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Many graduates who plan to take the Unified State Exam in English in 2018 have a huge number of questions related to scores, assignments, and time to complete them.

The Unified State Exam in English will be a final school exam, the writing of which is open to everyone. It is the USE indicators that will act as the state exam when entering a university. At the moment, it is not necessary to take it, but if after graduation you want to enroll in a specialized university, then you will have to take it.

In its structure, the Unified State Exam in English is very similar to the international FCE exam, which is held in most European countries to determine the level of development of the knowledge base in the subject. To pass, you must get the Upper-Intermediate mark (above average), which is not an easy task.

It is recommended to start preparing for the exam from the beginning of 10th grade. Only in this way, by gradually repeating all the material covered, will the student be able to master the knowledge in which there was a gap and fully prepare for the Unified State Exam in English in 2018. Of course, this process may take less time, but only if the student has a high level of knowledge and is constantly trying to achieve perfection.

The exam consists of two parts: oral and written, which are held on different days. First, graduates of 2017-2018 take a written block, which includes listening, reading, writing, speaking, as well as checking grammar and vocabulary. In total you need to complete 40 tasks in 3 hours. 80 is the maximum score you can get.

The second block - oral - is taken at the request of the student, and is aimed at improving the finished result. You are given only 15 minutes to complete it, during which you need to solve 4 additional tasks. Thus, you can improve your English language score by 20 points.

Any teacher will insist on attending both parts of the exam, because even if the student fails the second part, the student will not worsen his result for the written unit, but will have a chance to improve it.

There will be no changes to the Unified State Exam in English in 2018, so there is no reason to worry.

Demo version of the 2018 exam

The demo version of the Unified State Exam in English 2018, which includes changes and additions that are relevant for this year, will help you understand the structure of the exam and the requirements.

Download:
ege-2018-ang-demo.zip(23 Mb).
Inside the archive are demo versions of the written and oral parts, an mp3 listening file, a codifier and a specification.

How the exam works

The Unified State Exam in English has a very specific structure; the CMM makes it possible to quickly check the level of knowledge and skills according to basic parameters. Exam structure:

1. Listening includes 3 audio fragments, which are connected into one tape. Having turned it on, the teacher does not have the right to pause or stop. There is a short pause between fragments, during which students must write the correct answers on the form.
   
2. Reading. Half an hour and 9 tasks are allotted to complete this section. Among the main ones is to read short texts and connect them with suitable names, of which there will be 1 more.
   Advice: most often, it is in the first sentence that the main meaning of the test text is displayed, and then only clarifying details and little things that are not useful are given. As for the questions about the meaning of the text read, they go in the same order as the chronology of the story. This can also be tracked in FIPI tasks, which are freely available on the Internet.
3. Vocabulary and grammar are designed to assess the number of words learned, and the ability to form the correct constructions from them, using the right tense and preposition.
   Among the main tasks may be: enter the desired word, or present it in a certain tense, adding an ending, or raising it to the desired form.
4. The written part consists of two tasks, which take 80 minutes to complete. The first involves a letter from a friend with a series of questions to which the student must write an answer.
   The second task is writing an essay in English. A controversial judgment is given as a topic, and the student must express an opinion on this matter and explain his point of view. Only full disclosure of his thoughts and feelings will probably give the highest score. We advise you not to deviate from the stated length of presentation of 200-250 characters. A demo version will help you practice writing, with the help of which your preparation will go well. You can also download a collection of essays, in which you will find many examples of correctly written works.
5. Oral speech. The test takes place in front of a computer screen using a headset. The monitor shows the time countdown; in total, 15 minutes are given for 4 tasks.
   Having completed all the blocks, the student can receive a maximum score when passing the unified state exam. For each individual task, a student in the class receives certain points, which are then summed up.

The minimum passing score this year is 22, and the maximum is 100. After receiving the result, according to certain new criteria, it is transferred to the standard five-point system, which is more familiar:

• A score of 0-21 corresponds to a score of 2, and means that the test in the subject has failed.
• 22-58 points is a score of 3.
• 59-83 points means a good result and a score of 4.
• Scoring 84-100 points means that you passed the exam perfectly, grade 5.

