GESE Grade 3 – Basic exam information

GESE (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) Grade 3 (CEFR A2.1) examination is a conversation between you and the examiner. For more detailed information, please download the Trinity Exam Information booklet from www.trinitycollege.com/GESEexaminformation.

Exam format

Time: 7 minutes

Exam procedure:

• Say hello, good morning or good afternoon • Have a simple conversation with the examiner • Say goodbye

For the exam, you must know the language items for Grade 3 and for the previous grades.

For Grade 3, you must understand and be able to use the functions, grammar and vocabulary (relating to the subject areas) below.

Vocabulary

• Words and phrases relating to the functions • Jobs • Places in the local area • Place of study • Home life • Weather • Free time • Times and dates • Ordinal numbers from 1st to 31st

Functions

• Describing daily routines and times • Giving dates • Expressing ability and inability • Giving simple directions and locations • Describing activities • Describing states in the past • Asking simple questions about everyday life

Grammar

• Present continuous tense • Can and can’t • Prepositions of movement from, to, up, down, along, across • Prepositions of time on, at, in • Prepositions of place near, in front of, behind, opposite • Past tense of the verb to be • Linking words and, and then

Phonology

• The correct pronunciation of important words and expressions • The use of contractions, e.g. I’m, he’s • Basic stress and intonation for words, short sentences and simple questions