to, in our next article.

Instead of a conclusion:

As you can see, the Unified State Exam is a rather difficult exam and in order to get a high score, you must have a very good level of English (Upper-Intermediate and above). If your level is not high, and you are already in grades 9-10, you need to start preparing for the Unified State Exam without delay.

Sign up today to pass the Unified State Exam with a high score and enroll in the university of your dreams! We have already helped hundreds of graduates enroll, we will help YOU too!

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Structure and content of the English language exam in the Unified State Exam 2016 format. 3 hours (180 minutes) are allotted for completing the examination work. passing grade foreign language increased from 20 to 22, and when calculating the results it is planned to use a new scoring system.

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OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF THE USE IN 2016, DRAFT EARLY PERIOD: 03/21/2016 - 04/09/2016 MAIN PERIOD: 05/27/2016 - 06/20/2016 RESERVE DAYS: 06/22/2016 - 06/30. 2016

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MAIN PERIOD USE 2016 Reserve days: June 22, 2016 (Wed) - geography, foreign languages, chemistry, social studies, computer science June 23, 2016 (Thu) - foreign languages (oral exam) EXAM DATE JUNE 10, 2016 (Fri ) FOREIGN LANGUAGES (ORAL EXAM) JUNE 11, 2016 (SAT) FOREIGN LANGUAGES (ORAL EXAM) JUNE 14, 2016 (TU) FOREIGN LANGUAGES, BIOLOGY

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FOR EACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THEIR OWN KIMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN THE TASKS FOR EACH LANGUAGE IS 46. THE QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. THE FIRST GROUP IS TEST TASKS, which consist of four sections (listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary, writing), including 40 tasks. Section 1 (“Listening”) contains 9 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in section 1 is 30 minutes. Section 2 (“Reading”) contains 9 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in section 2 is 30 minutes. Section 3 (“Grammar and Vocabulary”) contains 20 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in section 3 is 40 minutes. Section 4 (“Writing”) consists of 2 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in this section of the work is 80 minutes. THE SECOND GROUP IN 2016 BEGAN TO BE ORAL IN CHARACTER.

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Structure of the Unified State Exam KIM THE LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY OF TASKS IS DETERMINED BY THE LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY OF LANGUAGE MATERIAL AND THE SKILLS TESTED, AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF TASK. THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE WORK INCLUDES 28 TASKS WITH A CHOICE OF ANSWER FROM THREE OR FOUR PROPOSED, 16 OPEN-TYPE TASKS WITH A SHORT ANSWER, INCLUDING TASKS FOR ESTABLISHING CONFORMITY, AND 2 OPEN-TYPE TASKS WITH AN EXPANDED ANSWER. BASIC, ADVANCED AND HIGH LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY OF USE TASKS CORRESPOND WITH THE LEVELS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY DEFINITED IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, AS FOLLOWS: BASIC LEVEL - A2 ADVANCED LEVEL - B1 LEVEL - B2

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WHEN COMPLETING TASKS YOU CAN USE A DRAFT. ENTRIES IN THE DRAFT ARE NOT CONSIDERED WHEN EVALUATING THE WORK. ALL USE FORMS ARE FILLED IN WITH BRIGHT BLACK INK. IT IS ALLOWED TO USE GEL, CAPILLARY OR FOUNTAIN PEN. Answers to tasks 3-9, 12-18 and 32-38 are written as one number, which corresponds to the number of the correct answer. Write this figure down on answer form No. 1.

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Section 4 (“Writing”) consists of 2 tasks (39 and 40) and is a short written work (writing a personal letter and a written statement with elements of reasoning). In answer form No. 2, indicate the task number and write down the answer to it. 39 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Nancy who writes: … I hope you liked my New Year card. Where and how did you celebrate New year this time? What was the weather like? What’s your secret wish or at least hopes and expectations for the coming year? I’ve redecorated my room and it looks much nicer now… Write a letter to Nancy. In your letter  answer her questions  ask 3 questions about the way her room looks now

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LETTER TO THE USE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 2016 40 COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO BE STRICT WITH LITTLE CHILDREN. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? WRITE 200–250 WORDS. USE THE FOLLOWING PLAN: – MAKE AN INTRODUCTION (STATE THE PROBLEM) – EXPRESS YOUR PERSONAL OPINION AND GIVE 2–3 REASONS FOR YOUR OPINION – EXPRESS AN OPPOSING OPINION AND GIVE 1–2 REASONS FOR THIS OPPOSING OPINION – EXPLAIN WHY YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE OPPOSING OPINION – MAKE A CONCLUSION RESTATING YOUR POSITION

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WRITING FOR THE Unified State Examination in Foreign Languages 2016 IT IS NECESSARY TO USE AN EXCLUSIVELY FORMAL STYLE AND NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS IN WRITING AN ESSAY. ALSO YOU SHOULD NOT USE WATER WORDS IN YOUR WORK. THE SUCCESS OF THE WORK LIES IN THE CLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE ESSAY. THE ESSAY PLAN SHOULD BE THE FOLLOWING: THE FIRST PARAGRAPH FORMULATES THE MAIN PROBLEM THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER IN THE TEXT. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH SHOULD CONTAIN YOUR POINT OF VIEW REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THE REASON WHY OTHER OPINIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. AT THE END THE RESULTS OF THE DISCUSSION ARE SUMMED UP. The volume of work should be no more and no less than 200-250 words. Otherwise, the task will not be counted.