Usually, the results can be found out within 14 days after passing, when both blocks have been passed. But, in some cases, estimates can be found out within 12 days. To do this, you need to visit the official website and find your last name. The mandatory issuance of paper certificates has been abolished, and they can now be viewed exclusively on the Internet.

the date of the

At the moment, it is a little early to talk about the date of the exam; there is only preliminary information that may still change. The final decision will be announced at the beginning of 2018, but according to the latest information it is:

• At the end of March (preliminarily on the 22nd) an early examination will be held. Graduates of previous years, evening school students, future army personnel, foreigners, or those leaving the country are allowed to take this version. In this case, it is important to have a demonstration document confirming one of the above facts.
• The main period will start on May 28. All interested students can take part in it.
• The additional period is designated from September 4.

How to prepare for the Unified State Exam

The very essence and structure of the Unified State Exam have not been affected by the changes, which means that preparation for it remains as thorough and difficult as in previous years. In order to achieve the optimal option, you need to initially correctly distribute your time in order to have time to repeat all the material before the decisive day. At the same time, there is no need to combine different types of activities, and not just one. For example, you need to spend time reading and speaking, and not just practicing writing test assignments.

The FIPI website will be an excellent assistant in preparing for the Unified State Exam. The site has an extensive bank of tasks of varying difficulty. The FIPI task bank allows you to significantly improve your skills by simply completing number by number. By constantly training on such a simulator and studying the tasks of 2018, you will certainly achieve good results.

In addition, try to surround yourself with English-language sources of information as much as possible: watch films in a foreign language, read books, listen to the lyrics of your favorite songs.

English is the most popular of the languages. Today, without knowledge of a foreign language, it is difficult to achieve career heights in almost any profession, so a significant number of humanitarian universities require them to present an appropriate certificate. The English exam is chosen by students who plan to devote their lives to linguistics, teaching, technical and literary translation, diplomacy and international relations.

In recent years, examinations in foreign languages ​​have become increasingly difficult for graduates - now they are required not only to know the basic rules and language norms, but also to have significant speaking skills, because the oral part has been added to the Unified State Examination. To successfully pass the exam, you will need months of persistent and systematic independent work, and maybe even the help of a tutor. Another important point is awareness of possible innovations. Let's figure out how this exam will go in 2018!

Demo version of the Unified State Exam-2018

Unified State Examination dates in English

The approved schedule for the all-Russian examination will be published in January 2018. But today you can find out the approximate periods for conducting the Unified State Examination, designated by Rosobrnadzor:

• Early examination will take place from the second half of March to mid-April 2018. The starting date is stated to be March 22. Let us remind you that not all schoolchildren can take the Unified State Exam early. These graduates include those who graduated from school earlier than the 2017/2018 academic year, unsuccessful students from previous years without a certificate, as well as evening school students. Those who decided not to enroll in a university, but to go to college, applicants to foreign universities, children going to live abroad, or those who came to study in Russia from abroad can also take the test ahead of schedule. An exception is made for children leaving for sports, cultural or scientific competitions and competitions, as well as for schoolchildren who are prescribed medical or rehabilitation procedures during the main testing;
• From the last days of May to the beginning of June 2018, the main period of the Unified State Examination is scheduled. Most likely, the first exams will begin on May 28, 2018;
• The start of the additional period of the Unified State Exam is announced on September 4, 2018. Additional examinations will take place during the first half of September.

How did past graduates pass English?

The popularity of the English language among future students of Russian universities is confirmed by official statistics - about 9% of all graduates (which is about 64.5 thousand schoolchildren in 2017) choose the Unified State Exam in this foreign language. In 2017, the proportion of graduates who were unable to score even the required minimum of 22 points decreased significantly.

The percentage of such failing eleventh graders in recent years has fluctuated between 1.8-3.3%, which looks very optimistic in comparison with other exams. The average score that Russian schoolchildren demonstrate when passing English is 64.8-65.1 points, which is approximately equal to the “four” mark. This is significantly higher than the results of other Unified State Examinations show.

Innovations in the Unified State Examination in English

Specialists from FIPI did not make any significant changes to the 2018 materials. The only innovation is that in English KIMs, the criteria-based approaches to assessing assignments numbered 39-40 have been clarified.

