Celta Pre Interview Task

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Cambridge CELTA Pre-Interview Task

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Complete this task carefully. It is an important factor in considering your application. CELTA is an intensive four-week course of study. Because of this, candidates need to be fully prepared for the demands of the course and show that they are able to research language structures, a skill required of ESL teachers. Keep in mind that we cover language analysis on the CELTA course, so we do not expect you to be an expert in grammar before the course starts.

• To help you please refer to a grammar book such as “Practical English Usage” by Michael Swan (Oxford University Press) or any other grammar reference book you …show more content…

I hope these two examples would show the positive/negative aspects of the two sentences.

1.
a) She is alone.
b) She is lonely.

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2.
a) What time is it?
b) Do you mind telling me what the time is please?

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3.
a) If I become president, I’ll lower taxes.
b) If I had become president, I would have lowered taxes.
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C. Word Stress

All words of more than two syllables in English have one

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