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Criteria and schemes for assessing the completion of tasks in the “Writing” section (2016) (maximum 20 points for the entire section) Solution of a communicative task -2b Organization of the text -2b Linguistic design of the text -2b Criteria for assessing the completion of assignment 39 (maximum 6 points) Criteria for assessing the completion of the assignment 40 (maximum 14 points) Solving a communicative problem - 3b Organization of text - 3b Vocabulary -3b Grammar -3b Spelling and punctuation -2b

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The procedure for determining the percentage of textual matches in task 40 When assessing task 40 (an expanded written statement with elements of reasoning), special attention is paid to the examinee’s ability to produce a detailed written statement. If more than 30% of the answer is unproductive (i.e. textually coincides with the published source), then 0 points are given according to the criterion “Solving a communicative problem”, and, accordingly, the entire task is scored 0 points. A textual match is a word-for-word match of a piece of written language that is 10 words or more long. The identified textual matches are summed up, and if they exceed 30% of the total number of words in the answer, the work is scored 0 points.

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The order of counting words in the tasks of the “Writing” section When assessing the tasks of the “Writing” section (39, 40), one should take into account such a parameter as the volume of written text, expressed in the number of words. The required volume for a personal letter in task 39 is 100–140 words; for a detailed written statement in the task, 40 – 200–250 words. The permissible deviation from the specified volume is 10%. If completed task 39 contains less than 90 words or task 40 contains less than 180 words, then the task is not subject to verification and is scored 0 points. If the volume is exceeded by more than 10%, i.e. if completed task 39 contains more than 154 words or task 40 contains more than 275 words, only that part of the work that corresponds to the required volume is subject to verification. Thus, when checking task 39, 140 words are counted from the beginning of work, task 40 - 250 words, and only this part of the work is assessed. When determining whether the scope of the submitted work meets the above requirements, all words are considered, from the first word to the last, including auxiliary verbs, prepositions, articles, particles. In a personal letter, the address, date, signature are also subject to calculation. In this case: - contracted (short) forms can"t, didn"t, isn"t, I"m, etc. count as one word; - numerals expressed in numbers, i.e. 1, 25, 2009, 126 204, etc., are counted as one word;  numerals, expressed in numbers, together with the symbol of percentages, i.e. 25%, 100%, etc. are counted as one word; - numerals expressed in words are counted as words; - difficult words, such as good-looking, well-bred, English-speaking, twenty-five, are counted as one word;  abbreviations, for example USA, e-mail, TV, CD-rom, are counted as one word.

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The procedure for checking answers to tasks with a detailed answer and appointing a third expert In accordance with the Procedure for conducting state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated December 26, 2013 No. 1400, registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 3, 2014 No. 31205) “61. Based on the results of the first and second checks, the experts independently assign points for each answer to the tasks of the Unified State Examination paper with a detailed answer... 62. In the event of a significant discrepancy in the points given by two experts, a third check is assigned. A significant discrepancy in scores is defined in the assessment criteria for the relevant academic subject. The expert carrying out the third check is provided with information about the scores assigned by the experts who previously checked the examination work.” 1. If the discrepancy between the sums of points given by two experts for task 39 for all (three) assessment positions of this task is 3 or more points, then the third expert assigns points for all three assessment positions of task 39. 2. If the discrepancy between the sums of points given by two experts for task 40 for all (five) assessment positions of this task, is 5 or more points, then the third expert assigns points for all five assessment positions for task 40

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Unified State Exam - 2016 SPEAKING (ORAL PART) Since 2016, the oral part, or speaking, has become a mandatory component of the Unified State Exam in English. It represents a set of four tasks: 1) reading the text, 2) asking several direct questions, 3) describing one picture, 4) comparing two pictures. Next, we will look at each type of task in detail.

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Task 1. Reading the text. The task itself is formulated as follows: 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. Thus, according to legend, you and a friend are preparing a project. You found interesting material for a presentation and want to read it to your friend. You will have one and a half minutes to prepare for reading, after which you will have another minute and a half to read. This task can earn you 1 point. To get one coveted point, you can make two serious mistakes. A serious mistake is when one word is written, and you read it in such a way that it turns out something else. For example, the word as [ez] is written - “when”, “how”, and you read it as [es] - “donkey”! Stunning the final voiced consonant is a typical mistake of most students taking the exam in English, which often fails them.