Contents of the English language ticket

The main purpose of the all-Russian examination in English is to check the level of mastery of a foreign language. The primary goal of the commission is to determine how free the student feels in various types of language activities, which include listening, reading, writing and speaking. High school students will have to show their skills in mastering lexical units, morphological forms and syntactic structures. The exam card itself is divided into two parts:

• written - within 180 minutes, students will have to solve 40 tasks. In this part of the exam, you need to pass listening (worth 20 primary points, which is 20% of all exam points), demonstrate reading skills (another 20 primary points), convince the commission of your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary (20 primary points), and show your level of written language proficiency (20 primary points);
• oral - within 15 minutes, students will have to solve 4 more tasks. They will have to answer questions and describe the pictures. This part is worth another 20 raw points (or 20% of the total exam points).

In total, graduates will have to cope with 44 tasks of basic, advanced and high levels of complexity, which in total give 100 points.

Written part of KIMs

Structurally, KIMs in English are presented in several main sections:

• Listening assessment, aimed at identifying how well the student understands the text being listened to. This task is allotted 30 minutes of exam time, during which the student must complete the following tasks:
  • 1 – identifying the correspondence of statements and statements made in the recording. Students are asked to evaluate 6 statements, comparing them with 7 proposed answer statements, one of which is incorrect. The student is given 20 seconds to read the answer statements, then the audio recording will be played 2 times. After this, the student must mark the correct answers on the exam form;
  • 2 – assessment of the correctness of judgments, which must be made after listening to an audio recording in dialogue form. The student is required to enter only the words “true”, “false” or “not stated”;
  • from 3 to 9 – an audio task in the form of a short interview, after listening to which the student will need to choose the correct answer from the options presented on the form. Most often, the task is presented in the form of a question that needs to be answered, or an unfinished sentence that needs to be supplemented with the correct words.
• Reading aimed at checking the understanding of structural and semantic relationships in the proposed text. The student will receive 30 minutes, during which he must complete the following tasks:
  • 10 – familiarization with seven short texts and identifying the correspondence of the information presented with 8 headings, among which one option will be incorrect;
  • 11 – working with text that has missing parts. There will be 6 such gaps in total. They need to be filled in by choosing words from the seven proposed options;
  • from 12 to 18 – familiarization with an artistic or journalistic fragment, to which interrogative sentences and statements with missing words are attached. You will need to choose the correct answer or complete the phrase.
• Grammar and vocabulary - this part of the Unified State Exam will test how well the student operates with these language skills. This part of the ticket is considered the most difficult, because this is where students lose the most points. You will be given 40 minutes to work with this part of the ticket, during which you will have to solve the following tasks:
  • from 19 to 25 – familiarization with several fragments of text in which words or phrases will be missing. The blanks will need to be filled in based on the answers, which must first be converted;
  • from 26 to 31 – exercises testing word formation skills. The student is asked to read the text with missing pieces to determine which parts of speech are missing. To write down the correct answer, the missing word will need to be transformed (for example, turning a noun into an adjective);
  • from 32 to 38 – vocabulary exercises that involve working with text fragments in which words are missing. Options for the correct answers are offered in the KIM form, so you just have to make the right choice.
• Writing – This part of the ticket will test your ability to produce different types of written text. You are given 80 minutes to complete the tasks, during which you need to complete the following exercises:
  • 39 – the student will need to write a letter of a personal nature, keeping it to 100-140 words (it is proposed to complete the task in 20 minutes);
  • 40 – writing an essay (200-250 words). Focus on the plan and topic proposed in the KIMs. In this task you will need to write a short introduction to the problem, express your opinion on this issue, support it with argumentation and draw a conclusion. You should allow approximately 60 minutes to complete this task.

Oral part of the exam

In this part of the exam, the commission will evaluate the student’s speech skills. A separate day will be allocated for this test. Each student will receive 15 minutes to complete the following types of tasks:

1. Reading aloud a short text. For 1.5 minutes, the student has the opportunity to read the text to himself and then speak it out loud;
2. Formulation of five questions based on a fragment of text. Most often this is an advertising message. The student will have 1.5 minutes to read the text, and then another 20 seconds to voice each question;
3. Description of the photograph. Students are given a choice of five photos, among which they need to take one and describe it according to the plan proposed in KIMs. 1.5 minutes will be allotted for preparation, and then within 2 minutes you will need to express in your own words what you see in the picture;
4. Comparison of two photographs. The student will have to identify similarities and differences between two pictures in 1.5 minutes, and then tell them to the commission in 2 minutes.

