IPSA - International Partners for Study Abroad 

                       
Pre-Interview 

Language Evaluation Task
                   
to English Teaching Center in San Francisco

CELTA Course

                   Please print out this form from your browser, 
                complete (print or type) and sign the Apllication 
                          and send it by mail to:

                          IPSA Enrollment Center 
                          1746 E. Winchcomb Dr.
                          Phoenix, AZ 85022, USA 

                          or by Fax to: +1 (602) 942-6734



Your Name: ________________________________________________________________


Declaration:

Please read  the  following conditions carefully. Initial each section, and 
sign and date the statement. Thank you. 

  1. The School/IPSA  reserves  the right to reject any application without 
      explanation. _________ 

  2. Acceptance of an  application does not constitute the reservation of a 
     place on a course.  A  place  is  only  considered  reserved  once the 
     Enrollment Agreement has been  signed  and returned to the School with 
     the relevant payment. _________
 
  3. The Certificate course is very  intensive. Participants should be in a 
     sufficiently  good  state of  mental and physical health to be able to 
     perform effectively during the course. _________


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Please complete  this  task  carefully,  writing your answers in the spaces 
provided.  Remember that your answers will largely determine whether or not 
you can be accepted into our CELTA course. 

Please  return the task, with your application form, to the IPSA Enrollment
Center. We will then contact you to arrange an interview. 

To  enable  us  accurately  to  assess  your  anguage  awareness and needs, 
please: 

  - write by hand; 
  - spend a maximum of ninety minutes on completing the language evaluation 
    task; 
  - do not consult a dictionary or grammar book. 



PRONUNCIATION

1. Decide how the following  words  are normally pronounced. Then, mark the 
   syllable which takes the main emphasis (or "stress"), by underlining it. 

   EXAMPLE: hospital 

   allow   preference   infer     photograph    (a) record      (to) record 
  

2. The letter combination "th" can be pronounced in two different ways: as 
   in "thin" or as in "then." Decide which way "th" is pronounced  in each 
   of the words given below. 

   EXAMPLE: thirty = thin      mother = then 

   myth = _______________   though = ____________
 
   through = ____________   their = _____________ 

   breathe = ____________   thought = ___________ 


VOCABULARY

3. For each  word  below,  write one sentence using the word and showing its 
   meaning.
 
   borrow   1. _____________________________________________________________

   lend     2. _____________________________________________________________

   steal    3. _____________________________________________________________

   rob      4. _____________________________________________________________
  

4. For each word below give one synonym and one antonym (opposite).
 
                        SYNONYM                   ANTONYM 

   significant     ____________________     ____________________
 
   peculiar        ____________________     ____________________

   anaphoric       ____________________     ____________________

   an accord       ____________________     ____________________
 

GRAMMAR: PARTS OF SPEECH

5. Which   part  of speech  is each of the underlined words in the following 
   text? 

   She arrived at the party at 8:00.  It was  really  crowded  and  everyone 
   seemed to be talking loudly. She saw Jim across the room and waved to him.
 
   arrived  =  _______________         party     =  _______________

   at       =  _______________         was       =  _______________

   really   =  _______________         crowded   =  _______________

   loudly   =  _______________         She       =  _______________
 

GRAMMAR: MEANING

6. Explain the difference in meaning between "She's been to Washington" and 
  "She's gone to Washington." 

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7. Explain the difference in meaning between "He lives in Denver" and 
   "He's living in Denver." 

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GRAMMAR: FORM

8. Complete these sentences. 

I would be surprised if ___________________________________________________. 

If she arrives soon, I ____________________________________________________. 

If ______________________________________________, I would have stayed home. 
  
  

9. What does the 'd stand for in each of the sentences below?
 
   He'd better go now.                 'd = ________________

   She'd rather have coffee.           'd = ________________

   I knew I'd seen her before.         'd = ________________
  

GRAMMAR: VERB TENSES
 

10. In the sentences below, look at the verbs underlined. In each case:
 
    a) put the verb into the correct tense. 
    b) name the verb tense you have used. 

A) I'm in California since last week. 

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b) 
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B) He read when the lights went out. 

a) 
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b) 
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WRITING

11. Write  not  more  than  150 words on why Asian students may find it more 
difficult  to  learn  English than students from Italy or France. Please use 
cursive handwriting. 

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