Demo version of the exam in English on June 7. Demo versions of the exam in foreign languages. Features of the written part of KIMs

There are documents that regulate the structure and content of KIM - codifiers and specifications. A complete list of questions that can be controlled at the 2018 unified state exam is given in the codifier of content elements and requirements for the level of preparation of graduates of educational organizations for the 2018 unified state exam in English.

Demo version of the exam 2018 in English

Changes in KIM 201 There are no 8 years in English compared to 2017. The criteria for assessing the performance of tasks 39 and 40 of the "Writing" section in the written part of the exam have been clarified.

Minimum score USE 2017 in English - 22

The maximum initial score for a job is 100.

Written part of KIM USE in English

The work consists of four sections: "Listening", "Reading", "Grammar and Vocabulary", "Writing".

Section 1 (“Listening”) contains 9 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in section 1 is 30 minutes.

Section 3 ("Grammar and Vocabulary") contains 20 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in Section 3 is 40 minutes.

Section 4 (“Writing”) consists of 2 tasks. The recommended time to complete the tasks in this section of the work is 80 minutes.

Oral part of KIM USE in English includes 4 tasks.

Task 1 - reading aloud a short text of a popular science nature. Preparation time - 1.5 minutes.

In task 3, you are asked to choose one of three photographs and describe it based on the plan. Preparation time - 1.5 minutes.

In task 4, the task is to compare two photographs based on the proposed plan. Preparation time - 1.5 minutes. The total response time for one examinee (including preparation time) is 15 minutes. Each subsequent task is issued after the completion of the previous task. All responses are audio and video recorded.

Secondary general education

English language

Demo version of the Unified State Exam-2019 in English

The official demo versions of the USE-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 KIM.
• In task 40 of the "Writing" section, the wording and evaluation criteria became clearer. Now the graduate will have to choose one of two topics for writing a detailed reasoning text and express his point of view.

Follow the broadcasts of our webinars and YouTube channel: from September we will start talking about preparing for the exam.

The textbook is designed to prepare high school graduates and applicants for the unified state exam in English. It contains 10 training options for examination papers, compiled in full accordance with the requirements of the exam. Each option includes tasks of different types and levels of complexity in all sections of the English course, which allows you to quickly master the skills and abilities necessary for the successful completion of 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 (letter of a personal nature), criteria and schemes for assessing the performance of tasks in the "Writing" section and the oral part.

English has been and remains the most popular of the foreign languages ​​studied at school. Exams in this subject have become more difficult since oral assignments were introduced a few years ago. Will there be any changes in the content of tickets and the procedure for conducting the exam in English in 2018? What can I do to effectively prepare for the tests? How will this help in future studies and work?

About the importance of the subject

Few people need to explain today how important knowledge of English is in the modern world. This is the language of computer terms, the language of many business documents, just a convenient tool for international communication.

By 2020-2022, it is planned to be included in the list of disciplines for which an exam is mandatory. While it remains among the items of choice, one of the most popular in this category.

Those, those who pass this subject with high results in 2018 can apply for admission to universities in very prestigious, popular specialties. And this is not only specialized foreign languages, diplomacy or computer technology. Good knowledge of English is quoted in educational institutions for training in such areas as:

• regional studies;
• management;
• journalism;
• hotel business;
• philology;
• international relationships;
• world economy;
• sociology and a number of others.

Even at technical universities, sometimes an applicant is given a choice: to count points in physics or English.

In addition to proper knowledge of the subject, graduates will also need to possess technical means with which audio recordings will be played on the oral part of the exam. Of course, members of the commission will help if there are difficulties, but this will take time and add unnecessary nervousness. At the exams in the classrooms there will be computers equipped with a headset, the necessary software, microphones.

USE dates in English in 2018

This exam is available ahead of schedule to graduates of previous years and to some categories of current 11th graders who, for objective reasons, will not be able to come on the dates of the main tests.

Most high school students will come to the main exam. It will take place June 11 (in writing), and two days were allotted for the oral format: June 14 and 16. In reserve for the written exam June 26, according to oral - 27 . There's still a day June 29: common reserve for all items.

Finally, in September there will still be an opportunity to take the exam for those graduates who planned to do it together with everyone else, but some good reasons prevented them (illness, etc.).

What will be in the USE tickets in English in 2018?

Since 2016, tasks have appeared in KIMs not only for the written answer, but also for the oral part of the exam. The written and oral parts are rented separately, on different days.

Examiners need to test the level of knowledge of phonetics and grammar, the ability to speak English fluently, and not just read and translate. Even you need to be able to listen: listening to a foreign language is not as easy as it seems.

On the written exam, which lasts 180 minutes, there are 40 tasks to overcome. Such as:

• listening, that is, listening to a prepared text (a maximum of 20 primary points is given for it);
• reading (plus 20 points);
• for knowledge of vocabulary and grammar of the language, examiners have the right to add up to 20 points;
• finally, for fluency in writing, there is a chance to get the remaining 20 points.