Examination procedure

The examination is regulated by strict standards. Firstly, during the Unified State Exam it will not be possible to use smartphones, video and audio equipment, smart watches and reference materials. Secondly, you should not look at someone else’s answer sheet, talk to other exam participants, or leave the classroom without an observer - this will be a reason for the cancellation of your work. Remember that in 2018, 100% of exam classrooms will be equipped with online surveillance systems.

Each classroom allocated for the written part of the examination will be equipped with technical means for playing audio recordings during listening. Classrooms for conducting the oral part of the Unified State Exam will be equipped with computers with headsets, microphones and appropriate software for recording answers.

How do exam scores translate into grades for a certificate?

Points for work affect the certificate and are easily transferred to the usual school system:

• 0-21 points correspond to the “two” level;
• 22-58 points indicate satisfactory preparation and are equal to a “three”;
• 59-83 points allow you to get a “B”;
• 84 points and above tell us that the student knows the subject “excellent”.

The minimum score that you need to score to receive a certificate is 22. However, it is worth remembering that to enter a “mediocre” university you need to score at least 45 points, and in this case we are not talking about budget places. Educational institutions in the capital usually accept schoolchildren on a budget who have managed to score 86 points or higher in English.

Preparation for the Unified State Exam in English

To pass the English language test, you will have to spend a lot of time preparing. Try to properly distribute the time remaining before the exam to repeat the school course and work on demo versions of CMMs. Their solution will help you understand the structure of the exam - you must agree that if you see a ticket for the Unified State Exam for the first time, you will probably get nervous. And this, in turn, will lead to a lot of small annoying mistakes. Official CMMs can be downloaded on our website simply by using the link at the beginning of the article.

Don’t forget about preparing for listening, because not every teacher at school devotes enough time in class to teach students to perceive foreign speech by ear. Audio books, songs by your favorite artists, films or television series in English will come to your aid. Watch at least a couple of episodes of an interesting TV series or movie a day, and listen to a book on the way to school. After a few months of such training, you will be able to distinguish words and learn to understand the meaning of the text by ear.

A common problem is also the inability to speak - if in vocabulary, grammar and writing the majority of the children who have chosen a foreign language for the Unified State Exam demonstrate good results, then the oral part causes certain difficulties. You can practice this skill in a fairly simple way - constantly playing small dialogues with everyday situations in your head, or describing objects, people and buildings that you see while going to school or shopping at the supermarket.

Writing an essay also requires special preparation. Hone your mini-essay writing skills using previous years' papers. Each new essay will help you better formulate your thoughts and present arguments in favor of your point of view. When writing an essay, keep these tips in mind:

• do not choose the first topic that comes to you - it is better to think about which one will be closer to you and will not require significant effort for argumentation. Part of the points in this task are awarded specifically for understanding the subject of discussion. If a committee member notices that you do not understand what you are writing about, the assignment will be given a zero;

Secondary general education

English language

Demo version of the Unified State Exam 2019 in English

Official demo versions of the Unified State Exam 2019 in English can be downloaded from the FIPI website:

English language (written and oral parts) (download PDF, 7.6 Mb)

English (listening) (download PDF, 24.7 Mb)

What's new in 2019?

• There are no changes in the structure and content of the CMM.
• In task 40 of the “Writing” section, the wording and assessment criteria have become clearer. Now the graduate will have to choose one of two topics to write a detailed text-reasoning and express his point of view.

Follow the broadcasts of our webinars and YouTube channel: starting in September we will start talking about preparing for the Unified State Exam.

The textbook is intended to prepare high school graduates and applicants for the Unified State Exam in English. It contains 10 practice versions of exam papers, compiled in full accordance with the requirements of the Unified State Exam. Each option includes tasks of different types and levels of complexity for all sections of the English language course, which allows you to quickly master the skills and abilities necessary to successfully pass the final certification. At the end of the book there are texts for listening, keys to all practical tasks and possible answers to task 39 (personal writing), criteria and assessment schemes for completing tasks in the “Writing” section and the oral part.

