English

Proficiency
Training
Outline:

 short test
 Listen and Repeat
 Listening Comprehension
1. English fifteen vowel sounds represented by the letters has
 a, e, i, o, and u. The letters y, w and gh are also commonly
used in vowel sound spellings.
2. Vowel sounds are divided into the following three
categories: (Long vowels, Short vowels and Other vowels).
3. Short vowels(vowels that sound like the letter name).
4. Long vowels (the most common sound for a single vowel
spelling).
5. Letter “Y” is a vowel.
Which one has a different vowel sound
than the other?

1.ace, age, ape, ate, ask

2.fair, hair , hat, day
3.sea, egg ,team, see
4. Umbrella, use, under, sun,
5.Obey ,oak, orange, otter,
Listen
and
Repeat
1.Are you new to the building?
2.I live in apartment 19.
3.This pizza isn’t very good is it?
4.This is a really fun party isn’t it?
5.How many sisters do you have?
6.Sorry, I have a dance lesson at
7pm.
7.I love this health food store
everything is so fresh.
8.Have you ever tried Mexican food?
9.Would you like mashed potatoes,
French fries or steamed rice with
that?
10.I was playing tennis and I fell.
11.I would think it’s a good idea not to
use it at all.
12.So I just got this great new sports
channel.
13.Tennis is kind of boring to watch.
14.Hello, Can I speak to the manager
please?
15.I’m calling about the server position
you advertised is it still available.
16.Hello, how much is a one way ticket to New
York City?
17.In my opinion the story is excellent.
18.I got home a little late last night it was
actually my birthday.
19.Yesterday morning he said he’d left
something there a few days ago.
20.Some new people moved into the
apartment next door to me a few weeks
ago I haven’t met them yet
21.I borrowed a book from a friend a few
weeks ago it was a book her mother gave
her and I know she really liked it.
22.I ran into an old friend of mine at the train
station the other day the last time I saw
her was two years ago.
23.When I first ran into her I couldn’t
remember her name has that every
happened to you?
 Listening
Comprehension
 Future champions
Listen and then answer the
questions.

1.What kind of race do the children

compete in?
2.What was the experiment all about?
3.Was the experiment successful?
How?
Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in
swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in
Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath
under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months
old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not
long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they
can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is
very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater
tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool
seven feet under water. The children compete against each
other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their
tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some
children can cover the whole length of the pool without
coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever
become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who
cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
 Asking for trouble
Listen and then answer the questions.

1. Why did the policeman ask the man to come

to the police station?
2. Why did the man decided to climbed?
3. Did the man answer the policeman question
politely ? Explain your answer.
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned
home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but
she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the
garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the
bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice
below said, ‘I don't think the windows need cleaning at this
time of the night.’ I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder
when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in
the way I did, but I said, ‘I enjoy cleaning windows at night.’ ‘So
do I,’ answered the policeman in the same tone. ‘Excuse my
interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy
working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?’
‘Well, I'd prefer to stay here,’ I said. ‘You see, I've forgotten my
key.’ ‘Your what?’ he called. ‘My key,’ I shouted. Fortunately,
the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as
the policeman had started to climb towards me.