Only 15 minutes are allotted for the oral exam, during which 4 tasks are completed. This is a description of the pictures and answers to questions. The maximum for this "semi-exam" is 20 points.

Together with the written test, there are 44 tasks of different difficulty levels and 100 maximum possible points.

What's in the oral part of the test?

The oral "portion" of tasks is otherwise called speaking, although not all of them consist of a conversation. It is important to understand spoken language, conduct dialogue and demonstrate your oratory skills in a foreign language.

Testing takes place either in special language laboratories or in computer classes, where the equipment is equipped with a special headset. In 15 minutes you need to cope with several tasks.

First, each graduate will be offered a short text. You can quickly (in one and a half minutes) run through it with your eyes, and then read it aloud.

Then, according to the fragment of the text, it will be necessary to formulate five questions. Again there will be 1.5 minutes to read the passage, and then you will have to quickly voice all 5 questions, each is given only 20 seconds.

The next item of the "program" is a description of the photo. One of the five offered is selected, the examinee studies it (in the same one and a half minutes), and then sets out what he sees in two minutes. To help students in KIMs, a presentation plan will be given.

The last thing to do is to compare the two shots. Find similarities and differences in 1.5 minutes and briefly, in 2 minutes, tell the commission about them.

Features of the written part of KIMs

In the written, as well as in the oral part of KIMs, in 2018, no new topics or tasks are foreseen. 40 tasks of this section of the exam are divided into 4 groups:

1. Questions 1 to 9 are about listening.
2. Students demonstrate the ability to read correctly and with correct intonation, clearly thanks to questions 10-18.
3. The next ten tasks (19-38) are the letter itself.
4. Knowledge in the field of vocabulary and grammar is checked by the examination committee on questions 39-40.

All together 3 hours.

Tests in the form that they used to have are no longer available. Although there are a number of questions in the tickets, the answer to which should be extremely brief: a word, a letter or a number.

Other tasks (they are placed in the final part of the KIMs) require more detailed answers. There are also questions of increased complexity, they are based on the full understanding of the text by the student. The most difficult task is task number 40 (in the “Letter” block): it involves writing an essay, short, but not descriptive, but with analysis and reflections.

Translation of USE scores in English in 2018

As already mentioned above, the highest score for both parts of the exam will be 100 points. When converted to common estimates, the result will look like this:

• With a set of up to 21 points, the exam is considered failed - this is " deuce».
• From 22 to 58 points in terms of a five-point system are equivalent to " troika».
• Those who scored from 59 to 83 points receive " four».
• The exam is considered passed on top five", if the graduate scored a total of 84 points or more.

Those who step over the threshold of poor progress, having earned 22 points, will be issued a certificate. But for higher education, this result is not enough. How much exactly you need to get to the desired specialty in the chosen institution for sure, you need to find out in advance on the websites of these universities.

The experience of previous years suggests that even 45 points give only a ghostly chance to enter the number of students of "average" universities, and then, most likely, on a paid basis. And those who want to study in the capital, and even on a budgetary basis, need to collect at least 85 points for the Unified State Examination in English in their “piggy bank”.

Preparation for the exam in English in 2018

Quite a lot of high school students are engaged in circles, schools, studios of the English language. When professionals work there, the level of training is usually quite high. Schools have extracurricular activities.

Other students choose self-study or tutoring. They have at their disposal demo versions of the USE in English in 2018, as well as options for tasks from previous years with ready-made correct answers. In order to consolidate knowledge for the successful passing of the written section of the exam, this can be a very good help. In any case, the language requires systematic studies, one-time actions will not help here.

It is very important to listen to competent oral speech: audiobooks, recordings of lessons, songs, poems in English. You can also turn to classical or children's English literature, to films. In such a living form, the language is perceived more emotionally, in addition, situational memory and associations work, which helps memorization.

But it is not enough to recognize speech by ear; for many, the correct pronunciation becomes a stumbling block. Therefore, it is extremely useful to study in pairs or in a small group. We rarely notice our flaws in speech, but a look and auditory control from the outside will be very useful. If someone in the family speaks the language, you can take it as a practice for at least a month before the exam to speak with them in English about the simplest everyday things. This is an excellent training, besides, fear disappears, you become more free in communication, which is extremely important for the psychological mood.

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 liberal arts universities require theirs 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 exam. To successfully pass the exam, you will need months of hard and systematic independent work, and maybe even the help of a tutor. Another important point is awareness of possible innovations. Let's see how this exam will take place in 2018!

Demo version of the USE-2018

USE dates in English

The approved schedule of the all-Russian examination will be published in January 2018. But today you can find out the approximate periods for the exam, indicated by Rosobrnadzor:

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

How did the graduates of previous years pass English?

The popularity of the English language among future students of Russian universities is also confirmed by official statistics - about 9% of all graduates (and this is about 64.5 thousand schoolchildren in 2017) choose the USE for themselves in this foreign language. In 2017, the proportion of graduates who failed to score even the required minimum of 22 points significantly decreased.

