Gateway C1

Semester 1 Examination Study Guide

REQUIRED MATERIALS

1. 2B pencil (x2) / Eraser (rubber) / Pencil sharpener

2. Blue pen (x1) / Black pen (x1)

TEST FORMAT

Section Number of questions Total point value (44 points)

MC - 6 questions 6 points (1 point each question)

Listening
Short Answer - 6 questions 6 points (1 point each question)

MC - 6 questions 6 points (1 point each question)

Use of English
Short Answer - 6 questions 6 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)

Long Answer (4 to 5
Writing 10 points
paragraphs)

STUDY GUIDE

Units 3-4 Student Book (SB) and Workbook (WB)

Listening Listen and choose the correct answer (Multiple choice) 6 questions

Listen and write short answers 6 questions

1. Read the questions carefully

2. Identify key words and possible synonyms that you will listen for
3. DON’T LEAVE YOUR ANSWERS BLANK

Reading Reading for comprehension:

- CRQ: 5 questions. Choose the correct answer (Multiple Choice)

- Sentence Completion with four options, A-D
- SRQ: 5 questions requiring a short answer regarding details within the text
1. SB Unit 1 Ex.4 page 6/ Unit 2 Ex.3 page 16/ Unit 4 Ex.3a and 3b, page 38/ Unit 5 ex.2 and
3 page 50
1. WB Unit 1 Ex.2 and 3 page 4/ Unit 2 Ex.2 and 3, page 12/ Unit 4 Ex2, 3a and 3b, page30/
. Unit 5 Ex2, 3a and 3b, page 40
 Writing Write a 4 to 5-paragraph essay which discusses both sides and explains which argument you think
is more valid. Be sure give reasons to support your opinion. Incorporate vocabulary words from
Units 3-4 into your essay and circle those words. One grammar concept from Unit 3 or Unit 4 will
be included in the test prompt. Demonstrate that concept and underline it.

Vocabulary Unit 1: High Achievers: Synonyms - Achievement and difficulty/ Word Formation 1- Prefixes/
(study for Colloquial Words and expressions
Use of
English and 2. SB pages 6, 9 and 15 / WB pages 4, 7 and 10
Writing
sections) Unit 2:On Trend: Trends/ Expressions related to fashions and trends/ Formal language
1. SB pages 16, 19 and 25 / WB 15 pages 12, 15 and 25

Unit 3: History Matters: Words that are often confused/ Phrasal verbs 1 - separable and
inseparable
3. SB pages 28 and 31 / WB pages 22 and 25

Unit 4: Future Science: Academic Collocations/ Word Formation 2 - Suffixes/ Technology

and education
2. SB pages 38, 41 and 47 / WB pages 30, 33 and 37

Unit 5: Express Yourself: getting Meaning Across/ Collocations - Communication

SB pages 50 and 53 / WB pages 40 and 43

Grammar Unit 1: High Achievers: Present Perfect forms and the Past Simple
(study for
Use of 4. SB page 8 and 12 / WB pages 6 and 8
English and
Writing Unit 2:On Treand: present and past habits/relative clauses
sections) 3. SB page 18 and 22 / WB pages 14 and 16

Unit 3: History Matters: Narrative Tenses/ Order of adjectives

5. SB pages 30 and 34 / WB pages 24 and 26

Unit 4: Future Science: Future Forms/ Advanced Future Forms

4. SB pages 40 and 45 / WB pages 32 and 34

Unit 5: Express Yourself: Review of conditional forms/ Advanced conditional forms

SB page 52 and 59 / WB pages 42 and 44

Writing Rubric

Communicative
C1 Content Organization Language
Achievement
 Target reader is fully Uses the conventions of
informed about both the communicative task
sides of the debate. with sufficient flexibility
to communicate complex
ideas in an effective way,
holding the target
2.5 The essay effectively
explains which argument reader’s attention with
ease, fulfilling all
is more valid and gives
reasons to support communicative
opinions. purposes.
Text is a well- Uses a wide range of vocabulary
organized, coherent from Units 3-4 effectively and
whole, using a variety precisely.
of cohesive devices
and organizational Uses a wide range of simple and
patterns with complex grammatical forms,
including at least one __________,
flexibility.
with full control, flexibility, and
sophistication.
Errors, if present, are related to
less common words and
structures, or occur as slips.

2 Performance shares features of Bands 2.5 and 1.5

Minor irrelevances Uses the conventions of Text is well organized Uses a range of vocabulary from
and/or omissions of the the communicative task and coherent, using a Units 3-4 appropriately, with
writing prompt may be effectively to hold the variety of cohesive occasional inappropriate use of
present. target reader’s attention devices and less common lexis.
and communicate organizational
straightforward and patterns to generally Uses a range of simple and some
1.5 complex ideas, as good effect complex grammatical forms,
Target reader is on the including at least one __________,
whole informed about appropriate.
with a good degree of control.
both sides of the debate
and the writer’s own Occasional errors may be present
opinions. but do not impede
communication

1 Performance shares features of Bands 1.5 and 0.5

Irrelevances and Uses the conventions of Text is generally well Uses a range of everyday
misinterpretation of task the communicative task organized and vocabulary appropriately, with
may be present. to hold the target coherent, using a occasional inappropriate use of
reader’s attention and variety of linking lexis.
communicate words and cohesive
straightforward ideas. devices, but it may Uses a range of simple and some
0.5 Target reader is
not follow the complex grammatical forms,
minimally informed including at least one__________,
about the debate or the structure required in
the prompt. but displays a lack of control.
writer’s opinions.
Errors do not impede
communication.

Content is totally
irrelevant.
0 Performance below Band 0.5
Target reader is not
informed.