Trinity Certification – “Building English 2” Grades 7- 8 (B2.1-B2.2 CEFR) Total time: 15 minutes The examination consists of three assessed phases which are: Candidate-led discussion of a topic prepared by the candidate ( up to 5 minutes) Interactive task (up to 4 minutes) Conversation on two subject areas selected by the examiner (up to 5 minutes)

Grade 7 – Language production - Grammar Second conditional Simple passive Used to Relative clauses Modals to give advice and make suggestions (e.g. should/ought to, could, you’d better) Discourse connectors (e.g. because of, due to)

Grade 7 – Communicative skills - Functions Giving advice and highlighting advantages and disadvantages Make suggestions Describing past habits Expressing possibility and uncertainty Eliciting further information and expansion of ideas and opinions Expressing agreement and disagreement

Grade 7 – Subject Areas for Conversation Phase Education National customs Village and city life National and local produce and products Early memories Pollution and recycling

Grade 8 – Language production - Grammar Third conditional Present perfect continuous tense Past perfect tense Reported speech Linking expressions (e.g. even though, in spite of, unless, although, etc.) Cohesive devises (e.g. in other words, for example, to continue, etc.)

Grade 8 – Communicative skills - Functions Expressing feelings and emotions Expressing impossibility Reporting the conversation of others Speculating Persuading and discouraging

Grade 8 – Subject Areas for Conversation Phase Society and living standards Personal values and ideals The world of work Unexplained phenomena and events National environmental concerns Public figures past and present

Interactive Task – Grade 7 It is my parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary soon and my sisters and I want to organise something special, but we’re not sure what. (Possible functions: elicinting further information, giving advice, making suggestions.)