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Task 2. Direct questions. Work with pictures begins with the second task. The 2016 demo offers the following image:

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Task 2. Study the advertisement. You are considering starting breakdance lessons 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: 1) tuition fee 2) course location 3) duration of the course 4) special clothes 5) evening classes You have 20 seconds to ask each question. So, according to legend, you are about to enroll in a breakdancing school. But you have questions that you would like to find out. You have one and a half minutes to prepare. Then you are given 20 seconds for each question. The most important thing you must understand is what a direct question is. Let's explain with examples: How much does the tuition cost? Where is the course located? How long will the course last? Do I need any special clothes? Can I visit the class in the evening? Each question is worth one point. Five questions – five points. But in order to get them, you need to ask direct questions (and not indirect ones) and avoid making gross mistakes in the choice of words and pronunciation.

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In the third task you are given three pictures to choose from. Task 3. Description of one picture. The task itself is formulated as follows: Task 3. Imagine that these are photos from your photo album. 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 (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 you decided to show the picture to your friend

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You begin your story with the phrase: I’ve chosen photo number 1. This phrase is not an introduction and does not count towards the volume of the statement. Here is the introduction: To start with, I’d like to say that I have a friend. His name is Steve. He lives abroad and sometimes visits Russia with his family. Next, you proceed to the points of the plan. The first point is where and when the photo was taken, i.e. where and when the photo was taken. You can say: I took this photo in my flat when Steve visited me last month. Frankly speaking, his visit was so unexpected. But I was over-excited to meet him at my place. The second point is what/who is in the photo, i.e. who/what is in the photo. You continue the story: You can see Steve and his wife in the photo. Their daughters wanted to be photographed, too. The third point is what is happening, i.e. what exactly is happening in the picture. You say: The family are sitting on the sofa, smiling and showing love for each other. They are really happy. The third point is why you keep the photo in your album, i.e. why do you keep this photo in your album. Your answer: I keep the photo in my album to have an opportunity to show this picture to all my guests. In addition to it, I often look at the photo to recall the nice moments when we were sitting here and talking about our life. The fourth point is why you decided to show the picture to your friend, i.e. why did you decide to show this photo to your friend. You can give the following reason: I’m showing the picture to you because you have always wanted to see how Steve looks like. And conclusion: Now you know how my friend looks like. Next time I will show more pictures to you. This task is assessed on three aspects: a) solution of a communicative task (content), b) organization of the utterance and c) linguistic design of the utterance. Our goal is to get the maximum score in all aspects. To get the maximum score for content (3 points), we need to cover all aspects and keep it within 12-15 sentences. To get the maximum score for organization (2 points), we must have an introduction and conclusion, consistency in the disclosure of task points, and the correct means of logical connection. According to legend, a friend comes to you and you show your photo album. You select one photo from the album and begin a story about it according to a certain plan. We immediately focus on the volume of the statement - 12-15 sentences. Those. approximately two sentences for each point of the plan and two sentences for the introduction and conclusion.

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You need to construct your statement according to the same principles as the previous one, since the fourth task is assessed on the same aspects and criteria as the third. Therefore, make sure that your story has an introduction and conclusion, a clear sequential disclosure of the points of the task, and a means of logical connection. And don’t forget about the volume – 12-15 sentences. The task is formulated as follows: 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 Task 4. Comparing pictures. In the fourth task you need to compare two pictures, again following a certain plan. The 2016 demo contains the following pictures:

Suitable for preparing for the Unified State Examination in English: demo version of the Unified State Exam in English 2016 and demonstration materials. These options past Unified State Exams, posted on the FIPI website (fipi.ru), are intended so that a teenager can prepare to pass the test in a mode as close as possible to what it will be like during the exam itself. Another way to prepare is to train by taking online tests. The advantage of such training is that the graduate can practice completing tasks against time.

Getting ready for Unified State Examination in English .

Every year for graduates secondary schools, lyceums and gymnasiums conduct an exam in English. Unified State Examination English is currently an optional subject, but soon it should become one of the main ones. Far-sighted parents have already begun preparing their children for this exam, because... Its successful completion will allow you not only to receive a certificate of complete secondary education, but also to gain points for admission to your desired university.

Currently Unified State Examination in English consists of oral and written parts .

