DELTA
CAMBRIDGE DELTA
PART ONE
Below is a piece of writing done by an upper intermediate student
and the question that the student was asked to answer. Choose at
least five criteria that you could use to evaluate the piece of writing
eg grammatical accuracy. Then identify and evaluate the strengths
and weaknesses of the text referring to the assessment criteria that
you have chosen. You should write between 150 and 200 words.
Newspapers used to carry real news but their main role today is to
shock and entertain us.
Write your composition in between 150 and 180 words.
STUDENT’S COMPOSITION
I think it depends which newspapers you read. Some of them still
report the news. Others don’t do it much. I think it’s important for any
newspaper to report what had happened, but people like to read
other things too. I think it’s good to expose scandal occasionally.
Famous people are in the public eye and they cannot turn a blind
eye to this.
I don’t think it’s their main role, though. Their main role is to inform
and this means writting reports on current news and events. I think
television can do this too, but with a newspaper it’s not the same.
You have time to read and think about it. That’s what I think.
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QUESTION
You have had a class discussion on the media. Now you have to
write a composition, giving your opinion on the following statement:
PART TWO
Below is a text about the ‘London Eye’ taken from the internet.
A. Find an example of each of the following saying which paragraph
(1-8) they can be found in:
11. an intransitive verb
12. a modal auxiliary verb
13. a phrasal or multi-word verb
14. a noun phrase
15. a prepositional phrase
16. a finite clause
17. a non-finite clause
18. a verb in the passive voice
19. a present participle
20. a past participle
B. You have decided to base a lesson on this text with a group of
learners at a level of your choice.Provide a short profile of the class
you have in mind. State the overall aim of the lesson and briefly
outline all the stages, mentioning the purpose(s) of each stage.
London Eye
Jubilee Gardens
Embankment
London
Greater London
SW1
Tel:
+44 (0)870 5000 600 (individual
bookings)
Web: http://www.londoneye.co.uk
The London Eye - the Giant Observation Wheel, became operational in January
2000. Standing proud in London's Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River
Thames the British Airways' London Eye, is a focal point of the Nation's celebration
of the New Century. The Wheel is the largest of its kind ever to be built, at a height
of 135m (450feet) and 1600 tonnes, it is a new landmark for London, to mark the
new Millennium.
People of all ages from around the country are making special journeys to see this
new and exciting giant Wheel and to participate in the excitement of being
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1. a possessive adjective
2. a dependent preposition
3. a preposition of movement
4. a preposition of time
5. a coordinate conjunction
6. a subordinate conjunction
7. a subject pronoun
8. an object pronoun
9. a relative pronoun
10. a transitive verb
transported high above London. Visitors to London from
abroad, are delighted by this new and novel way of seeing
the city from a birds eye view.
As the London Eye is set in motion, you will feel a keen
sense of anticipation. The higher it soars, the more
celebratory the experience becomes, as you enjoy the
breathtaking views from the heart of the city.
When you fly on the London Eye, well-known landmarks and buildings of central
London are spread out in a great panorama before you; it is fun to see how many
you can identify.Some to look out for are; The Imperial War Museum; The Globe
Theatre; The Oval Cricket Ground; The Tate Gallery; Westminster Abbey; The
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; The Tower of London; St. Paul's Cathedral; The
National Portrait Gallery; Buckingham Palace; The British Museum; The
Telecommunications Tower.
David and Julia wanted to present not just a monument, but
something celebratory, that people could participate in and
enjoy. David researched and developed the idea for a giant
observation wheel and Julia found the ideal site by drawing a
circle round London and finding the dead centre, Jubilee
Gardens on the South Bank.
An observation wheel was built for Chicago's Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893,
it became known as the Ferris wheel, after the designer whose name has been
synonymous with these wheels ever since. Observation or
Ferris wheels, have been included at many of the great
expositions throughout the world, and are considered to
be traditional structures at great occasions of celebration.
David and Julia thought of the wheel as representing the
turning of the century.
Three years of work went into the London Eye project,
planning permission had to be granted, feasibility studies
undertaken, financial consultations and all the groundwork needed to get the giant
Wheel designed and built. David and Julia hoped to have two and a half years to
construct the Wheel, but by the time the finances were in place they were left with
only fourteen months.In recognition of their work, the imaginative design and the
pleasure it will give to millions of people, the couple have been awarded the MBE.
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The architects of the London Eye are husband and wife team,
Julia Barfield and David Marks, winners of the competition for
ideas to mark the Millennium, their design was considered to be
the most imaginative project conceived.