Gateway B2

Semester 2 Examination Study Guide

REQUIRED MATERIALS
● 2B pencil (x2) / Eraser (rubber) / Pencil sharpener
● Blue pen (x1) / Black pen (x1)

TEST FORMAT
Section Number of questions Total point value (60 points)

MC - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

Listening
Short Answer - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

MC - 10 questions 10 points (1 point each question)

Grammar
Short Answer - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

MC - 10 questions 10 points (1 point each question)

Vocabulary
Short Answer - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

MC - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

Reading
Short Answer - 5 questions 5 points (1 point each question)

Writing Long Answer 10 points

STUDY GUIDE
Unit 7-9 Student Book (SB) and Workbook (WB)

Listening ● Inventions- listening for details

Grammar Unit 6:
● Conditionals (SB 72-73, 76-77, 80-81) (WB 50,52,55)
Unit 7:
● Reported speech (SB 86-87, 90-91,94) (WB 60,62,65)
Unit 8:
● Passive voice (SB 98-99, 102-103,106-107) (WB 68,70,73)
Unit 9:
● Relative clauses, gerunds and infinitives (SB 112-113,116-117,120-121) (WB 78,80,83)

Vocabulary Unit 6:
● Healthy Living (health, idioms for health/illness) (SB 70,73,80) (WB 48,51,55)
Unit 7:
● Creative arts / compound nouns and adjectives (SB 84, 87,94-95) (WB 58,61)
Unit 8:
● Surviving disaster (SB 96,99,106-107) (WB 66,69)
Unit 9:
● Digital world (SB 110,113,120-121) (WB 76,79)

Reading
Unit 9:
● Technology and health (SB 111)(WB 77)

Writing You will be asked to write a 150-200 word opinion essay.

Paragraph 1: Introduction and state the topic sentence

Paragraph 2: Main point 1 and supporting details
Paragraph 3: Main point 2 and supporting details
Paragraph 4: Conclusion
● Technology and education (Unit 9, pg 119)
● To help study, you can review what you wrote in your Canvas online classes concerning
technology in the classroom.
● Remember the writing process we’ve used again and again throughout the year.

Your writing will be evaluated using the following assessment criteria:

Task Completion: Fully completed task using well developed and organized ideas. Content is
relevant to the task.

Language Control: Control of basic language structures

Level of discourse: Variety of complete sentence sand use of linking devices

Vocabulary: Rich use of vocabulary

Mechanics: Few to no errors in spelling, punctuation, and/or capitalization.