Oral part also called speaking. It consists of four tasks:
1 – reading the text (pronunciation check)
2 – asking direct questions
3 – photo description
4 – photo comparison

Written part of the exam in English consists of four sections:
1 – listening
2 – reading
3 – vocabulary and grammar
4 – letter

Listening
1 – listening to texts and matching them with statements
2 – listening to the dialogue and determining the degree of correspondence of the statements to this dialogue
3 – listening to the interview and answering questions

Reading consists of three types of tasks:
1 – selection of headings for texts
2 – insertion of missing phrases into the text
3 – reading the text and answering questions about it

Vocabulary and grammar consists of three types of tasks:
1 – grammatical transformation (grammatical transformation, change of grammatical form)
2 – lexical transformation (lexical transformation, formation of a new cognate word)
3 – inserting missing words into the text

Letter consists of two types of tasks:
1 – writing a personal letter
2 – writing an essay (composition)

For successful passing the exam You can’t do English without thorough preparation. The following resources will help you prepare to take this test.

ORAL PART WRITTEN PART MISCELLANEOUS

Reading is one of the stages of the Unified State Exam in English. In this publication, we analyze the types of reading tasks, identify the pitfalls and pitfalls of these tasks, and talk about ways to overcome them.

To prepare for reading, we suggest the following: training options with answers:
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Personal letter is one of the stages of the written part of a single state exam. In fact, writing a personal letter is not a difficult task if you have clear ideas about how to do it and have ready-made and pre-practiced elements. We reveal the methodology for writing a personal letter using the material from the demo version.

English is the most popular of the four languages taken as part of the Unified State Exam. English is no more difficult or easier than German, French or Spanish. Structure of the Unified State Exam in English is also no different from the Unified State Examination in other foreign languages.

Testing is spread over two days. On the first day, the student takes the compulsory written part, consisting of four sections:

Section 1: Listening (1-9), answers to tasks are a number or a sequence of numbers.
Section 2: Reading (10-18), the answers to the tasks are a number or a sequence of numbers.
Section 3: Grammar and Vocabulary (19-38), the answer to the task is a number, a word or several words written without spaces or punctuation.
Section 4: Writing (39-40), consists of two tasks - writing a personal letter and a statement with elements of reasoning.

There are a total of 40 tasks in the written part, and 180 minutes are allotted for them.

On the second day of the exam, students take the oral part, which consists of four tasks (to test speaking skills). You have 15 minutes to complete the oral exam.

To pass the exam, you need to correctly solve at least 17 tasks from section 3 or 2 and 3. Thus, you gain 17 primary points, which, when converted into test points, give 22. It is worth noting that only for the written part you can get no more than 80 points.

To differentiate examinees by level of foreign language proficiency, the work includes tasks of different difficulty levels: basic (A2+ on the Council of Europe scale), advanced (B1) and high (B2). Within each section of the work, tasks are arranged in increasing order of difficulty.

The distribution of tasks by level of difficulty in an examination paper in a foreign language differs from papers in other subjects. In English, the complexity of a task is determined not by its type, but by the complexity of the language material used and the skills being tested. So, for example, task 39 (personal letter) belongs to the basic (simplest) level of complexity, and tasks 12-18 in reading are at a high level and, therefore, are among the most difficult to complete.

Distribution of exam tasks by section and level of difficulty

Job Level	Sections of the examination paper					Total
Job Level	Listening	Reading	Grammar and vocabulary	Letter	Speaking	Total
Base
Elevated				—	—
High			—
Total

For completing each section, the examinee can receive a maximum of 20 initial points. In the absence of the “Speaking” section, the maximum primary score was 80, which was then multiplied by a factor of 1.25. Thus, the examinee received a maximum of 100 final test points.

In 2015, the section “Speaking” was introduced into the examination paper in a foreign language. Taking into account the oral part of the exam, the maximum initial score is 100 and no additional recalculation is necessary. Thus, the final test score equal to the number of primary points scored.

The “Speaking” section in the new format includes 4 open-type tasks with a detailed answer, of which 3 are basic level tasks (1-3) and one high-level task (4). The maximum score for completing the “Speaking” section is 20 points.

The number of points scored by the examinee in the sections “Listening”, “Reading”, “Grammar and Vocabulary” is determined using automated processing of answer forms No. 1. For each correct answer, the student receives 1 point. For an incorrect answer or no answer, the student receives 0 points.

The level of development of a complex of productive skills in the sections “Writing” and “Speaking” is determined by experts who have undergone special training in assessing Unified State Examination tasks in accordance with methodological recommendations on the assessment of tasks with a detailed answer prepared by FIPI.

The minimum number of test points confirming the graduate’s mastery general education program in a foreign language, is 22 points (according to 2015 data)

Let's present everything described in the form of a table:

Structure of the Unified State Exam in English 2018

Written part(180 min.)				Oral part(15min.)
Chapter	Exercise	Time (min.)	Point	Chapter	Exercise	Time (min.)	Point
1. Listening				5. Speaking		1.5 (preparation) +2 (answer)

	3-9
2. Reading						1,5 + 1,5