Hello friends! As for preparing for the Unified State Exam in English, you should know that you need to prepare for it in advance, and the sooner the better. And even if you have a good level of English, you still need good preparation, and this takes time, at least a year.

There are no substantive changes to the Unified State Exam in English this academic year.

A graduate can score a maximum of 100 points in the exam. The minimum score to pass the exam is 22 points.

To pass the Unified State Exam well you need:

• become familiar with the exam format;
• have a good level of English;
• master reading and listening strategies. An excellent understanding of the main content is assumed.
• familiarize yourself with the assessment criteria for assignments.

Table for converting Unified State Exam scores in English into a five-point system

Structure of the Unified State Exam in English 2018

The listening test lasts 30 minutes and consists of three parts. The first two parts are the first and second tasks, respectively, and the third part is tasks No. 3-9 (out of a total list of 40 tasks).

• listen carefully! After all, such a trick is often used when they first say one answer and then correct it differently;
• you need to read the assignment carefully;
• look at the endings of what you wrote and try to find possible minor errors;
• if you didn’t hear something, don’t panic, you will have the opportunity to listen again;
• if you don’t know how to answer a question, answer at least something, but the main thing is to answer;
• if they speak too quickly, don’t get upset, try to relax and then it will be easier for you to perceive the information.

Task 1: 7 statements are given. The student listens to 6 statements and matches them with statements, one of which is redundant. Maximum points: 6 points.

Example: exercise 1

Task 1_mp3

Task 2: 7 statements are given. The student listens to the dialogue and determines which statements correspond to the content of the dialogue (True), which do not correspond (False), and which are not mentioned in it (Not Stated). Maximum points: 7 points.

Example: task 2

task 2_mp3

Task 3: 7 questions are given, each of them has 3 possible answers. The student listens to the audio recording and selects the correct answer to each question. Maximum points: 7 points.

Example: task 3

task 3_mp3

Reading

• if you are not familiar with the topic discussed in the text, do not worry, because in order to find the answers in the text, you do not need special knowledge;
• if you are given tasks in which you need to insert words or phrases instead of gaps, read the sentence before and after the gaps, try to guess what exactly is missing;
• don’t get hung up on one question, you can always return to it, but in the meantime, move on to others;
• you always need to read the entire text to understand the meaning;
• if you don't know the answer to a question, try to guess it;
• When preparing for the Unified State Exam, read as many texts of different styles as possible.

The reading lasts 30 minutes and consists of 3 parts (9 tasks). We recommend spending no more than 10 minutes on each part in order to complete the allotted half hour. Task 1: Given 7 short texts (3-6 sentences each) and 8 headings. You need to read the texts and choose the appropriate heading for each of them. In this case, 1 heading will be redundant. Recommended execution time: no more than 10 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

Example: exercise 1

Task 2: Given a text that has 6 gaps. Below are 7 passages, 6 of which must be inserted in place of the gaps. Recommended execution time: no more than 10 minutes. Maximum points: 6 points.

Example: task 2

Task 3: A short text and 7 questions for it are given. For each question there are 4 answer options, from which you need to choose 1 correct one. Recommended execution time: no more than 10 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

Example: task 3

Written assignment

• it is worth writing about the same thing only in different words;
• don't go off topic;
• do not use the same vocabulary as in the task. Choose synonyms for words;
• keep track of time;
• do not write more than necessary, because this may indicate that you have written a lot of unnecessary things;
• Remember that you need to take the time to re-read what you have written and, if necessary, correct any errors you find.

The graduate is given 80 minutes to write and check 2 written works. Task 1: Given the text of a short letter from a friend asking questions. The student needs to read it and write a response letter: answer the friend’s questions and ask him questions. Recommended execution time: no more than 20 minutes. Volume: 100-140 words. Maximum points: 6 points.

A letter to a friend is written in an informal style. The structure of this work is as follows:

1. We design the “header”

In the upper right corner we write the address: on the top line we indicate the city, below it - the country of residence. There is no need to write the street and house number: this may be regarded as disclosing confidential information, even if the address is fictitious.

After the address, skip 1 line and write the date the letter was written in the same upper right corner. Next, as usual, on the left we write an informal address: Dear Tom/Jim (the name will be given in the task). It is unacceptable to write Hello here.

