4A CAT Preparation for the Skills Tests

Choose the activities that best suit your needs.

Reading Practice at B1 level

Have a look at the following activities if you want to do some practice and improve your reading skills:

• Task type: true/false. 

• Click here for exercise 1. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Click here for exercise 2. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Task type: four-option multiple choice.

• Click here for exercise 1. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Click here for exercise 2. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

Listening Practice at B1 level

Have a look at the following activities if you want to do some practice and improve your listening skills:

• Task type: multiple choice. 

• Click here for exercise 1. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Click here for exercise 2. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Task type: gap-fill.

• Click here for exercise 1. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Click here for exercise 2. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Task type: true/false.

• Click here for exercise 1. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

• Click here for exercise 2. Read the instructions carefully before doing any activity.

5B CAT ENGLISH TEST on Tue. 27th November

PAPER 1 : TEST on your skills in listening. A mark will be given out of 10. Click here to do some practice.

PAPER 2: MINI-TEST on your knowledge related to the history of architecture. A mark will be given out of 4.

Topics you have to study for the test:

• Renaissance architecture in Britain (cf notes, p. 238)
• the Renaissance
• Pietro Torrigiano and Hans Holbein as those who brought the new ideas of the Renaissance to Britain
• Inigo Jones as the responsible for introducing the classical architecture of Rome to Britain
• Inigo Jones's works in England
• Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Baroque architecture (cf notes, pp. 240-241)
• what factors influenced the development of the Baroque building style
• Christopher Wren as one of the English prominent Baroque architects
• Saint Paul's Cathedral in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Georgian architecture (cf notes, p. 242)
• townhouse as a typical Georgian building

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Gothic Revival (cf notes, p. 243)
• Augustus Pugin as a leading figure in the English Gothic Revival
• the Palace of Westminster and Tower Bridge in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Neoclassicism (cf notes, p. 243)
• Robert Adam as an important figure in the English Neoclassicism
• the British Museum, Mansion House and the Royal Opera House in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.

4 SIA Assignment "Describe a Painting"

Prepare an oral presentation of the painting assigned to you, supported by some visual aids.

Your 5-minute presentation must

• introduce the painting by giving some information on it e.g. the title, the painter, the museum in which it is on display

• describe the painting, by following the 6 steps below

Step 1: GIVE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE

Step 2: DESCRIBE WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND

Step 3: DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAPPENING

Step 4: SPECULATE ABOUT THE STORY

Step 5: SPECULATE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS

Step 6: GIVE YOUR IMPRESSIONS AND OPINIONS on how the painting makes you feel

Use some visual aids to support your description of the painting e.g. you can create a paper poster or a poster by using Piktochart. Here a tutorial for you:

Here the rubric which will be used to assess your oral test.

3A CAT H/W for Mon. 12th November 2018

Click here to download a worksheet related to "the Present Perfect Simple with the adverbial phrase of time introduced by for/since". Then, print it.

1. Paste the worksheet into your English notebook in the Use of English section.
2. Study the grammar rules, highlight the most important ones and stick them in your mind.
3. Do the exercises to check whether you have understood or not.
4. Bring your homework to school on Mon. 12th November 2018.

5B CAT BBC Documentary about Renaissance in Britain (episode 1)

Art historian Dr James Fox makes the case for a singularly British renaissance, telling the stories of the artists and artisans who changed Britain forever.

5B CAT Lady Chapel and Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, London

Click here to download the worksheet. Print and paste it into your English notebook (in the Skills section).