The percentage of such underachieving 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 exams 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 KIMs in English, criteria-based approaches to assessing tasks under numbers 39-40 were clarified.

Contents of the ticket in English

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 fluent 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 constructions. The exam ticket itself is divided into two parts:

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

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

Written part of KIMs

Structurally, KIMs in English are represented by several main sections:

• Listening, aimed at identifying how well the student understands the text being listened to. This task is given 30 minutes of examination time, during which the student must cope with the following tasks:
  • 1 - identifying the correspondence of statements and statements made in the recording. Students are invited to evaluate 6 statements, comparing them with 7 proposed statements-answers, one of which is incorrect. The student is given 20 seconds to read the statements-answers, then the audio recording will be scrolled 2 times. After that, the student must mark the correct answers on the examination form;
  • 2 - assessment of the correctness of judgments, which must be made after listening to the audio recording in a dialogue form. The student is required to put down 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 completed with the right words.
• Reading aimed at checking the understanding of structural and semantic relationships in the proposed text. The student will receive 30 minutes for which he must complete the following tasks:
  • 10 - familiarization with seven short texts and identifying the correspondence of the information provided with 8 headings, among which one option will be incorrect;
  • 11 - work with text in which there are missing parts. There will be 6 such gaps in total. They must be filled in by choosing words from the seven proposed options;
  • from 12 to 18 - acquaintance with a literary or journalistic fragment, to which interrogative sentences and statements with missing words are attached. They will need to choose the correct answer or complete the phrase.
• Grammar and vocabulary - this part of the exam will check how well the student operates with these language skills. This part of the ticket is considered the most difficult, because it is here that students lose the most points. To work with this part of the ticket, 40 minutes will be allotted, during which you will have to solve the following tasks:
  • from 19 to 25 - familiarization with several fragments of the text in which words or phrases will be omitted. Gaps will need to be filled in based on responses that must first be converted;
  • from 26 to 31 - exercises that test the skill of word formation. The student is asked to read the text with the missing pieces in order to determine which parts of speech are missing in it. To write down the correct answer, the missing word will need to be transformed (for example, to make an adjective from a noun);
  • from 32 to 38 - vocabulary exercises that involve working with text fragments in which words are missing. The correct answers are offered in the KIM form, so you only have to make the right choice.
• Writing - This part of the ticket will test your ability to create different types of written texts. You have 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 within 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 on the problem, state your opinion on this issue, support it with arguments and draw a conclusion. You should take 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 have 15 minutes to complete the following types of tasks:

1. Reading a short text aloud. Within 1.5 minutes, the student has the opportunity to read the text to himself, and then voice it out loud;
2. Formulation of five questions on a piece of text. Most often this is an advertisement. The student will have 1.5 minutes to read the text and then another 20 seconds to answer each question;
3. Description of the photo. 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 state in your own words what you see in the picture;
4. Comparison of two photos. The student will have to identify the similarities and differences between the two pictures in 1.5 minutes, and then tell them to the commission in 2 minutes.

Examination procedure

The examination is regulated by strict rules. Firstly, during the exam it will not be possible to use smartphones, video and audio equipment, smart watches and reference materials. Secondly, you should not peep into someone else's answer sheet, talk to other exam participants or leave the audience without an observer - this will be the reason for the cancellation of your work. Remember that in 2018 all 100% of the classrooms dedicated to exams will be equipped with online monitoring systems.

Each class dedicated to the written part of the examination will be equipped with technical facilities for playing audio recordings during the audition. Classes for the oral part of the exam will be equipped with computers with a headset, microphones and appropriate software for fixing answers.

How are exam scores translated into graduation marks?

Points for work affect the certificate and are easily translated into the usual school system:

• 0-21 points corresponds to the level of "two";
• 22-58 points show satisfactory preparation and are equal to the "troika";
• 59-83 points allow you to get a "four";
• 84 points and above tell us that the student knows the subject perfectly.

The minimum score that you need to score in order to obtain a certificate is 22. However, it is worth remembering that in order to enter an “average” university, you need to score at least 45 points, and in this case we are not talking about budget places. Educational institutions of the capital usually accept schoolchildren who managed to score in English from 86 points and above.

Preparation for the exam in English

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

Do not forget about preparing for listening, because not every teacher at school takes enough time in the classroom to teach students to perceive foreign speech by ear. Audiobooks, songs of your favorite artists, films or TV series in English dubbing will come to your aid. Watch at least a couple of episodes of a series or movie that interests you a day, and listen to a book on the way to school. After a few months of such preparation, you will be able to distinguish words and learn to understand the meaning of the text by ear.

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

Essay writing also requires separate preparation. Sharpen your mini-essay writing skills by using tickets from previous years. Each new essay will help you better formulate thoughts and present arguments in favor of your point of view. When writing an essay, it is worth remembering these tips:

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