After the address, put a comma and continue writing the text of the letter on a new line.

2. Text of the letter

We start writing each paragraph with a red line. In the first paragraph, you need to thank your friend for the letter you received (Thanks a lot for your last letter) and apologize that you didn’t write earlier (Sorry I haven’t been in touch for so long).

You can also mention some fact from the letter you received. What follows is the body of the letter, including the second and third paragraphs. In the second, you write answers to all the questions asked to you, in the third, you ask your questions to a friend.

In the fourth paragraph, you need to summarize - inform that you are finishing the letter (I’ve got to go now! It’s time for my favorite TV show), and offer to keep in touch (Take care and keep in touch!).

3. End of the letter

At the end, you need to write a final cliche phrase, which is always followed by a comma: All the best, Best wishes, etc. On the next line, under this phrase, you indicate your name.

Task 2: A statement is given (usually controversial).

The graduate writes an essay in which he discusses this topic, expresses his point of view, and also gives an opposing opinion and explains why he disagrees with it.

The essay is written in a neutral style and consists of 5 paragraphs:

1. Introduction: we formulate the topic-problem and immediately indicate that there are two opposing points of view.
2. Your opinion: we express our point of view (one) on this issue and give 2-3 arguments that confirm it.
3. Opposing opinions: we write 1-2 opposing points of view and give arguments in favor of their existence.
4. We express disagreement: we explain why we do not agree with the above points of view, and provide arguments in defense of our own opinion. However, they should not repeat the arguments from point 2.
5. Conclusion: We draw a conclusion on the topic, point out that there are different points of view, and finally confirm our point of view.

Vocabulary and grammar

• if you need to insert a word, try to determine in what number and form it should be;
• if you don’t know the correct answer, don’t leave any blanks anyway, look for the answer by contradiction;
• check your spelling.

This section of the Unified State Exam in English 2018 tests the graduate’s knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary. The student is given 40 minutes to complete it. Let's see what the student has to do.

Task 1: Given a text in which 7 words are missing. To the right of the text are words that need to be transformed grammatically (for example, put the verb in the right tense) and inserted in place of the gap. Recommended execution time: no more than 12 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

Task 2: Given a text with 6 gaps. On the right are words that need to be transformed both lexically and grammatically - to form a single-root word that matches the meaning of the text. Recommended execution time: no more than 15 minutes. Maximum points: 6 points.

Task 3: Given a text with 7 gaps. You need to choose 1 correct answer out of the four proposed for each of them. Recommended execution time: no more than 12 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

Oral speech

The oral part of the exam is the shortest, it takes only 15 minutes. The graduate needs to complete as many as 4 tasks, for which he can receive a maximum of 20 points. The student submits assignments in front of the computer, his answers are recorded using a headset, and the time countdown is shown on the screen. There is an organizer in the audience who monitors the progress of the exam.

Task 1: A popular science text is displayed on the screen. In 1.5 minutes you need to prepare and in the next 1.5 minutes read it out loud expressively. Execution time: no more than 3 minutes. Maximum number of points: 1 point.

Task 2: An advertisement is offered, for which you need to make 5 direct questions based on keywords. 1.5 minutes are allotted for preparation, then each question must be formulated within 20 seconds. Execution time: about 3 minutes. Maximum points: 5 points.

Task 3: Show 3 photographs. You need to choose 1 and describe it according to the plan proposed right there in the task. Execution time: about 3.5 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

Task 4: Given 2 pictures. It is necessary to compare them, describe the similarities and differences, and explain why the chosen topic is close to the graduate. Execution time: about 3.5 minutes. Maximum points: 7 points.

This section was not included in the Unified State Exam 2010, but it is still worth knowing the tips for this part.

• if you are unclear about a task, ask the examiner about what is unclear;
• use as many words as possible, show your vocabulary;
• you must understand that you are required to express your personal opinion and not discuss the topic with professionalism;
• Perhaps you will forget a word, in this case there is no need to get lost, you can replace it with another word.;
• You should be aware that this section is not intended for you to demonstrate that you can construct sentences correctly. You need to demonstrate communication skills.

Demo versions of the Unified State Exam 2018 in English

Unified State Examination in English: Grammar