Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

1 Listening: The modern Commonwealth You are going to listen to a recording about the Modern Commonwealth. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–5) with the sentence endings (A–H). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 India’s independence led … E ✔ A to its members. 1 Five former German colonies also belong … B to work for development, economic and human. 2 The Commonwealth network consists … C to international organisations and associations. 3 The Commonwealth countries are united by the idea … D for women in Pakistan. 4 Commonwealth people are providing professional training … E to the end of the British Commonwealth. 5 According to the speaker the Commonwealth must listen … F to encourage relevance and credibility. G of many organisations and associations worldwide. H to the Commonwealth. 1  1 1.2 Can follow extended speech and complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar and the direction of the talk is signposted by explicit markers. (B2) Can write clear, detailed descriptions of real or imaginary events and experiences marking the relationship between ideas in clear connected text and following established conventions of the genre concerned. (B2) Writing – An article: Living in an EU country You have won a writing contest and have been chosen to write an article for a professional magazine for the series Living in an EU country . In your article you should: • analyse the advantages and disadvantages • discuss the future of the EU • make suggestions for improvement Give your article a title . Write around 250/400 words . 2  20 The British today Check-out Now you can • Talk about clichés and stereotypes. • Extract facts from a text. • Comment on text types. • Express your views in writing. • Present factual information in class. Nur zu Prüfzwe ken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv